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Roosevelt High School (Missouri)

Roosevelt High School is a public high school in St. Louis, Missouri that is part of St. Louis Public Schools. Roosevelt opened in 1925 after two years of construction and the evacuation of a cemetery for the building site.[3] From the 1930s through the 1970s, Roosevelt served a predominantly white, ethnically German population, and among its graduates was Clyde Cowan, the co-discoverer of the neutrino particle. As a result of intradistrict busing in the 1980s and 1990s, Roosevelt served increasing numbers of black students, and it continues to be among the most integrated comprehensive schools in the district. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Roosevelt operated a magnet school within its building as a small learning community; however, the magnet school operation shifted to Soldan High School in 1993. Despite a two-year renovation in the mid-1990s, Roosevelt has since suffered from academic and discipline issues, and its test scores and graduation rates remain below state averages.

Roosevelt High School
Entrance to Roosevelt High School, June 2013
Location
3240 Hartford Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri

United States
Coordinates38°36′01″N 90°14′12″W / 38.6002°N 90.2368°W / 38.6002; -90.2368
Information
TypeComprehensive public high school
Opened1925 (1925)
School districtSt. Louis Public Schools
SuperintendentKelvin Adams
PrincipalEnna Dancy[1]
Faculty35.20 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment460 (2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio13.07[2]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)    Crimson and White
Athletics conferencePublic High League
MascotRough Rider
Team nameThe Rough Riders
NewspaperThe Rough Rider
YearbookYearbook, formerly Bwana
WebsiteSchool web site

History edit

Construction and early years edit

 
Roosevelt High School, 3230 Hartford Street, 12 February 1937

To relieve overcrowding at McKinley High School and Cleveland High School, the city's south side high schools for whites, the St. Louis Public Schools ordered the acquisition of property to construct a "New Southside High School" in 1922.[3][4][5] Due to a lack of vacant land in the area, the Picker Cemetery (also known as Holy Ghost Cemetery) was acquired for the school's site, and evacuation of its graves began in October 1922.[3] Most graves were relocated to mass graves in other cemeteries, although some remains were not relocated.[6] During construction, neighbors reported dogs and children bringing home bones from the site, and workers reported finding jewelry and coffin handles while constructing the building.[5] The building's cornerstone was laid on April 22, 1923, and the building was designed by R.M. Milligan at a cost of slightly less than $1.5 million.[3]

The building opened to its first students on January 26, 1925, and it was officially named to honor Theodore Roosevelt.[3] Most of its students and faculty transferred from McKinley High School, which was converted to a middle school from 1925 through 1932, and a smaller number of students transferred from Cleveland High School.[5] Many school traditions and names relate to Roosevelt, such as its mascot (the Teddy Bear), its nickname (the Rough Riders), its original yearbook title (Bwana, in reference to Roosevelt's Swahili nickname), and its school colors and the melody of the school song are those of Harvard University, Roosevelt's alma mater.[3]

From 1925 through the 1960s, Roosevelt served a predominantly white, ethnically German neighborhood, and due to school zoning, few black students attended after the integration of the St. Louis Public Schools in 1954.[7] In the 1930s and 1940s, the Roosevelt boys' swim team won five state titles, and during the 1950s, students had a choice of seven musical instrumental groups.[5] During the late 1970s, an increasing number of black students attended Roosevelt, although by the 1980–1981 school year, Roosevelt's student population remained nearly 70% white.

