Established in 1912, the Roosevelt School District has a long and proud history of educating the community’s children. What began as a 15-pupil district has grown into a district serving more than 7,500 students and 1,200 employees in 20 schools.

The original Roosevelt School, located at 6000 S. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ, was destroyed in a fire on April 5, 1985. The classroom wings we demolished in 1986, and the new administration center opened in December 1987 on the old Roosevelt School site.

The school bell that hung in the tower of the original school building survived the fire and now sits on bricks salvaged from the 1985 fire in the vestibule of the District Office Building.

The District boundaries are the Salt River the north, South Mountain to the south, 40th Street the east and 35th Avenue on the west.