Is Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School a good school?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School ranks 803 rd of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 3,430 students attended Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School.

What is the racial makeup of Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School?

Students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School are 40% Hispanic, 35% Asian, 16% White, 7% African American.

What schools feed into Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Ps 105 Blythebourne (The) Elementary : Ps 160 William T Sampson Elementary : Ps 164 Caesar Rodney Elementary : Ps 192 Magnet School For Math And Science Inquiry (The) Elementary : Ps 48 Mapleton Elementary : Seeall Academy (The) Middle : Junior High School 223 Montauk (The)

Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Summary:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School is a public high school located in Brooklyn, New York, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 3,213 students. The school is part of the New York City Geographic District #20, which is ranked 242 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Despite the relatively high level of funding and resources available to the school, Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, student engagement, and equity. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York high schools, with proficiency rates on Regents exams ranging from around 30-60% across different subject areas, particularly low in Algebra I, Earth Science, and Living Environment. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 69.4% and 85.1% over the past few years, which is generally lower than the district and state averages, and the school has a high dropout rate ranging from 4.9% to 10.5% in recent years. The school's diverse student population includes a high percentage of English Language Learners and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, and the performance on Regents exams varies significantly by student subgroup, with Asian and African American students generally outperforming Hispanic and White students.

Interestingly, the nearby Urban Assembly School For Leadership And Empowerment, which is also part of the New York City Geographic District #20, has similar academic performance and student demographic characteristics to Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School. In contrast, Midwood High School, which is located in a different district (New York City Geographic District #22), has significantly higher academic performance and better student outcomes, despite serving a similar student population. This suggests that factors beyond just funding may be contributing to the challenges faced by Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School, and collaboration with nearby high-performing schools could provide valuable insights and best practices to help the school improve its academic performance and student outcomes.

Detail:

Public 9-12

5800 20th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11204-2098

(718) 621-8800

District: New York City Geographic District #20

SchoolDigger Rank:
803^rd of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,450

Feeder schools for Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School:

Elementary:	Ps 105 Blythebourne (The)
	Ps 160 William T Sampson
	Ps 164 Caesar Rodney
	Ps 192 Magnet School For Math And Science Inquiry (The)
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	Ps 48 Mapleton
	Seeall Academy (The)
Middle:	Junior High School 223 Montauk (The)

Student/teacher ratio: 13.8

Number of students: 3,430

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

39.5%

Asian:

34.8%

White:

16.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 81.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School ranks worse than 64.7% of high schools in New York. It also ranks 4^th among 5 ranked high schools in the New York City Geographic District #20. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 34.28. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (39.5%), Asian (34.8%), White (16.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 81.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School is 13.8. 2 high schools in the New York City Geographic District #20 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School employs 247.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School is $15,450. 2 high schools in the New York City Geographic District #20 spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School 803^rd of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in the ranking list.)

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New York City Geographic District #20:

SchoolDigger ranks New York City Geographic District #20 242^nd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

