The school offers Art, Business, Computers, Music, Social Sciences and Physical Education. Their foreign language programs include Chinese and Spanish. The school offers the AP classes as follows: AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature, AP English Language, AP Spanish Language and Culture, AP Spanish Literature and Culture, AP Studio Art & 2D Design, AP Statistics, AP United States History, AP World History, AP Chinese Language and Culture, AP Computer Science A, AP Computer Science Principles, and AP US Government and Politics. The school also provides Instructional Support Services for students such as Collaborative Team Teaching classes, SETSS classes, and Bilingual classrooms. FDR High School also has a rigorous honors program, for example, Honors Algebra 1, Honors Chemistry, Honors Geometry, Honors Sophomore English, Honors Physics, Honors Algebra 2/Trigonometry, Honors Participation in Government, Honors Economics, and a special class called "Pre-Calculus for Juniors only" a class offered to students who have taken Algebra 1 in eighth grade. FDR is also home to an alternative program called the Young Adult Borough Center that provides over-aged and under-credited high school students with alternative means to obtain their high school diploma. Classes are offered in the evenings Monday through Thursday and students in good academic standing are provided a paid internship during the day.
Extracurricular activities
Sports
The Roosevelt High School offers a number of athletic activities for its students. For boys, they offer baseball, varsity and junior varsity basketball, bowling, football, handball, outdoor track, cricket, table tennis, soccer, tennis, volleyball, and wrestling, while girls have available basketball, bowling, handball, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The Girls Tennis Team won the 2011 PSAL Championship. The Cricket Team won the 2010 and 2011 PSAL Championship. The school has recently launched a dance team. Roosevelt has weight training and cardio facilities with gym and exercise equipment. Roosevelt received a grant for a few million dollars and built a field for sports and other events. In the spring of 2014, coach Yellen founded the FDR Badminton team. Throughout the year, the badminton team won 10–0 in the city tournaments, and in addition, won 2–0 in the state finals. FDR High School's badminton team was the first-ever recipient of the PSAL Badminton cup.
Notable alumni
Eric Johnson, former professional basketball player who had a brief career in the NBA for the Utah Jazz.