Busing and magnet school status edit

Starting with the 1980–1981 school year, the St. Louis Public Schools undertook a court-ordered busing program that transported black students from the north side of the city to predominantly white south side schools.[8] At Roosevelt, the school's pom-pon squad greeted four buses of black students, who were accompanied by St. Louis Mayor James F. Conway.[8] The racial demography of the school shifted from 30 percent black to 41 percent black under the plan.[8] After busing began in 1981, the population of black students at Roosevelt continued to increase, and by the early 1990s, busing was no longer required to maintain an integrated status at the school.[7]

During the 1980s, St. Louis Public Schools formed increasing numbers of magnet schools throughout the district. Among these was the Academy of Language and International Studies, which opened at Roosevelt in 1985 as a magnet school within the school.[9] During renovations of Soldan High School, itself a magnet school, Soldan students were transferred to Roosevelt from 1990 to 1993.[10] Upon the reopening of Soldan in 1993, however, its students returned to that school, and Roosevelt's magnet school academy was folded into Soldan.[7] In addition, the Air Force JROTC program at Roosevelt also transferred to Soldan that year, Roosevelt returned to its status as a comprehensive public school.[7] By the late 1990s, Roosevelt was the only comprehensive public high school in the city considered to be naturally integrated, with a population classified as 75% black, 17% white, 6% Asian, and 2% Hispanic.[7]

Renovation edit

During the 1992–1993 school year, Roosevelt students transferred to the Southwest High School building, which had closed two years earlier.[11]

Discipline problems edit

In an effort to address mounting discipline problems at the school, administrators employed Montel Williams as a motivational speaker in late October 1990 to address the student body.[12] Williams encouraged students to resist drugs and stay in school.[12] Despite his visit, one week later a 16-year-old student shot at another student in the first floor of the building.[13] In the spring of 1991 while on a tour promoting his film New Jack City, rapper and actor Ice-T also visited Roosevelt to speak to the students about similar subjects, encouraging students to stay off streets and remain in school.[14]

In a further effort to deal with violence at and near Roosevelt, a federal grant provided funds for police at the school starting in the 1992–1993 school year.[15] Missouri Governor John Ashcroft visited Roosevelt to announce the grant in January 1992, and he noted that 324 crimes had taken place at or within 1,000 feet of the school in the preceding year.[15] According to state officials, it was the first use of full-time uniformed police at a public school in state history.[15] In spite of the presence of police, in October 1992, a 16-year-old student was stalked and assaulted with a combination lock by a group of other students.[16]

In October 1995, a teacher at Roosevelt was punched by a freshman student at the school, then suffered minor injuries when the student threw a computer monitor at him.[17] The same school year, in February 1996, a school security guard was punched by a student in the cafeteria, then suffered injuries when the student assaulted the guard with an orange.[18] The next year, in October 1996, two female students were stabbed in the chest and in the stomach at Roosevelt during a fight involving several students, and administrators were unable to explain how the students were able to bypass metal detectors with their knives.[19]

In late 2003, a long-term substitute at the school was arrested and charged with child molestation after a 15-year-old student reported an incident of sexual assault.[20] In January 2005, fighting at the school led to a series of shootings after school that left four students wounded.[21] In October 2006, the school's homecoming dance was cancelled due to threats of violence, and the school was reported as being dominated by dozens of gangs.[22] A St. Louis Post-Dispatch article noted that "by nearly every yardstick, Roosevelt High School in St. Louis is the problem child in a district that is itself troubled."[22]

Academic issues edit

During the late 1980s, the dropout rate at Roosevelt High School exceeded that of the St. Louis Public Schools.[23] In 1984, 515 students entered Roosevelt; by 1988, only 21.6% had graduated, while 14.2% had transferred to another school or district, 4.7% had withdrawn from school, 38.8% had officially dropped out, and an additional 20.8% did not return but did not transfer to another school or district.[23]

Throughout the 1990s, Roosevelt suffered from significant and rapid turnover in its administration and faculty.[7] From 1989 to 1999, it was led in succession by four principals and one acting principal, while a large number of faculty departed for Soldan High School when it reopened after renovations in 1993.[7] By the late 1990s, the faculty at Roosevelt was aging, and a majority of staff were within five years of retirement as a result of seniority-based layoffs in the 1980s that eliminated most younger staff.[7] In addition, aging staff frequently required long-term substitutes that were difficult to obtain and often unqualified.[7]

