Academic and Discipline Issues
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. Roosevelt also has a significant discipline incident rate of 13.5 percent, more than seven times the average Missouri rate. 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. 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.
| 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). |
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| 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. |
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