[2] It was the 5358th Rosenwald School created and the last one, in dedication to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his vision for education.

[4][5] The Julius Rosenwald Fund had closed their school building program in 1932, but President Roosevelt personally insured the creation of this school alongside Samuel L.

[2] Between 1924 and 1945, President Roosevelt visited Georgia 41 times for seeking treatment for polio, and as a result he formed close ties to the state and the local politicians.

[2] The school was considered historic by the National Register of Historic Places because of the significance within African-American educational history, the school's connection to President Roosevelt, and because it is an architectural example of the Rosenwald School-style with the building plans published in, Community School Plans.

[2] In 1940, the Eleanor Roosevelt School was honored with 2 of the 33 dioramas at the American Negro Exposition in Chicago.