In the late 1990s, Roosevelt also suffered from significant student turnover.[7] At the beginning of the 1996–1997 school year, 1,493 students enrolled at Roosevelt; however, at the end of the spring semester, only 1,093 students remained enrolled.[7] Of these, only 109 had been continually enrolled since the beginning of the year, and the school processed 1,327 withdrawals.[7] Combined with relatively low attendance rates, classroom composition and consistency remained fluid throughout the period of the 1990s.[7]

Current status edit

As of the 2010–2011 school year, Roosevelt operates on an 8:05 am to 3:02 pm schedule.[24] From 2006 to 2012, its principal was Terry Houston, who was named the 2008 Principal of the Year by the St. Louis Association of Secondary School Principals for promoting achievement, morale, and community relations.[24][25]

Activities edit

For the 2010–2011 school year, the school offered fourteen activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): boys and girls basketball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls track and field, 11-man football, sideline cheerleading, boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball, wrestling, softball, and baseball.[26] In addition to its current activities, Roosevelt students have won several state championships, including:

  • Boys Swimming and Diving: 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1947, 1957
  • Boys Outdoor Track and Field: 1948
  • Boys Indoor Track and Field: 1930

The school also has produced four singles tennis state champions.[27]

Demographics edit

Enrollment, racial demographics, and free or reduced price lunches[28][29]
Year Enrollment Black (%) White (%) Hispanic (%) Asian (%) Free/reduced lunch (%)
2011 1,003 76.8 10.5 5.4 7.4 76.9
2010 1,218 80.4 11.7 3.7 4.1 73.0
2009 1,365 82.8 11.0 3.1 3.1 55.2
2008 1,399 85.2 9.6 3.6 1.6 54.4
2007 1,490 83.5 10.4 3.8 2.3 67.9
2006 1,554 87.5 8.8 2.3 1.3 84.9
2005 1,527 80.7 14.9 2.2 2.1 80.5
2004 1,557 74.7 21.1 1.9 2.3 81.4
2003 1,896 72.4 24.2 2.0 1.5 89.3
2002 2,014 70.7 25.8 1.6 1.8 64.9

Academic and discipline issues edit

Roosevelt has a significant dropout rate; for the 2010–2011 school year, more than 50 percent of students dropped out compared to the Missouri state dropout rate of 3.4 percent.[28] Roosevelt also has a significant discipline incident rate of 13.5 percent, more than seven times the average Missouri rate.[28][30] Since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2001, Roosevelt has not met the requirements for adequate yearly progress in either communication arts or mathematics.[28] In addition, Roosevelt graduates average lower first and second semester grades during their first year in college than the average Missouri graduate, and as of 2010, more than 80 percent of Roosevelt graduates enrolled in a public university in Missouri required remedial coursework in either English or mathematics.[31][32]

Graduation and dropout rates by year
Year Graduates Cohort dropouts‡ Graduation rate† Total dropouts‡ Dropout rate†
2011 317 243 56.6 468 50.3
2010 267 282 48.6 411 39.1
2009 264 291 47.6
2008 247 293 45.7
2007 160 245 39.5
2006 247 265 48.2 554 37.4
2005 220 174 55.8 314 20.7
2004 319 195 62.1 116 7.3
2003 227 254 47.2 248 12.9
2002 204 326 38.5 115 5.5
‡ Cohort dropouts is the number of students from the grade level graduating for that year who dropped out.
† Graduation rate is calculated as number of graduates divided by number of graduates plus dropouts, multiplied by 100.
‡ Total dropouts is the number of students at the school who dropped out of school during that school year.
† Dropout rate is calculated as number of total dropouts/(September enrollment plus transfers in and minus transfers out + September enrollment)/2).
Incident rates by year
Year Enrollment Incidents‡ Incident rate†
2011 1003 135 13.5
2010 1218 235 19.3
2009 1365 271 19.9
2008 1399 274 19.6
2007 1490 111 7.4
2006 1490 111 7.4
2005 1527 265 17.4
2004 1557 42 2.7
2003 1896 30 1.6
2002 2014 35 1.7
‡ Total incidents is the number of incidents in which as a result a student was removed for ten or more consecutive days from a traditional classroom.
† Incident rate is calculated as enrollment divided by total incidents.

