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Enrollment
1,542
High
DISTRICT 831 · STATE 573
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001239
Roosevelt High School
1410 NE 66 ST, SEATTLE, WA 98115 · (206) 252-4810 · King County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,542 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 21.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
281 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 51%
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 | 382 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 384 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 367 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 409 | 27% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 68% · 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
Test scores
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
82.4%
WA avg 58.4% . +78.4pp since 2014
Math
58.7%
WA avg 51.2% . +42.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 78 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 42 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.4% | 58.7% |
| 2023-24 | 80.4% | 55.9% |
| 2022-23 | 80.9% | 59.6% |
| 2021-22 | 80.2% | 61.3% |
| 2018-19 | 91.3% | 62.6% |
| 2017-18 | 88.3% | 65.2% |
| 2016-17 | 11.1% | 15.7% |
| 2015-16 | 17.6% | 45.8% |
| 2014-15 | 4.0% | 16.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 (63.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt High School this school | 1,542 | 18.2% | 63.4% |
| West Seattle High School SEATTLE | 1,479 | 18.4% | 59.1% |
| Glacier Peak High School Snohomish | 1,642 | 18.1% | 56.0% |
| Olympia High School OLYMPIA | 1,901 | 22.7% | 60.6% |
| Tahoma Senior High School Maple Valley | 2,919 | 19.3% | 58.3% |
| Lincoln High School Seattle | 1,770 | 11.6% | 77.6% |
Matched among Washington 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 Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #21 of 271 | #13 of 59 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #19 of 321 ▲ 4 | #15 of 59 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.4% | #17 of 327 ▲ 16 | #10 of 61 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.2pp | #140 of 259 | #34 of 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,542 | #79 of 570 | #29 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #237 of 311 | #53 of 67 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #132 of 316 | #54 of 67 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #361 of 386 | #59 of 76 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #32 of 164 | #14 of 34 |
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
1,542
-167 (-10%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 1,357
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 21.1:1
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 | 1,542 | 68.6 | 22.5:1 | 18% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 1,528 | 69.3 | 22.1:1 | 16% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 1,541 | 75.6 | 20.4:1 | 15% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 1,709 | 81 | 21.1:1 | 9% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 1,867 | 83.5 | 22.4:1 | 10% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 1,715 | 78 | 22.0:1 | 12% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 1,700 | 77 | 22.1:1 | 19% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 1,773 | 76 | 23.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,357 | 57 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,867 to 1,542); teachers down 18% (83.5 to 68.6).
About Roosevelt High School
The public high school Roosevelt High School is located in SEATTLE, Washington. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 1,542 students. High schools in Washington have about 573 students on average; enrollment here is 169% higher.
Roosevelt High School is one of 107 schools in Seattle School District No. 1, which enrolls 50,773 students in total.
The student body at Roosevelt High School is 61% White. Other reported shares: 14% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, and 6% Black. The diversity index for Roosevelt High School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Roosevelt High School reported 68.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 22.5:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Washington is 21.6:1. There are 281 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% of enrollment. The 38% average for public schools in King County is 20 points higher.
Roosevelt High School is 4.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (63.4% versus 68.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Washington.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for King County show that median household income comes to about $124,746, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 544, with about 278,492 students.
The closest school to Roosevelt High School is Green Lake Elementary School, located about 0.7 miles away. Roosevelt High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Roosevelt High School's average proficiency of 63.4% compares with 74.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Roosevelt High School had a net loss of 167 students, or 10%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.1:1 in 2020-21, and 22.5:1 in 2024-25.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Seattle School District No. 1
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,277 students
Other schools in SEATTLE
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,770 students
- Ballard High SchoolHigh · 1,697 students
- Garfield High SchoolHigh · 1,507 students
- West Seattle High SchoolHigh · 1,479 students
- Ingraham High SchoolHigh · 1,391 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,277 students
Other Roosevelt High schools
14 other US public schools in 14 states are named Roosevelt High. Roosevelt High School is the 5th 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 SchoolPortland, OR · 1,450 students
Nearby schools
- Green Lake Elementary School0.7 mi · 367
- McDonald International School0.9 mi · 443
- Eckstein Middle School0.9 mi · 1,024
- Bryant Elementary School1.0 mi · 470
- Wedgwood Elementary School1.2 mi · 333
- Thornton Creek Elementary School1.4 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt High SchoolHow large is Roosevelt High School?
Roosevelt High School enrolls approximately 1,542 students in grades 09-12.
Is Roosevelt High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roosevelt High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Roosevelt High School?
Approximately 22.5:1 students per teacher at Roosevelt High School.
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt High School?
Student demographics at Roosevelt High School are roughly 61% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt High School?
Roosevelt High School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
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