Theodore Roosevelt High School (Los Angeles)

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Theodore Roosevelt High School
Location
456 South Matthews Street, Los Angeles, California, United States 90033
Coordinates	34°02′18″N 118°12′40″W / 34.03833°N 118.21111°W / 34.03833; -118.21111
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Don't flinch, don't foul, hit the line hard!"
Established	1922
School district	Los Angeles Unified School District
Principal	Ben Gertner
Staff	65.34 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,278 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.56[1]
Color(s)	Cardinal & Gold
Athletics conference	Eastern League CIF Los Angeles City Section
Nickname	Rough Riders
Rivals	Garfield High School[2]
Newspaper	Teddy Times
Website	Official website

Theodore Roosevelt High School is an educational institution (grades 9–12) located in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles, California named for the 26th president of the United States.

Roosevelt is a public school in the Los Angeles Unified School District with an enrollment of 1,400 as of 2017. The enrollment peaked at 5,047 in 2007, making it one of the largest in the country, and second largest behind Belmont High School at the time. From the mid-1990s until the 2008–09 school year, the school followed a year-round calendar. In 2008, the school started to be managed by the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, which was established by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. In 2010, the single institution was split up into seven small schools, each with its own principal, CEEB code (used by SAT, colleges, etc.), students and staff. The outcomes of this were debated by students and administrators.^[3][4] Since 2013, Roosevelt has been merged into a single comprehensive high school. The Roosevelt campus also hosts the Math, Science and Technology Magnet Academy at Roosevelt High School and the STEM Academy of Boyle Heights, an LAUSD Pilot School that was formed in 2014.

Its school colors are red and gold, the mascot is Teddy the Bear, and their sport teams are known as the Rough Riders. The school's motto is "Don't flinch, don't foul, hit the line hard!", which is a Theodore Roosevelt quote.^[5]

Most students come from Boyle Heights, with some traveling from South Central, East Los Angeles, and City Terrace.

Roosevelt participates in the annual "East L.A. Classic" against Garfield High School. It is the homecoming game for both schools and attracts over 20,000 people every year.

The school's $173 million comprehensive modernization project began in 2018.