Notable alumni edit

 
Clyde Cowan graduated from Roosevelt and later became the co-discoverer of the neutrino particle.

References edit

  1. ^ "Dancy, Enna - Principal / Meet the Principal". www.slps.org. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Bosenbecker, Ray (2004). So, Where'd You Go to High School?. Virginia Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 9781891442308. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  4. ^ Dillon, Dan (2005). So, Where'd You Go to High School? The Baby Boomer Edition. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 1-891442-33-3. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d e Dillon, Dan (2005). So, Where'd You Go to High School? The Baby Boomer Edition. St. Louis: Virginia Publishing. pp. 174–175. ISBN 1-891442-33-3. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  6. ^ Edward C. Wicklein (July 14, 2011). "Letters from Our Readers". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Williams, Nancy (1999), Roosevelt High School's Partnership with Harris-Stowe State College and Maryville University (PDF), Portraits of Secondary Partner Schools in the National Network for Educational Renewal
  8. ^ a b c Herald Journal. September 4, 1980. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ^ Bosenbecker, Ray (2004). So, Where'd You Go to High School?. Virginia Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 9781891442308. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  10. ^ Bosenbecker, Ray (2004). So, Where'd You Go to High School?. Virginia Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 9781891442308. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  11. ^ Bosenbecker, Ray (2004). So, Where'd You Go to High School?. Virginia Publishing. p. 167. ISBN 9781891442308. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  12. ^ a b Yvonne Samuel-Kirkwood (October 29, 1990). "Military 'Evangelist' Stirs Student Fervor". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  13. ^ "Crime Column". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 7, 1990.
  14. ^ Darrell McWhorter (March 7, 1991). "A U-Turn for Ice-T". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  15. ^ a b c Mark Schlinkmann (January 3, 1992). "Police to be Stationed at 12 City Schools". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  16. ^ Virginia Hick (November 8, 1992). "Teachers, Students Learn to Cope". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  17. ^ Joan Little (October 19, 1995). "Computer Monitor Thrown at Roosevelt High Teacher, Freshman Arrested". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  18. ^ "Police and Courts". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. February 8, 1996.
  19. ^ Roy Malone (October 29, 1996). "Two Students Stabbed in Fight at High School". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  20. ^ Jake Wagman (November 8, 2003). "Substitute Teacher is Accused of Molesting Student in City". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  21. ^ Daphne Duret (January 26, 2005). "Four Teenagers are Shot near Roosevelt High". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  22. ^ a b Steve Giegerich (November 1, 2006). "Gangs Plague Troubled School". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  23. ^ a b Virginia Hick (May 24, 1992). "Schools Trying to Stem High Dropout Rate". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  24. ^ a b St. Louis Public Schools: Roosevelt High School.
  25. ^ "Education Digest". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 28, 2008.
  26. ^ MSHSAA: Roosevelt
  27. ^ MSHSAA: Championship Histories by Sport
  28. ^ a b c d Missouri DESE: Statistics
  29. ^ For 2007 through 2009, data on 9th grade Roosevelt students were reported separately; for these tables, the rates and numbers have been adjusted to include these 9th grade students.
  30. ^ The discipline incident rate is calculated by the number of incidents resulting in a removal from school for ten or more days divided by the number of students in the school.
  31. ^ Missouri DESE: Remedial coursework
  32. ^ Missouri DESE: Grade point averages
