High school (grades 9-12) · Minneapolis, MN

Roosevelt High - Sws

Federal NCES profile for Roosevelt High - Sws, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 12/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 272124004907
0/100100/10012/100
📚 AP courses
5
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Roosevelt High - Sws earns 12/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#29 of 34
high schools in Minneapolis · Resource Index
12
Resource Index · Lower
91
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Roosevelt High - Sws ranks #29 of 34 high schools in Minneapolis, MN.

Enrollment

91

Minnesota · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Roosevelt High - Sws

Roosevelt High - Sws is a mid-sized high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota, enrolling 91 students.

Enrollment of 91 puts it in the smaller third of Minnesota schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 98% of the 2,334 Minnesota schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (55%) and African American (30%) (diversity index 60/100).

On the academic-pipeline side it reports 1 Advanced Placement course.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 93.4% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

The surrounding Minneapolis Public School District spends $21,154 per pupil, 39% above the Minnesota average, a better-resourced district than most.

Its district draws 18.5% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Minneapolis Public School District also operates Washburn High (1,521 students) and South High (1,257 students) alongside Roosevelt High - Sws.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Roosevelt High - Sws compares

Roosevelt High - Sws on the metrics families compare, against Minnesota and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Minnesota Minnesota avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 91 top 72% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

91
Bigger than 9% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Engagement
93.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$21,154
per pupil, district-wide - above Minnesota avg of $15,270
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

Hispanic or Latino 54.9%
African American 29.7%
White 11.0%
Two or More 3.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.1%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 54.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 59.7/100

Simpson diversity index - at 59.7, Roosevelt High - Sws is more mixed than the Minnesota school average of 42.8.

Programs

AP courses offered 1

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Minneapolis Public School District, which includes Roosevelt High - Sws.

$21,154
Per student
+39%
vs Minnesota
Avg $15,270
+27%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 31.2%
State 50.3%
Federal 18.5%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Roosevelt High - Sws Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Washburn High Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
South High Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Southwest High Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Roosevelt High Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Andersen Middle Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Roosevelt High - Sws's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Minneapolis Public School District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Minnesota, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Roosevelt High - Sws's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Roosevelt High - Sws

How many students attend Roosevelt High - Sws?

Roosevelt High - Sws has 91 students enrolled. It is a high school in Minneapolis, MN.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Roosevelt High - Sws?

The largest demographic group at Roosevelt High - Sws is Hispanic or Latino at 54.9% of enrollment, in Minneapolis, MN. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 59.7/100.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Roosevelt High - Sws?

Roosevelt High - Sws has a Resource Investment Index of 12/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Roosevelt High - Sws rank among high schools in Minneapolis?

By Resource Investment Index, Roosevelt High - Sws ranks #29 of 34 high schools in Minneapolis, MN. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Minneapolis on the city page.

Is Roosevelt High - Sws a good school?

Roosevelt High - Sws earns 12/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Minneapolis Public School District?

Besides Roosevelt High - Sws, Minneapolis Public School District also operates Washburn High (1,521 students), South High (1,257 students), and Southwest High (1,195 students). See the Minneapolis Public School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.