School Profile

Roosevelt High School Profile

Highlights

Roosevelt is a comprehensive urban high school with a student body somewhat reflective of Seattle’s diversity. Our enrollment is determined primarily by address, instead of city-wide enrollment. The school is approximately one mile north of the University of Washington’s main campus.
We are accredited by the NASC and hold memberships in NACAC, PNACAC, and the Washington Council for High Schools – 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 Jazz Ensemble has participated in the Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington Jazz Band Competition multiple times and have taken first place 4 times since 1999, most recently in Spring 2019.
Our “Hands for a Bridge” program explores cultures in conflict through dialogue and the arts and travel to Northern Ireland and South Africa.
Our Ultimate Frisbee team won the 2018 -19 National championship. Girls basketball and girls volleyball both finished 7^th in State.

RHS Composite (September 2020)

Total =1711 9^th Grade 390 22.8% 10^th Grade 395 23.1% 11^th Grade 412 24.1% 12^th Grade 514 30.0%


156 of our students (9.1%) receive Special Education Services. 150 (8.8%) are on Free or Reduced Lunch.

Student Ethnicity

African American/Black: 65 (3.8%)
American Indian/Alaska Native: 4 (.2%)
Asian: 170 (9.9%)
Hispanic: 123 (7.2%)
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
Caucasian: 1198 (70.0%)
Multiracial: 149 (8.7%)

Graduation Requirements for the Class of 2021

24 Credits:

2.0 credit fine arts
.5 credit health
4.0 credits LA (LA 9, LA 10, 11th and 12th grade students take AP Lang. & Comp or College in the High School one year, then 1.0 credit of LA Options the other year)
3.0 credits math through algebra 2
1.5 credits Career Connected
1.5 credits PE
3.0 credits science
2.0 credits world language
3.5 credits social studies
4.0 elective credits

Students must additionally have passed Washington State History. Students in the class of 2021 must meet state standards on the Smarter Balanced assessments in English Language Arts and Math. Students must also complete 60 hours of service learning.

Honors Classes (“H” on transcript)

Language Arts:
This year the Honors Language Arts is not being offered with the exception of AP Eng Lang Comp 1/2 and the College in the High School courses (C Lit240, Film as Lit and Margins & Centers).

World Language: Latin 305 is a College in the High School course, while French 103 is optionally CIHS.

Mathematics: Geometry H, Algebra 2H, Precalculus H and Biotech H.

AP Classes (AP on transcript)

Calculus (AB and BC), Statistics, Human Geography for all sophomores, Language and composition – (all students must take AP LA or CIHS LA in 11^th or 12^th grade), U. S. History, American Government, Comparative Government, French, Spanish, Spanish Lit, AP Computer Science, AP Psychology, AP Physics (C), AP Studio Art (Photography). Starting this year, AP Environmental Science was added.

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.

Grades and Class Rank Policy

The current 11 point grading scale, which has been in effect since September 2010:

A: 93-100%
A-: 90-92%
B+: 87-89%
B: 83-86%
B-: 80-82%
C+: 77-79%
C: 73-76%
C-:70-72%
D+: 67-69%
D: 60-66%
E: below 60%

The GPA is unweighted.

As of Fall 2018, we do not rank students.

Please note: Starting with the 2019-2020 school year, district policy only allows pass/no pass grading for credit earned from on-line or other independent providers while enrolled at RHS.

COVID 19 Adjustments:

In March 2020, Seattle Public Schools transitioned to remote learning. The grading policy for second semester of 2019-20 also changed to allow for A/Incomplete grading only. This grading protocol was also applied to Running Start classes.

The 2020-21 school year is currently remote learning. The grading policy for 2020-21 allows for A through C-/Incomplete. D and E grades will not be used.

RHS Testing Information

Testing (2020 scores are currently not available)
ACT Composite Average
	2017		2018		2019
ACT score	26.0		25.8		25.5
State AVG	21.9		22.2		22.1
SAT Scores
		2019		2020
ERW		606		610
Math		598		586
AP Scores (May 2020)
702 students took a total of 1222 exams 77% scored 3 or higher 21% scored a grade of 5
National Merit Program Class of 2020 Class of 2021
Semifinalists		3		1
Commended Scholars		13		16

College Admissions for the Class of 2020

Of last year’s graduating class, 319 (74%) were planning to attend a 4 year college directly after graduation, and 66 (15%) at community colleges. 15 students planned a gap year.
The following is a partial list of institutions students chose to attend:
University of WA Western WA Univ. WA State University Gonzaga San Diego State UCLA University of Oregon DePaul University U of Colorado - Boulder	Cal Poly Johns Hopkins Middlebury Princetion UC Berkeley Rice University Tulane Babson Brown	Carleton Claremont McKenna Colorado College Columbia Duke University Emory University Georgetown Northeastern University of Michigan

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