  33. ^ Harry Levins (October 22, 1997). "Been There – That Rocket Car Record Actually was Precedented". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  34. ^ a b c Bernie Miklasz (March 20, 2011). "Gabbert Could Achieve Several Firsts in NFL Draft". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  35. ^ "Marine with St. Louis Ties is Named to Command; Conway is '64 Roosevelt Grad". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 25, 2002.
  36. ^ Joe Holleman (April 25, 1990). "Science and Fiction: Physicist's Discovery about Neutrino Aided Star Trek". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  37. ^ Wolf, Gregory H. "Al Gerheauser". sabr.org.
  38. ^ Jane Henderson (July 26, 2008). "Charles Guenther: Poet, translator, literary review". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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Roosevelt High School is a public high school in St Louis Missouri that is part of St Louis Public Schools Roosevelt opened in 1925 after two years of construction and the evacuation of a cemetery for the building site 3 From the 1930s through the 1970s Roosevelt served a predominantly white ethnically German population and among its graduates was Clyde Cowan the co discoverer of the neutrino particle As a result of intradistrict busing in the 1980s and 1990s Roosevelt served increasing numbers of black students and it continues to be among the most integrated comprehensive schools in the district During the late 1980s and early 1990s Roosevelt operated a magnet school within its building as a small learning community however the magnet school operation shifted to Soldan High School in 1993 Despite a two year renovation in the mid 1990s Roosevelt has since suffered from academic and discipline issues and its test scores and graduation rates remain below state averages Roosevelt High SchoolEntrance to Roosevelt High School June 2013Location3240 Hartford Avenue St Louis MissouriUnited StatesCoordinates38 36 01 N 90 14 12 W 38 6002 N 90 2368 W 38 6002 90 2368InformationTypeComprehensive public high schoolOpened1925 1925 School districtSt Louis Public SchoolsSuperintendentKelvin AdamsPrincipalEnna Dancy 1 Faculty35 20 FTE 2 Grades9 12Enrollment460 2022 23 2 Student to teacher ratio13 07 2 Campus typeUrbanColor s Crimson and WhiteAthletics conferencePublic High LeagueMascotRough RiderTeam nameThe Rough RidersNewspaperThe Rough RiderYearbookYearbook formerly BwanaWebsiteSchool web site Contents 1 History 1 1 Construction and early years 1 2 Busing and magnet school status 1 3 Renovation 1 4 Discipline problems 1 5 Academic issues 2 Current status 2 1 Activities 2 2 Demographics 2 3 Academic and discipline issues 3 Notable alumni 4 ReferencesHistory editConstruction and early years edit nbsp Roosevelt High School 3230 Hartford Street 12 February 1937 To relieve overcrowding at McKinley High School and Cleveland High School the city s south side high schools for whites the St Louis Public Schools ordered the acquisition of property to construct a New Southside High School in 1922 3 4 5 Due to a lack of vacant land in the area the Picker Cemetery also known as Holy Ghost Cemetery was acquired for the school s site and evacuation of its graves began in October 1922 3 Most graves were relocated to mass graves in other cemeteries although some remains were not relocated 6 During construction neighbors reported dogs and children bringing home bones from the site and workers reported finding jewelry and coffin handles while constructing the building 5 The building s cornerstone was laid on April 22 1923 and the building was designed by R M Milligan at a cost of slightly less than 1 5 million 3 The building opened to its first students on January 26 1925 and it was officially named to honor Theodore Roosevelt 3 Most of its students and faculty transferred from McKinley High School which was converted to a middle school from 1925 through 1932 and a smaller number of students transferred from Cleveland High School 5 Many school traditions and names relate to Roosevelt such as its mascot the Teddy Bear its nickname the Rough Riders its original yearbook title Bwana in reference to Roosevelt s Swahili nickname and its school colors and the melody of the school song are those of Harvard University Roosevelt s alma mater 3 From 1925 through the 1960s Roosevelt served a predominantly white ethnically German neighborhood and due to school zoning few black students attended after the integration of the St Louis Public Schools in 1954 7 In the 1930s and 1940s