Roosevelt High School Profile

Updated Occtober 14, 2009

General Information

1410 NE 66th St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-252-4810
Principal: Brian Vance
ETS CODE: 481-140

Population Information

Total Student Population (September 2008): 1676

Category	Number	Percentage
Black	159	9.6%
American Indian/Alaska Native	16	1%
Asian	300	18%
Hispanic	131	8%
Filipino	31	2%
Gypsy	3	.02%
White	1017	61%
Federal Meal Subsidy	374	22.7%
Bilingual (ELD)	149	9%

Highlights

Roosevelt is a comprehensive urban high school with a student body reflective of Seattle's diversity. Any student in Seattle may choose Roosevelt pursuant to the District's open enrollment policy. Because we have so many strong programs, we are usually overenrolled. We are accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools/Colleges, and hold membership in NACAC, PNACAC, and the Washington Council for High School-College Relations.

Roosevelt enjoys a reputation for excellence in academics and the performing arts. The students in the drama and music programs travel extensively and have earned national recognition.

The Drama department has Roosevelt alums regularly performing in shows playing on Broadway and won four star reviews at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the largest Theatre Arts Festival in the world.

The outstanding music program includes a Jazz Ensemble, which has placed first or second at the Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington Jazz Band Competition multiple times in recent years, most recently placing first in May 2008 and second in May 2009.

Our French, Japanese, Latin and Spanish programs enjoy national distinction.

Roosevelt is closely partnered with the University of Washington's Henry Art Gallery and Jackson School of International Studies; speakers, events and seminars enrich both our students and staff, including "Hands For a Bridge", a Roosevelt program which allows students and staff to travel to Belfast and to Cape Town, as well as bringing students and staff from those areas to Roosevelt. In recognition of "Hands for a Bridge" and other programs emphasizing international cultures and global awareness, Roosevelt was recognized in 2009 by CSIET with the Global Classroom Award.

Roosevelt News, our school newspaper, won the National Pacemaker Award for the 2004-2005 paper.

Our Yearbook, Strenuous Life, won state wide honors for its 2006-2007 theme and layout, along with best cover design in 2007-2008.

Three seniors in the class of 2010 have been nominated as National Merit Semi-Finalists.

We are also proud of our award winning culinary arts program.

In addition to our strengths in academics and performing arts, Roosevelt boasts a strong athletic program, with a significant number of students turning out for high school sports. The Roosevelt Girls' Basketball team won the 2003-2004 state 4A high school championship in March 2004, as featured in the nationally released film, "Heart of the Game".

Grading and Ranking Procedures

Grade distribution through September 2009 is A, B, C, D, and E (failing). E grades were reinstated 2008-2009. Previously N grades were used for no credit and not computed into GPA, but E grades are.

Grading range is A: 90%-100%; B: 80%-89%; C: 70%-79%; D: 60%-69%. N or E: 59% and below. GPA and class rank are unweighted (although a change in that procedure is pending before the School Board).

Graduation Requirements for the Class of 2010

GPA - 2.0 cumulative and core (LA, SS, math, science) eliminating GPA requirement pending
20 credits (as follows):

1 credit fine arts (graphic arts and theatre tech count as fine arts or occupational)
.5 credit health
3 credits LA (LA 9, LA 10, one semester LA options classes for grades 11 and 12)
2 credits math
1.5 credits PE
1.5 credits occupational
2 credits science
3 credits social studies (including WA History, 1 credit U.S. History, .5 credits American Govt.)
5.5 elective credits

Students in the class of 2010 must meet standards in reading, writing and math/math alternatives on the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL). Name changed in 2009 to High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE).

Honors, AP and Running Start

Honors Classes (H on Transcript)

Language Arts
Honors option is available in all regular LA classes in grades 10 through 12. Students choose honors contract to earn "H" on transcript. There are no separate LA honors classes offered.

Mathematics
Prior to 2009-2010: math 2H, math 3H
Beginning September 2009: geometryH, algebra 2H;also precalculusH, calculus (non AP)

Science
Advanced Physics
Organic Biochemistry

Social Science
US History H (2006-2007 only, as 10th SS option for class of 2009)

World Language
3rd year Latin
4th year Japanese

AP Classes (AP on Transcript)

Calculus
Statistics
European History (10th grade SS option for the class of 2010)
U.S. History
American Government
Comparative Government
French
Spanish
Spanish Lit starting in 2009-2010
Latin
Japanese

Running Start (RS on Transcript)

Juniors and seniors who pass a community college placement test may take classes at local community colleges for concurrent high school and college credit.

SAT and ACT Scores

SAT scores (2009)

Sat I Mean for Roosevelt students	Critical Reading 568	Math 585	Writing 563	n=245
Sat I mean for students with SAT II	Critical Reading 640	Math 653	Writing 639	n=77

ACT scores (2009)

Average for Roosevelt students

English 23.9

Math 23.9

Reading 24.6

Science 22.5

Composite 23.9

n=162

Class of 2009 College Admissions

College Admissions for the Class of 2009

College enrollment:	89.3% (out of 356 graduates)
Four-year institutions:	243 students (67.9%)
Two-year institutions:	81 students (21.4%)

RHS Graduates College Placements

The following list of institutions at which June 2009 graduates are matriculating is representative of where our graduates have gone the past five years.

Four Year Schools in Washington State

137 (38.48% of graduating seniors) of our students matriculating at four-year schools are staying in Washington.

72 grads are going to the University of Washington. Other four-year schools in Washington at which Roosevelt grads are matriculating, both public and private, include Western Washington (18), Washington State (13), UW-Bothell (6), Seattle Pacific (5), Seattle Univ. (5), Central Washington Univ. (4), Whitman (4), Evergreen College (3), Gonzaga (2), University of Puget Sound (2), DigiPen (1), Eastern Washington (1), Pacific Lutheran University (1).

Four Year Out of State Schools

105 Rider grads (29.49% of graduating seniors) will be attending out-of-state/international four-year colleges and universities, both public and private. Four-year schools represented include American Intercontinental Univ. (1), Arizona State (5), Augsburg College (1), Boston Conservatory (1), Brandeis (1), Brown (1), Cal Poly (4), Calvin College (1), Carroll College (1), Chapman (1), Colorado State (1), Concordia (1), Cornell (1), Davidson (1), Dalhousie Univ. (1), Duke (1), Emerson (1), Flagler (1), Fordham (1), Haverford (1), Howard (2), Johnson & Wales (1), Lewis and Clark (1), Lincoln Univ. PA (1), Linfield (1), Loyola Chicago (1), Loyola Marymount Univ. (1), Manhattan School of Music (1), McGill (1), Montana State (1), New England Conservatory (1), New York Univ. (1), Northeastern (1), Northern Arizona (2), Oberlin (1), Occidental (5), Oregon State (2), Pomona (3), Portland State (1), Purdue (1), Quest Univ. B.C. (2), Reed (1), Rutgers (1), San Diego State (2), Santa Clara (1), Scripps (1), Univ. of British Columbia (2), Univ. of California-Berkeley (1) Univ. of Denver (1), Univ. of Evansville (1), Univ. of Idaho (1), Univ. of Georgia (1), Univ. of Maryland (1), Univ. of Montana (6), Univ. of Michigan (2), Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas (1), Univ. of North Texas (1) Univ. of Oregon (3), Univ. of Oklahoma (2), Univ. of Portland (2), Univ. of Redlands (5), Univ. of San Diego (1), Univ. of San Francisco (3), USC (1), Univ. of Utah (1), Washington Univ. (1), Western Culinary Institute (1), Western Oregon Univ. (1), Yale (1), college in Yemen (1).