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Does John F. Kennedy Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DINUBA UNIFIED·NCES 060006511536
John F. Kennedy Elementary
999 North Crawford, Dinuba, CA 93618 · (559) 595-7300 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
412 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 14% smaller than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
John F. Kennedy Elementary→Washington Intermediate
Based on grade levels within Dinuba Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.6pp since 2014
Math
41.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +26.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.1% | 27.5% | 27.5% | 30.9% |
| Math | 19.1% | 22.2% | 25.3% | 33.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 41.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.8% | 35.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.2% | 28.7% |
| 2021-22 | 32.8% | 23.3% |
| 2018-19 | 38.4% | 31.6% |
| 2017-18 | 30.5% | 31.1% |
| 2016-17 | 29.2% | 21.5% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 15.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like John F. Kennedy Elementary
John F. Kennedy Elementary's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Elementary this school | 488 | 84.4% | 40.2% |
| Sun Empire Elementary Kerman | 490 | 86.7% | 37.3% |
| R. O. Hardin Elementary Hollister | 461 | 84.4% | 12.4% |
| Leonora Fillmore Elementary Lompoc | 469 | 83.4% | 19.0% |
| Beardslee Dual Language Immersion Academy (PK-8) Duarte | 470 | 83.8% | 31.8% |
| Canyon Springs Community Elementary Canyon Country | 496 | 82.3% | 36.2% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where John F. Kennedy Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #2,461 of 5,151 | #26 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,200 of 5,172 ▲ 340 | #16 of 102 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #2,762 of 5,172 ▼ 221 | #36 of 102 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.4pp | #268 of 5,116 | #11 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #2,579 of 5,915 | #53 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,171 of 5,352 | #67 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.7% | #4,668 of 5,354 | #64 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #1,720 of 5,625 | #56 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #2,980 of 3,837 | #57 of 77 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
488
-44 (-8%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 25.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 488 | 21 | 23.2:1 | 84% (412) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 85% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 21 | 23.5:1 | 82% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 532 | 21 | 25.3:1 | 92% (492) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 22 | 24.0:1 | 88% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 25 | 23.3:1 | 82% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | N/A | N/A | 84% (348) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John F. Kennedy Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (528 to 488); teachers down 5% (22 to 21).
About John F. Kennedy Elementary
John F. Kennedy Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school found in Dinuba, California. A federal count lists 488 students at the school, in kindergarten through 6.
John F. Kennedy Elementary is part of Dinuba Unified, where 10 schools serve 6,242 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at John F. Kennedy Elementary, with 92% of enrollment. Next come 6% White. That compares with about 67% Hispanic among all Tulare County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at John F. Kennedy Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
Its 21 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 23.2:1. That ratio is over the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 84% in 2024-25.
John F. Kennedy Elementary is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, John F. Kennedy Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.2%; the prediction is 30.1%.
County data help place the school in context: in Tulare County, median household income is about $71,300, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. John F. Kennedy Elementary is among the 196 public schools in Tulare County.
The school nearest to John F. Kennedy Elementary is Washington Intermediate, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of John F. Kennedy Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, John F. Kennedy Elementary places 5th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place John F. Kennedy Elementary in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 488, 8% below the 532 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 25.3 in 2020-21 to 23.2 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dinuba Unified
- Dinuba HighHigh · 2,115 students
- Washington IntermediateMiddle · 916 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 507 students
Other schools in Dinuba
- Dinuba HighHigh · 2,115 students
- Washington IntermediateMiddle · 916 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 604 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 563 students
- Wilson ElementaryElementary · 545 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 507 students
Other John F. Kennedy Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 4 states are named John F. Kennedy Elementary. John F. Kennedy Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 10.
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryRiverside, CA · 864 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryNewark, CA · 455 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryIndio, CA · 390 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 380 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryDaly City, CA · 304 students
Nearby schools
- Washington Intermediate0.2 mi · 916
- Lincoln Elementary0.7 mi · 563
- Jefferson Elementary1.1 mi · 507
- Roosevelt Elementary1.3 mi · 604
- Wilson Elementary1.6 mi · 545
- Ronald Reagan Academy1.8 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About John F. Kennedy ElementaryHow many students attend John F. Kennedy Elementary?
John F. Kennedy Elementary enrolls approximately 488 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does John F. Kennedy Elementary serve?
John F. Kennedy Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at John F. Kennedy Elementary?
Approximately 23.2:1 students per teacher at John F. Kennedy Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at John F. Kennedy Elementary?
At John F. Kennedy Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 92% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees John F. Kennedy Elementary?
John F. Kennedy Elementary is overseen by Dinuba Unified in Tulare County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.