Roosevelt High School (Washington)

Roosevelt High School
South entrance in February 2008
Address
Map
1410 NE 66th Street

,
98115

United States
Coordinates47°40′37″N 122°18′47″W / 47.677°N 122.313°W / 47.677; -122.313
Information
TypePublic
Motto"What I am to be I am now becoming"
Established1922
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
PrincipalTami Brewer
Staff75.60 (FTE)[1]
Grades912
Enrollment1,541 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio20.38[1]
Color(s)Green & Gold
   
AthleticsWIAA Class 3A,
Washington Interscholastic Activities Association
Athletics conferenceMetro 3A Sound Division
MascotRough Riders
RivalsBallard, Garfield
NewspaperThe Roosevelt News
YearbookStrenuous Life
Websiteroosevelths.seattleschools.org

Roosevelt High School (RHS) is a public secondary school located in the Roosevelt neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States. Opened in 1922 to relieve overcrowding at Lincoln High School,[2] it ranks as the second-largest high school in Seattle Public Schools.[3] NPR described RHS as "an above-average school in a below-average school district"[4] based on test scores in 2001.

  1. ^ a b c "Roosevelt High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "Seattle Public Schools, 1862-2000: Roosevelt High School". www.historylink.org. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "Annual Enrollment Reports". www.seattleschools.org. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Banks, David. "NPR : One Year in the Life at Roosevelt High School, A Special Report". www.npr.org. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2017.