Eleanor Roosevelt High School

7601 Hanover Parkway

Greenbelt, MD 20770

School District

Prince George's County Public Schools
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on November 19, 2024

This is the best high school in Prince George's County. My son is in the Science and Technology program, and he loves it, particularly the engineering classes. The front office staff is very helpful, and teachers and administrative staff have been responsive to my questions. My son is getting a great education at Eleanor Roosevelt HS. He also loves the after-school events like clubs, sports, games, and homecoming dances. He has made lots of friends. The principal, Dr. Barnes, and the school, in general, is very good at communicating information to parents. The PTSA is robust and active in ensuring parents are up to date with the goings on of the school and supporting events such as teacher appreciation days, grad night, etc. This is a great school!
Submitted by parent on December 06, 2019

Eleanor Roosevelt is a first rate high school. As a graduate and now parent, I have seen the school from different perspectives and over multiple decades. It has remained one of the shining stars in the State of Maryland and Prince George's County. They offer a broad range of classes and offer all students (not just their Science & Tech students) the opportunity to seek out more challenging curriculum. Roosevelt does a wonderful job of supplementing education with many student-run clubs, athletics teams, and performing arts programs. Our oldest is graduating this spring and is well-prepared for college. We love this school!
Submitted by parent on August 16, 2019

Horrible !! Overall, everyone at this school has a disgusting attitude. Not one was my child assumed to not speak English because he is Latino. They also had the disrespect to assume he was not born here. All I needed was to enroll him in school being that we moved from NC. They cancel my appointment and made me lose time from work 3 times. I really hope someone can bring this to the staffs attention.
Submitted by parent on April 25, 2018

Not living up to the rep as a shining star.
Submitted by parent on April 03, 2018

Science and Technology program is the best in this school.
Submitted by other on November 03, 2016

Eleanor Roosevelt High School is the best high school in the area. It has many excellent, hard-working teachers and staff but a few bad apples that need to be weeded out. There are some who are just incompetent but have been kept on year after year. Overall the school has a very positive atmosphere, high standards for academics and behavior, a nice diverse group of students and lots of wonderful after-school activities and clubs. Unfortunately there is no email communication from the school telling parents about these activities or any other happenings. Last year an extra school day was added to the calendar in the middle of the semester and there was no email from the school! In June there was an incident involving a threat to the school and no email to the parents! No emails on school spirit week, lockers, scheduling process, opportunities for service hours, changes in the schedule due to testing or anything else ... nothing! Instead a religious group is allowed to use the school robo-call system to advertise their food and clothing giveaways and Taming-Teens workshops where they will try to get you to join their church. The school dissuades parents from meeting with their children's teachers by forcing them to meet at 8:00am with a guidance counselor. I would rate the school five stars except for the extremely poor communication with parents and their inconvenient system for meeting with teachers. Both problems discourage parents from being actively involved in their child's education.
Submitted by student on May 28, 2013

Roosevelt is a very good school and I do feel like I am getting a better education than I could at most schools . Many of my teachers do honestly care about teaching the students and preparing them for their lives , however there are also several teachers that I have honestly never learned anything at all from . Unfortunately , departments such as art , english , and drama seem to be considered significantly less important than science and math classes . Being in S&T , I have also noticed that kids that are not in this program are hardly paid attention to and even targeted by the administrators compared to the other students . Overall , students are able to recieve a good education and oppurtunities if they are willing to apply themselves , but the school's priorities are completely unbalanced , a situation I believe could be improved in the administrators and county handled things differently .
Submitted by student on June 28, 2012

This is a great school and I really do feel like I'm having the best high school experience possible. The students are great and supportive. The teachers go out of their way to help you. I'm in the science and tech program and I really enjoy it even though it can get pretty tough. Even though people complain that s/t get all the opportunities, thats not true at all. If you truly want success, you'll take advantage of all the opportunities available. I alsO really love the after school clubs and sports. Our opportunities are limitless!
Submitted by student on April 25, 2012