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Rank History for all students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	44.29	651^st	935	30.4%
2006	55.90	524^th	986	46.9%
2007	60.39	446^th	1002	55.5%
2008	56.48	532^nd	1027	48.2%
2009	52.91	592^nd	1086	45.5%
2010	54.86	561^st	1117	49.8%
2011	53.17	621^st	1165	46.7%
2012	48.72	691^st	1198	42.3%
2013	45.48	735^th	1217	39.6%
2014	52.25	624^th	1237	49.6%
2015	56.12	558^th	1255	55.5%
2016	44.54	714^th	1255	43.1%
2017	41.51	732^nd	1221	40.0%
2018	39.91	764^th	1210	36.9%
2019	40.13	776^th	1207	35.7%
2021	48.95	319^th	519	38.5%
2022	37.72	736^th	1190	38.2%
2023	35.31	785^th	1228	36.1%
2024	34.28	803^rd	1242	35.3%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.30	91^st	546	83.3%
2019	77.74	65^th	565	88.5%
2021	81.85	2^nd	23	91.3%
2022	73.68	60^th	481	87.5%
2023	69.06	101^st	583	82.7%
2024	64.95	138^th	637	78.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	38.32	649^th	1095	40.7%
2019	37.43	690^th	1132	39.0%
2021	49.22	72^nd	137	47.4%
2022	37.77	609^th	1038	41.3%
2023	32.09	773^rd	1130	31.6%
2024	27.09	880^th	1144	23.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	45.66	654^th	1154	43.3%
2019	45.59	669^th	1179	43.3%
2022	44.40	619^th	1101	43.8%
2023	41.77	669^th	1155	42.1%
2024	37.65	734^th	1170	37.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	71.72	81^st	498	83.7%
2019	67.09	113^th	493	77.1%
2022	67.27	62^nd	389	84.1%
2023	55.69	167^th	531	68.5%
2024	56.86	175^th	564	69.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.22	758^th	1176	35.5%
2019	37.62	787^th	1193	34.0%
2021	47.49	167^th	290	42.4%
2022	33.91	773^rd	1155	33.1%
2023	34.60	790^th	1197	34.0%
2024	33.02	822^nd	1219	32.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	40.84	740^th	1176	37.1%
2019	41.99	736^th	1190	38.2%
2021	52.13	188^th	354	46.9%
2022	39.50	692^nd	1154	40.0%
2023	36.70	741^st	1191	37.8%
2024	36.14	774^th	1211	36.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.27	296^th	426	30.5%
2019	33.72	338^th	447	24.4%
2021	31.69	7^th	9	22.2%
2022	32.31	289^th	386	25.1%
2023	34.84	306^th	424	27.8%
2024	32.01	318^th	426	25.4%

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Rank History for African American students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	52.25	285^th	679	58.0%
2019	52.11	297^th	686	56.7%
2022	57.06	204^th	593	65.6%
2023	44.09	327^th	671	51.3%
2024	49.77	300^th	690	56.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	47.57	394^th	791	50.2%
2019	40.43	475^th	815	41.7%
2022	31.68	501^st	760	34.1%
2023	29.58	581^st	851	31.7%
2024	26.46	642^nd	865	25.8%

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Rank History for White students at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.16	678^th	765	11.4%
2019	22.50	690^th	793	13.0%
2022	16.56	663^rd	738	10.2%
2023	14.02	709^th	776	8.6%
2024	15.68	709^th	781	9.2%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	1601	400	668	875	13	n/a	n/a	3557
1990	1643	384	658	881	0	n/a	n/a	3566
1991	1619	284	675	962	0	n/a	n/a	3540
1992	1542	276	690	1014	6	n/a	n/a	3528
1993	1592	288	695	1131	6	n/a	n/a	3712
1994	1609	308	688	1145	4	n/a	n/a	3754
1995	1593	305	772	1271	11	n/a	n/a	3952
1996	1593	305	772	1271	11	n/a	n/a	3952
1997	1571	281	901	1328	11	n/a	n/a	4092
1998	1531	247	931	1237	6	n/a	n/a	3952
1999	1409	200	1015	1133	4	n/a	n/a	3761
2000	1261	176	1092	1027	5	n/a	n/a	3561
2001	1147	172	1176	970	4	n/a	n/a	3469
2002	973	216	1288	969	7	n/a	n/a	3453
2003	973	216	1288	969	7	n/a	n/a	3453
2004	909	245	1332	1082	6	n/a	n/a	3574
2005	812	301	1318	1187	7	n/a	n/a	3625
2006	756	307	1311	1271	7	n/a	n/a	3652
2007	700	354	1247	1358	6	n/a	n/a	3665
2008	666	347	1271	1330	7	n/a	n/a	3621
2009	634	309	1275	1207	6	n/a	n/a	3431
2010	1422	287	1386	1180	8	n/a	n/a	4283
2011	613	297	1428	1076	9	0	0	3423
2012	586	314	1377	878	12	4	0	3171
2013	602	279	1335	863	15	5	5	3104
2014	593	340	1268	869	17	0	2	3089
2015	599	373	1297	926	13	0	3	3211
2016	607	370	1214	970	13	0	2	3176
2017	548	368	1196	978	11	17	7	3125
2018	526	344	1150	983	11	15	10	3039
2019	536	329	1202	1064	14	21	20	3186
2020	535	332	1175	1186	22	18	16	3284
2021	547	346	1117	1187	16	21	30	3264
2022	481	309	1074	1213	20	17	28	3142
2023	464	288	1034	1270	15	14	128	3213
2024	560	253	1194	1355	23	12	33	3430

