John F Kennedy School
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AASA 2023-24 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 42 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 32 points since 2017, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About John F Kennedy School
John F Kennedy School operates as a very small primary school in Superior, Arizona, overseen by Superior Unified School District (4440). Current enrollment sits at 175 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.
Across the 2 schools in Superior Unified School District (4440) (306 students total), John F Kennedy School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, John F Kennedy School records that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 16% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting John F Kennedy School higher than the state norm the norm.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pinal County) shows that median household earnings sit near $80,266, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Pinal County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,837 students), of which John F Kennedy School is one.
The closest other public school is Superior Junior/Senior High School, roughly 0.1 miles away.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John F Kennedy School has contracted 14%, going from 204 students in 2018 to 175 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 88% to 83% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 30.2:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.
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