the Roosevelt boys swim team won five state titles and during the 1950s students had a choice of seven musical instrumental groups 5 During the late 1970s an increasing number of black students attended Roosevelt although by the 1980 1981 school year Roosevelt s student population remained nearly 70 white Busing and magnet school status edit Starting with the 1980 1981 school year the St Louis Public Schools undertook a court ordered busing program that transported black students from the north side of the city to predominantly white south side schools 8 At Roosevelt the school s pom pon squad greeted four buses of black students who were accompanied by St Louis Mayor James F Conway 8 The racial demography of the school shifted from 30 percent black to 41 percent black under the plan 8 After busing began in 1981 the population of black students at Roosevelt continued to increase and by the early 1990s busing was no longer required to maintain an integrated status at the school 7 During the 1980s St Louis Public Schools formed increasing numbers of magnet schools throughout the district Among these was the Academy of Language and International Studies which opened at Roosevelt in 1985 as a magnet school within the school 9 During renovations of Soldan High School itself a magnet school Soldan students were transferred to Roosevelt from 1990 to 1993 10 Upon the reopening of Soldan in 1993 however its students returned to that school and Roosevelt s magnet school academy was folded into Soldan 7 In addition the Air Force JROTC program at Roosevelt also transferred to Soldan that year Roosevelt returned to its status as a comprehensive public school 7 By the late 1990s Roosevelt was the only comprehensive public high school in the city considered to be naturally integrated with a population classified as 75 black 17 white 6 Asian and 2 Hispanic 7 Renovation edit During the 1992 1993 school year Roosevelt students transferred to the Southwest High School building which had closed two years earlier 11 Discipline problems edit In an effort to address mounting discipline problems at the school administrators employed Montel Williams as a motivational speaker in late October 1990 to address the student body 12 Williams encouraged students to resist drugs and stay in school 12 Despite his visit one week later a 16 year old student shot at another student in the first floor of the building 13 In the spring of 1991 while on a tour promoting his film New Jack City rapper and actor Ice T also visited Roosevelt to speak to the students about similar subjects encouraging students to stay off streets and remain in school 14 In a further effort to deal with violence at and near Roosevelt a federal grant provided funds for police at the school starting in the 1992 1993 school year 15 Missouri Governor John Ashcroft visited Roosevelt to announce the grant in January 1992 and he noted that 324 crimes had taken place at or within 1 000 feet of the school in the preceding year 15 According to state officials it was the first use of full time uniformed police at a public school in state history 15 In spite of the presence of police in October 1992 a 16 year old student was stalked and assaulted with a combination lock by a group of other students 16 In October 1995 a teacher at Roosevelt was punched by a freshman student at the school then suffered minor injuries when the student threw a computer monitor at him 17 The same school year in February 1996 a school security guard was punched by a student in the cafeteria then suffered injuries when the student assaulted the guard with an orange 18 The next year in October 1996 two female students were stabbed in the chest and in the stomach at Roosevelt during a fight involving several students and administrators were unable to explain how the students were able to bypass metal detectors with their knives 19 In late 2003 a long term substitute at the school was arrested and charged with child molestation after a 15 year old student reported an incident of sexual assault 20 In January 2005 fighting at the school led to a series of shootings after school that left four students wounded 21 In October 2006 the school s homecoming dance was cancelled due to threats of violence and the school was reported as being dominated by dozens of gangs 22 A St Louis Post Dispatch article noted that