Roosevelt Union Free School District

The Roosevelt Union Free School District (RUFSD) is a public school district serving much of the Greater Roosevelt area in the Town of Hempstead, in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States.

The district primarily serves the unincorporated hamlet and CDP of Roosevelt, in addition to small portions of the unincorporated hamlet and CDP of Baldwin and the Incorporated Village of Freeport.

[3][4] In the mid-20th Century, the Roosevelt Union Free School District, like the hamlet of the same name which it primarily serves, fell victim to real estate blockbusting, leading to the then-predominantly-white neighborhood and district rapidly gaining a large African American community, leading to major racial imbalances and causing a need for additional state funding.

[5][6] In 2000, New York State Education Commissioner Richard P. Mills, citing the low academic performance in the district, threatened to shut down the Roosevelt Junior High School and Roosevelt High School.

[9] The 4-year graduation rate as of the 2020-21 school year was 87%, slightly above the New York State average of 86%.