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Roosevelt High School

4419 Center St

Tel: (515)242-7272

Roosevelt High School serves 1,827 students in grades 9-12.
The student:teacher ratio of 22:1 is higher than the IA average of 15:1.
Minority enrollment is 47% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the state average of 22%.
Roosevelt High School operates within the Des Moines Independent Community School District.
Des Moines Independent Community School District's 76% graduation rate is lower than the IA state average of 92%.

The student:teacher ratio of 22:1 has stayed the same over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.65 is more than the state average of 0.22. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(IA) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	22:1	15:1

American Indian	n/a	n/a

Asian	5%	2%

Hispanic	12%	10%

Black	24%	5%

White	53%	78%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

Two or more races	6%	3%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.65	0.22

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	42%	34%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	9%	7%

Des Moines Independent Community School District's student population of 32,809 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The district's graduation rate of 76% has decreased from 93% over five years.
The revenue/student of $12,945 in this district is less than the state average of $13,242. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $13,091 is higher than the state average of $12,536. The district spending/student has grown by 8% over four years.

School District Name	Des Moines Independent Community School District
Number of Schools Managed	61	3
Number of Students Managed	32,809	673

Graduation Rate	76%	92%

District Total Revenue	$443 MM	$9 MM

District Spending	$448 MM	$8 MM

District Revenue / Student	$12,945	$13,242

District Spending / Student	$13,091	$12,536

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