by nearly every yardstick Roosevelt High School in St Louis is the problem child in a district that is itself troubled 22 Academic issues edit During the late 1980s the dropout rate at Roosevelt High School exceeded that of the St Louis Public Schools 23 In 1984 515 students entered Roosevelt by 1988 only 21 6 had graduated while 14 2 had transferred to another school or district 4 7 had withdrawn from school 38 8 had officially dropped out and an additional 20 8 did not return but did not transfer to another school or district 23 Throughout the 1990s Roosevelt suffered from significant and rapid turnover in its administration and faculty 7 From 1989 to 1999 it was led in succession by four principals and one acting principal while a large number of faculty departed for Soldan High School when it reopened after renovations in 1993 7 By the late 1990s the faculty at Roosevelt was aging and a majority of staff were within five years of retirement as a result of seniority based layoffs in the 1980s that eliminated most younger staff 7 In addition aging staff frequently required long term substitutes that were difficult to obtain and often unqualified 7 In the late 1990s Roosevelt also suffered from significant student turnover 7 At the beginning of the 1996 1997 school year 1 493 students enrolled at Roosevelt however at the end of the spring semester only 1 093 students remained enrolled 7 Of these only 109 had been continually enrolled since the beginning of the year and the school processed 1 327 withdrawals 7 Combined with relatively low attendance rates classroom composition and consistency remained fluid throughout the period of the 1990s 7 Current status editAs of the 2010 2011 school year Roosevelt operates on an 8 05 am to 3 02 pm schedule 24 From 2006 to 2012 its principal was Terry Houston who was named the 2008 Principal of the Year by the St Louis Association of Secondary School Principals for promoting achievement morale and community relations 24 25 Activities edit For the 2010 2011 school year the school offered fourteen activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association MSHSAA boys and girls basketball boys and girls cross country boys and girls track and field 11 man football sideline cheerleading boys and girls soccer girls volleyball wrestling softball and baseball 26 In addition to its current activities Roosevelt students have won several state championships including Boys Swimming and Diving 1939 1940 1943 1944 1947 1957 Boys Outdoor Track and Field 1948 Boys Indoor Track and Field 1930 The school also has produced four singles tennis state champions 27 Demographics edit Enrollment racial demographics and free or reduced price lunches 28 29 Year Enrollment Black White Hispanic Asian Free reduced lunch 2011 1 003 76 8 10 5 5 4 7 4 76 9 2010 1 218 80 4 11 7 3 7 4 1 73 0 2009 1 365 82 8 11 0 3 1 3 1 55 2 2008 1 399 85 2 9 6 3 6 1 6 54 4 2007 1 490 83 5 10 4 3 8 2 3 67 9 2006 1 554 87 5 8 8 2 3 1 3 84 9 2005 1 527 80 7 14 9 2 2 2 1 80 5 2004 1 557 74 7 21 1 1 9 2 3 81 4 2003 1 896 72 4 24 2 2 0 1 5 89 3 2002 2 014 70 7 25 8 1 6 1 8 64 9 Academic and discipline issues edit Roosevelt has a significant dropout rate for the 2010 2011 school year more than 50 percent of students dropped out compared to the Missouri state dropout rate of 3 4 percent 28 Roosevelt also has a significant discipline incident rate of 13 5 percent more than seven times the average Missouri rate 28 30 Since the passage of No Child Left Behind in 2001 Roosevelt has not met the requirements for adequate yearly progress in either communication arts or mathematics 28 In addition Roosevelt graduates average lower first and second semester grades during their first year in college than the average Missouri graduate and as of 2010 more than 80 percent of Roosevelt graduates enrolled in a public university in Missouri required remedial coursework in either English or mathematics 31 32 Graduation and dropout rates by year Year Graduates Cohort dropouts Graduation rate Total dropouts Dropout rate 2011 317 243 56 6 468 50 3 2010 267 282 48 6 411 39 1 2009 264 291 47 6 2008 247 293 45 7 2007 160 245 39 5 2006 247 265 48 2 554 37 4 2005 220 174 55 8 314 20 7 2004 319 195 62 1 116 7 3 2003 227 254 47 2 248 12 9 2002 204 326 38 5 115 5 5 Cohort dropouts is the number of students from the grade level graduating