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	3557	172.8	20.5	n/a
1990	3566	188.7	18.8	n/a
1991	3540	188.4	18.7	n/a
1992	3528	183.8	19.1	n/a
1993	3712	188.2	19.7	n/a
1994	3754	192.7	19.5	n/a
1995	3952	178.1	22.2	n/a
1996	3952	178.1	22.2	n/a
1997	4092	191.0	21.4	44
1998	3952	195.8	20.2	37
1999	3761	203.1	18.5	39.8
2000	3561	191.8	18.6	46.7
2001	3469	183.9	18.9	51.9
2002	3453	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	3453	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	3574	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	3625	n/a	n/a	0
2006	3652	179.0	20.4	87.7
2007	3665	173.1	21.2	87.4
2008	3621	171.6	21.1	64.6
2009	3431	175.5	19.5	77.1
2010	4283	169.1	25.3	n/a
2011	3423	166.6	20.5	83.7
2012	3171	166.3	19.0	76.1
2013	3104	158.0	19.6	33.2
2014	3089	169.0	18.2	79
2015	3211	161.0	19.9	79.4
2016	3176	180.0	17.6	77.7
2017	3125	184.9	16.8	78.3
2018	3039	185.0	16.4	81.7
2019	3186	191.0	16.6	78.1
2020	3284	209.0	15.7	80.3
2021	3264	215.8	15.1	85
2022	3142	217.9	14.4	79.9
2023	3213	234.7	13.6	79.1
2024	3430	247.7	13.8	81.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	3557	172.8	20.5	n/a
1990	3566	188.7	18.8	n/a
1991	3540	188.4	18.7	n/a
1992	3528	183.8	19.1	n/a
1993	3712	188.2	19.7	n/a
1994	3754	192.7	19.5	n/a
1995	3952	178.1	22.2	n/a
1996	3952	178.1	22.2	n/a
1997	4092	191.0	21.4	44
1998	3952	195.8	20.2	37
1999	3761	203.1	18.5	39.8
2000	3561	191.8	18.6	46.7
2001	3469	183.9	18.9	51.9
2002	3453	n/a	n/a	n/a
2003	3453	n/a	n/a	n/a
2004	3574	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	3625	n/a	n/a	0
2006	3652	179.0	20.4	87.7
2007	3665	173.1	21.2	87.4
2008	3621	171.6	21.1	64.6
2009	3431	175.5	19.5	77.1
2010	4283	169.1	25.3	n/a
2011	3423	166.6	20.5	83.7
2012	3171	166.3	19.0	76.1
2013	3104	158.0	19.6	33.2
2014	3089	169.0	18.2	79
2015	3211	161.0	19.9	79.4
2016	3176	180.0	17.6	77.7
2017	3125	184.9	16.8	78.3
2018	3039	185.0	16.4	81.7
2019	3186	191.0	16.6	78.1
2020	3284	209.0	15.7	80.3
2021	3264	215.8	15.1	85
2022	3142	217.9	14.4	79.9
2023	3213	234.7	13.6	79.1
2024	3430	247.7	13.8	81.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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