Roosevelt High School

Located at 3436 W Wilson Ave, in Chicago, Illinois, Roosevelt High School is a reasonably sized secondary school that hosts 1,144 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Chicago Public Schools Dist 299. That puts it 37% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 834 students.

Across the 622 schools in Chicago Public Schools Dist 299 (324,396 students total), Roosevelt High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Roosevelt High School shows that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 8% Asian, 6% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Roosevelt High School has 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roosevelt High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 20.7%; this one delivers 13.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Roosevelt High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: North River Elem School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roosevelt High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roosevelt High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt High School has expanded 3%, going from 1,113 students in 2018 to 1,144 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 69% to 79% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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