for that year who dropped out Graduation rate is calculated as number of graduates divided by number of graduates plus dropouts multiplied by 100 Total dropouts is the number of students at the school who dropped out of school during that school year Dropout rate is calculated as number of total dropouts September enrollment plus transfers in and minus transfers out September enrollment 2 Incident rates by year Year Enrollment Incidents Incident rate 2011 1003 135 13 5 2010 1218 235 19 3 2009 1365 271 19 9 2008 1399 274 19 6 2007 1490 111 7 4 2006 1490 111 7 4 2005 1527 265 17 4 2004 1557 42 2 7 2003 1896 30 1 6 2002 2014 35 1 7 Total incidents is the number of incidents in which as a result a student was removed for ten or more consecutive days from a traditional classroom Incident rate is calculated as enrollment divided by total incidents Notable alumni edit nbsp Clyde Cowan graduated from Roosevelt and later became the co discoverer of the neutrino particle This article s list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia s verifiability policy Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations October 2016 Dick Ault Olympic hurdler Harry Babbitt Big Band era singer 5 Stan Barrett Stuntman who unofficially broke the sound barrier in a land vehicle attended Roosevelt and the Missouri Military Academy 33 Rudy Bukich NFL quarterback 34 James T Conway Four star general and 34th Commandant of the Marine Corps 35 Clyde L Cowan Co discoverer of the neutrino 36 Al Gerheauser Former MLB pitcher in the 1940s 37 Charles Guenther Poet translator literary reviewer 38 Dick Hantak NFL official 34 Vedad Ibisevic professional soccer player Bud Schwenk NFL quarterback 34 Johnny Sturm Former MLB player New York Yankees James Thompson Stewart II Lieutenant general in the United States Air ForceReferences edit Dancy Enna Principal Meet the Principal www slps org Retrieved March 13 2019 a b c ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL National Center for Education Statistics Retrieved April 21 2024 a b c d e f Bosenbecker Ray 2004 So Where d You Go to High School Virginia Publishing p 112 ISBN 9781891442308 Retrieved December 24 2011 Dillon Dan 2005 So Where d You Go to High School The Baby Boomer Edition St Louis Virginia Publishing p 128 ISBN 1 891442 33 3 Retrieved December 24 2011 a b c d e Dillon Dan 2005 So Where d You Go to High School The Baby Boomer Edition St Louis Virginia Publishing pp 174 175 ISBN 1 891442 33 3 Retrieved December 24 2011 Edward C Wicklein July 14 2011 Letters from Our Readers St Louis Post Dispatch a b c d e f g h i j k l m Williams Nancy 1999 Roosevelt High School s Partnership with Harris Stowe State College and Maryville University PDF Portraits of Secondary Partner Schools in the National Network for Educational Renewal a b c Herald Journal September 4 1980 a href Template Cite news html title Template Cite news cite news a Missing or empty title help Bosenbecker Ray 2004 So Where d You Go to High School Virginia Publishing p 75 ISBN 9781891442308 Retrieved December 24 2011 Bosenbecker Ray 2004 So Where d You Go to High School Virginia Publishing p 63 ISBN 9781891442308 Retrieved December 24 2011 Bosenbecker Ray 2004 So Where d You Go to High School Virginia Publishing p 167 ISBN 9781891442308 Retrieved December 24 2011 a b Yvonne Samuel Kirkwood October 29 1990 Military Evangelist Stirs Student Fervor St Louis Post Dispatch Crime Column St Louis Post Dispatch November 7 1990 Darrell McWhorter March 7 1991 A U Turn for Ice T St Louis Post Dispatch a b c Mark Schlinkmann January 3 1992 Police to be Stationed at 12 City Schools St Louis Post Dispatch Virginia Hick November 8 1992 Teachers Students Learn to Cope St Louis Post Dispatch Joan Little October 19 1995 Computer Monitor Thrown at Roosevelt High Teacher Freshman Arrested St Louis Post Dispatch Police and Courts St Louis Post Dispatch February 8 1996 Roy Malone October 29 1996 Two Students Stabbed in Fight at High School St Louis Post Dispatch Jake Wagman November 8 2003 Substitute Teacher is Accused of Molesting Student in City St Louis Post Dispatch Daphne Duret January 26 2005 Four Teenagers are Shot near Roosevelt High St Louis Post Dispatch a b Steve Giegerich November 1 2006 Gangs Plague Troubled School St Louis Post Dispatch a b Virginia Hick 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