Franklin D. Roosevelt High School (Texas)

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Franklin D. Roosevelt High School
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Franklin D. Roosevelt High School (Texas)
525 Bonnie View Road

Dallas
,
Texas
75216

United States
Coordinates 32°44′30″N96°47′43″W / 32.74175°N 96.79532°W / 32.74175; -96.79532
Information
Other nameRoosevelt High School
School type Public, comprehensive high school
MottoPride, Respect, and Responsibility [1]
Founded1963;61 years ago (1963)
LocaleCity: Large [2]
School district Dallas Independent School District
Area trusteeMaxie Johnson (District 5)
Principal [1]
Teaching staff56.97 (FTE) [2]
Grades 9-12
Gender coeducational
Enrollment677 (2023-2024) [2]
 •  Grade 9 216
 •  Grade 10 178
 •  Grade 11 157
 •  Grade 12 126
Student to teacher ratio11.88 [2]
Language English
Color(s)  Columbia Blue
  White   red
 navy blue [1]
SportsBaseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, & Wrestling
Mascot Mustang [1]
Team nameMighty Mustangs
Communities served Southeast Oak Cliff
Feeder schoolsOliver W. Holmes Humanities/Communications Academy
Students considered a racial minority 649 (99.4%) (2016-17) [2]
Students not considered a racial minority4 (0.6%) (2016-17) [2]
Website www.dallasisd.org/roosevelt
Last updated: September 9, 2019;5 years ago (2019-09-09)

Franklin D. Roosevelt High School is a public secondary school in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA), serving grades 9 - 12. The school opened in 1963 [3] and is part of the Dallas Independent School District.

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The school serves several South Dallas communities, including Cadillac Heights and some Oak Cliff neighborhoods. [4] [5]

History

Construction of the school began in 1961 at 525 Bonnie View Road in the Oak Cliff area. Built before the school district integrated its high schools, the campus was the first new "Negro high school" built in Dallas since 1939 at the time it opened in January 1963. [3] The school was built to serve a maximum capacity of 2000 students and at its opening was expected to draw about 1200 students from the Oak Cliff area, most previously attending Madison High School — which had itself been converted to a "Negro school" in 1956 to relieve overcrowding at Booker T. Washington and Lincoln high schools. [6]

The school is named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd U.S. President in honor of him passing and assisting lower class citizens opportunity for growth. School colors chosen were Columbia blue, White, and Cardinal red. [7] Most recent colors used for FDR are navy blue, light blue and white.

In 2005, after the closure of Wilmer-Hutchins High School. Roosevelt absorbed some WHISD high school students. [8]

In 2011 the district re-opened Wilmer Hutchins High. [9] Some former WHISD zones covered by Roosevelt were rezoned to Wilmer-Hutchins. [10] [11]

Notable alumni

NameClass YearNotabilityReference
Lew Blackburn1974a trustee of the Dallas ISD school board [12]
Waymond Bryant 1969(?)former American football linebacker, played for the Chicago Bears [13]
Jeff Fuller 1980former NFL football safety who played for the San Francisco 49ers from 1984 to 1989. He played in two Super Bowls as a member of the 49ers. [14]
Roy Martin 1985sprinter, US high school record holder [15]
Evelyn Henry-Miller1976Chief Financial Officer, TDIndustries; formerly executive vice-president for The Dallas Morning News[ citation needed ]
Aaron Wallace NFL player [16]
Richmond Webb NFL player; 7-time NFL pro bowler and 5-time all-pro selection [17]
Kevin Williams 1989(?)former football wide receiver in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers [ citation needed ]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public Schools - Franklin D Roosevelt H S (481623001343)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 28, 2024.
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  6. ↑ Connally, Sue (June 14, 1956). "Forest assigned to Negro pupils: District added to Crozier's". The Dallas Morning News . Section 1; pp. 1, 9.Note: At that time, "district" was used in Dallas to refer to the attendance zone of a specific school, rather than the system as a whole.
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