High school (grades 9-12) · Washington, DC

Roosevelt Stay Hs

Federal NCES profile for Roosevelt Stay Hs, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 43/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 110003000264
0/100100/10043/100
👥 S:T ratio
61
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
71
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Roosevelt Stay Hs earns 43/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 70% of District of Columbia schools.

#3 of 35
high schools in Washington · Resource Index
43
Resource Index · Typical
9.8:1
small classes for District of Columbia
432
students enrolled

Roosevelt Stay Hs has class sizes smaller than 70% of District of Columbia schools. Computed live against every District of Columbia school reporting to NCES.

By Resource Investment Index, Roosevelt Stay Hs ranks #3 of 35 high schools in Washington, DC.

Enrollment

432

District of Columbia · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

44.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9.8:1

vs 12.3:1 District of Columbia avg

-20% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Roosevelt Stay Hs compares with District of Columbia and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Roosevelt Stay Hs

Roosevelt Stay Hs is a mid-sized high school in Washington, District of Columbia, enrolling 432 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 9.8:1 puts it in the smaller third of District of Columbia schools by student-teacher ratio.

Enrollment of 432 puts it in the larger third of District of Columbia schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 93% of the 243 District of Columbia schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is led by African American (61%) and Hispanic or Latino (38%) (diversity index 49/100).

No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.

Counselor coverage is strong, about 144 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.

Among Washington's high schools, it stands alongside Jackson-Reed Hs (1,855 students): Roosevelt Stay Hs is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs leaner classes (9.8:1 vs 14.6:1).

District of Columbia Public Schools also operates Jackson-Reed Hs (1,855 students) and Columbia Heights Education Campus (1,563 students) alongside Roosevelt Stay Hs.

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 Stay Hs compares

Roosevelt Stay Hs on the metrics families compare, against District of Columbia and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs District of Columbia District of Columbia avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9.8:1 ▼ 20% 12.3:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 432 top 27% - -

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

9.8:1
Leaner classes than 90% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
432
Bigger than 52% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
9.8:1
students per teacher - 20% below state mean
Top 30% in District of Columbia - lower ratio than 70% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Funding equity
$27,425
per pupil, district-wide - below District of Columbia avg of $31,650
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors3.0 FTE
Per 144 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
1
in-school suspensions + 31 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.2 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 7.4 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

African American 60.7%
Hispanic or Latino 38.1%
Asian 0.5%
Two or More 0.5%
White 0.2%

Largest group: African American at 60.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 48.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 48.6, Roosevelt Stay Hs is more mixed than the District of Columbia school average of 33.3.

Programs

AP program Not offered

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for District of Columbia Public Schools, which includes Roosevelt Stay Hs.

$27,425
Per student
-13%
vs District of Columbia
Avg $31,650
+65%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 86.2%
Federal 13.8%

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 Stay Hs Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Jackson-Reed Hs Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Columbia Heights Education Campus Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Deal Ms Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Coolidge Hs Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Roosevelt Hs Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

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

Other Schools in This District

District Of Columbia Public Schools · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools in Washington

6 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

Similar high schools statewide

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

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Roosevelt Stay Hs'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 Stay Hs

How many students attend Roosevelt Stay Hs?

Roosevelt Stay Hs has 432 students enrolled. It is a high school in Washington, DC.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Stay Hs?

The student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Stay Hs is 9.8:1, which is 20% lower than the District of Columbia average of 12.3:1 and 38% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Roosevelt Stay Hs?

The largest demographic group at Roosevelt Stay Hs is African American at 60.7% of enrollment, in Washington, DC.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Roosevelt Stay Hs?

Roosevelt Stay Hs has a Resource Investment Index of 43/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Roosevelt Stay Hs rank among high schools in Washington?

By Resource Investment Index, Roosevelt Stay Hs ranks #3 of 35 high schools in Washington, DC. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all high schools in Washington on the city page.

Is Roosevelt Stay Hs a good school?

Roosevelt Stay Hs earns 43/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 70% of District of Columbia schools. 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 District of Columbia Public Schools?

Besides Roosevelt Stay Hs, District of Columbia Public Schools also operates Jackson-Reed Hs (1,855 students), Columbia Heights Education Campus (1,563 students), and Deal Ms (1,462 students). See the District of Columbia Public Schools 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.

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