Roosevelt High School Profile 2025-26

District Summary

Seattle Public Schools provides high quality rigorous coursework to the entire Seattle area. Seattle School serves approximately 51,868 students. With 18 high schools, 12 middle schools, 11 K-8 schools, and 63 elementary schools utilizing the K-5, K-8, 6-8, 9-12 grade level configuration. The student body is diverse and is made up of 44.1% White, 14.8% Black, 12.2% Asian, 15.3% Hispanic, 12.6% Multiracial and .4% Native American.

School Summary

Roosevelt High School opened in 1922 as a comprehensive four-year public school, enrolling 1,500 students in grades 9-12 during the academic year 2025-26. The school is made up of 62.6% White, 14.3% Multiracial, 7.5% Asian, 8.5% Hispanic, and 5.7% Black, 14.3% of the students are on Free/Reduced Lunch, 11.5% receive Special Education services and 10.6% have a 504 plan. Our senior class has a total of 371.

Academic Program

• All students complete 60 hours of community service requirement before graduating.
• Dual Enrollment (Running Start) courses are available to all students in their junior or senior year. 1.8% of students are participating in full-time Running start and 5% are concurrently enrolled (Running Start and Roosevelt courses).

AP course offered

• Precalculus, Calculus (AB), Statistics, Language and Composition, US History, Comparative Government, French Language, Spanish Language, Computer Science, Psychology, Physics (C), Environmental Science, US Gov’t & Politics, Computer Science Principles, AP 2-D Art & Design, AP 3-D Art & Design, Calculus B/C.
• No prerequisite course; prior level grade/achievement.

College in the High School (CHS) courses offered

• Comp Lit 240 Margins & Center, Comp Lit 240 Film as Literature, French 103, French 201, Psychology, Business Math 130.

Honors course offered

• Geometry, Algebra 2, Precalculus, Algebra, World History 1 and 11, LA9, LA10, Ethnic Studies World History 111, Chemistry B/C, Physics B/C
• No prerequisite course; prior level grade/achievement

World Languages

• Students can meet the World Language graduation requirement with credits earned from language proficiency exams, which are recorded as “P” grades only.

SPS Educators will use the following grading scale:

SPS Uniform Grading Scale	Cutoff %	Grade Points
A	93	4.0
A-	90	3.7
B+	87	3.3
B	83	3.0
B-	80	2.7
C+	77	2.3
C	73	2.0
C-	70	1.7
D+	67	1.3
D	60	1.0
E	50	0.0

Co-Curricular Activities

Athletics: Basketball, football, volleyball, soccer, golf, cross country, track & field, swim & dive, baseball, softball, cheer, wrestling, gymnastics, tennis, lacrosse, ultimate frisbee, water polo, dance.

Activities/Clubs: Apparel Club, Asian Culture Club, Bike Club, BSU, Creative Quarterly, Crochet Club, DECA, EmpowerHer Mentorship, French Club, Horticulture, Iron Riders, Junior Classical League, Make-A-Wish Club, Model UN, Outdoors Club, Photography, Racial Equity Club, RHS Rocketry, Riders Esports, Suicide Prevention Team, Technology Student Association, and UNICEF.

Post-Secondary Plans (Class of 2025-26)

• 72% 4-year college
• 12.5% 2-year college
• 3.8% Employment, Military, or Gap year

Sample of Colleges Attended by Graduates over the last 4 years

• University of Washington
• Yale University
• University of Oregon
• UC Berkeley
• Gonzaga
• Princeton
• Cal Poly
• UCLA
• Columbia
• Duke University
• Brown
• University of Colorado
• University of Chicago