This school is the best experience of my life but science and tech is the program I would suggest you apply for.
Submitted by student on August 11, 2011

Like one of the previous reviewers, I am a neighborhood student and will complete my high school experience in 2012 at Eleanor Roosevelt HS. Despite our similarities, I must disagree with the students view on the teachers. Your experience at ERHS is what you make it. "Better" teachers are not reserved for sci/tech students (majority of those teachers teach comprehensive classes as well)-- it's the student's own drive that pushes them to succeed in the class. I personality appreciate the teachers at the school as well the extra curricular activities and opportunities available to all students at this school.
Submitted by student on May 27, 2011

Eleanor roosevelt is what you make of it. If you care about school and work hard, you will suceed. I am in the Quest program. Beware of the guidence conselour. if you aren't in science and tech they may ignore you. I am stuck taking normal english 10 for this coming year. However, I pushed my counselours into allowing me to take AP Government and I will be taking Chemistry honors. YOU have to push. If you don't you won't get the classes that will challenge you.
Submitted by student on May 11, 2011

ERHS used to be a powerhouse and a great school and turned out one of Google's founders, but those days are over, and its decline has really accelerated in the last four years. It's the best school in PG, but that doesn't mean much. While some teachers are INCREDIBLE, others are dull, foolish, or practically insane. Many are incompetent. The school spends ENTIRELY too much time and money trying to make itself look good and far too little actually improving itself. Teacher cuts are making it look like classes will soon have 40 students, I have heard multiple English teachers say that they are not going to be able to teach essay writing next year, and the administration frequently makes arbitrary and wasteful decisions that endear them to none. (They also seem to strongly dislike the students, which makes me wonder why they work here at all.) Students are totally ignored- if you want to get something done, get your parents involved. It's very possible to get a good education in the sciences, but students who are more humanities- or arts-oriented are at a fairly severe disadvantage. Non-S/T kids have it worse than we do, too. I have two days of school left and I can't wait to leave.
Submitted by student on February 09, 2011

I am a junior (graduate 2012) at ERHS and have been here since the beginning, freshman year. People say the school is great and wonderful, but that is only for the science/tech students. The school gives much support including good teachers and better environment for them. But for the regular neighborhood students like me, we are provided with mediocre teachers that don't really care and complain. The administration is terrible. The administrators pester students constantly because they themselves have no better work to do but to exasperate the students. They have an administrator at lunches to ruin the thought of having a break during school and eating lunch. They scream into a microphone, give students trash duty for pointless reasons, and are very discouraging. The school as a whole don't even care about the regular students, and would rather be lazy and see them fail instead of helping them succeed. My recommendation, if you have money, put your kid in a private school.
Submitted by student on January 04, 2011

I graduated in 2009 from the S/T program. It is easy to claim ERHS is the best, but there's not much competition in PG. There are superb and inspirational teachers here, but there are also awful ones, as is true of all schools. The key difference is that ERHS has so many great ones in a wide variety of subjects. Many of the students here do strive to achieve all that they can, but the majority appear not to care about their education (or anyone else's). The administration is severely lacking in many aspects and I am unsure if this is due to their personal attributes or the education board. As has been stated in other reviews, the high standardized testing scores and AP enrollment is due largely to the so-called "smarter kids". Personally, I didn't feel particularly challenged in the majority of my classes, but that is, at least in part, due to the fact that the English program at all public schools (that I'm aware of) is severely lacking in diversity and that funding for the arts has been largely ignored. Science and math courses make this school, but hope your student gets the good teachers or s/he will be lost.
Submitted by student on December 30, 2010

I graduated from ERHS in the class of 2008 and am currently in college right now. Roosevelt did a great job preparing me and exposing me to a wide variety of experiences. I loved many of my teachers and the bad ones were tolerable. I was in the Science and Technology program and the internship/research experience was am amazing experience. Definitely go with a program or large organization/university - you will learn a lot and it looks amazing on your resume! The S/T coordinator was difficult to work with as a student unfortunately and involving my parent did not help at all. I loved Roosevelt though and would highly recommend this school