Roosevelt High School (Roosevelt, New York)


Roosevelt High School is a four-year public high school located in Roosevelt as part of the Roosevelt School District, serving students in grades 9 through 12. It is located in the hamlet of Roosevelt in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, U.S. In the early 1970s, after years of failing test scores, Roosevelt High School was the first high school in New York State to be taken over by the state, and the first high school in the entire United States to be taken over by its state's government.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 964 students and 56.6 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 17.0:1. There were 247 students eligible for free lunch and 46 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

Academics

Roosevelt High School has a grading and promotion policy. In order for a student to be admitted to the ninth grade, a student must pass 3 of the 4 major subject areas each year:
The student can fail no more than the equivalent of 1 credit in
minor subjects each year
To be promoted from grade 9 to 10, a student must earn 4 units of credit.
These units must include: 1 in English and 1 in Social Studies. To be promoted from grade 10 to grade 11, a student must have earned 9 units of credit. These units must include: 2 units in English, 2 units in Social Studies, 1 unit in Mathematics, 1 unit in Science.
A student must receive a minimum grade of 70 in order to advance.

Demographics

The student body in the 2007-2008 school year consisted of:
Notable Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School alumni include: