 The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 19, 2012.Effective at the beginning of 2012-2013 school year, the Indiana Department of Education, under the authority of Public Law 221, took away control of Roosevelt High School from the Gary Community School Corporation due to substandard academic performance.The state board of education contracted with EdisonLearning, a Tennessee-based for-profit company, to operate the school for the next four school years.