Theodore Roosevelt High School

Located at 1400 N Mantua St, in Kent, Ohio, Theodore Roosevelt High School is a substantial senior high that teaches 1,325 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Kent City. Enrollment runs roughly 135% above the state mean of about 565.

Kent City runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,233 students. Theodore Roosevelt High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Theodore Roosevelt High School reports that White students make up the majority at 71%. Other groups include 12% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Theodore Roosevelt High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.6%, the actual is 70.7%, a residual of -3.9 points.

Across the wider county, Portage County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,766 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Portage County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,638 students), Theodore Roosevelt High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Stanton Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Theodore Roosevelt High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 71.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 3%: 1,283 students in 2018 compared to 1,325 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 80% to 71%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 19.8:1 today.

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