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Enrollment
1,127
High
DISTRICT 630 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362499003463
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
1 WAGNER AVE, ROOSEVELT, NY 11575 · (516) 345-7203 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,127 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
89 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
664 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 246 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 274 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 296 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 296 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 1% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
29.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 26.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,127 | 58.9% | 45.5% |
| AMITYVILLE MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL AMITYVILLE | 936 | 68.6% | 46.2% |
| WALTER G O'CONNELL COPIAGUE HIGH SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 1,567 | 53.6% | 52.3% |
| UNIONDALE HIGH SCHOOL UNIONDALE | 2,106 | 61.4% | 46.3% |
| BELLPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BROOKHAVEN | 1,340 | 54.8% | 44.5% |
| WESTBURY HIGH SCHOOL OLD WESTBURY | 1,574 | 64.3% | 52.2% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #817 of 1,135 | #55 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #896 of 1,109 ▲ 39 | #53 of 57 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #644 of 1,135 ▲ 41 | #54 of 56 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,127 | #197 of 1,216 | #29 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #793 of 1,058 | #45 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #299 of 1,070 | #26 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.9% | #604 of 1,167 | #6 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.7% | #188 of 339 | #10 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,127
+125 (+12%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,229
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,127 | 89 | 12.7:1 | 59% (664) |
| 2023-24 | 1,075 | 86.9 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 1,075 | 90.5 | 11.9:1 | 59% (635) |
| 2020-21 | 1,002 | 81 | 12.4:1 | 67% (673) |
| 2017-18 | 1,056 | 82.5 | 12.8:1 | 67% (711) |
| 2015-16 | 1,015 | 65 | 15.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 755 | 66 | 11.4:1 | 68% (513) |
| 2000-01 | 1,150 | 77 | 14.9:1 | 33% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 1,229 | 91 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL.
About ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, located in ROOSEVELT, New York, is a large high school. It reports enrollment of 1,127 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 69% larger than the average for high schools in New York.
Federal data list 5 schools in ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,152 students enrolled.
The largest group at ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 56%. The remaining students are 31% Black and 12% White. Among people living in Nassau County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. The diversity index for ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 89 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.7:1. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is lower. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 59%. It compares with 31% for public schools in Nassau County.
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of New York public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL would be expected to post about 53.3%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.5%.
For the population of Nassau County, the median household earns about $146,202 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 50% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Across Nassau County, 315 public schools serve about 200,775 students.
ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 12%, from 1,002 to 1,127.
People who know ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOLElementary · 667 students
- CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 457 students
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 441 students
Other schools in ROOSEVELT
- ROOSEVELT CHILDREN'S ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · 676 students
- WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOLElementary · 667 students
- CENTENNIAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
- ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 457 students
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 441 students
Other Roosevelt High schools
14 other US public schools in 14 states are named Roosevelt High. ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is the 11th largest of the 15.
- Roosevelt High SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 2,431 students
- Roosevelt HighFresno, CA · 2,175 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolDes Moines, IA · 2,051 students
- Roosevelt High School - 03Sioux Falls, SD · 1,785 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 1,542 students
Nearby schools
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 441
- SMITH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 476
- TURTLE HOOK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 637
- WASHINGTON ROSE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 667
- OLD MILL ROAD SCHOOL0.8 mi · 461
- ULYSSES BYAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL?
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,127 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.7:1 (89 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL?
At ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 12% White, 56% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL?
ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by ROOSEVELT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Nassau County.
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