ROOSEVELT HIGH

ROOSEVELT HIGH operates as a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in ST LOUIS, Missouri, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY. Current enrollment sits at 734 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 47% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within ST. LOUIS CITY, which oversees 62 schools and 17,933 students, ROOSEVELT HIGH is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, ROOSEVELT HIGH reports that 62% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% Asian. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, ROOSEVELT HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 63.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (St. Louis city) logs that the typical household earns roughly $56,160 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across St. Louis city's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), ROOSEVELT HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MOMENTUM ACAD TOWER GROVE EAST, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROOSEVELT HIGH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROOSEVELT HIGH has expanded 74%, going from 423 students in 2018 to 734 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 78% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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