Theodore Roosevelt Senior High

Theodore Roosevelt Senior High operates as a heavily attended four-year high school in Los Angeles, California, run under Los Angeles Unified. Current enrollment sits at 1,678 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 100% bigger than the state mean of about 838.

Theodore Roosevelt Senior High is one of 784 schools operated by Los Angeles Unified, a district that caters to 406,887 students overall.

On demographics, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High logs that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 2% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 22.1%; this one delivers 36.8%, a residual of +14.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Los Angeles County put median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Theodore Roosevelt Senior High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Math Science & Technology Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.1%.

Theodore Roosevelt Senior High operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 32%: 1,267 students in 2018 compared to 1,678 in 2025.

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