John F. Kennedy Elementary

John F. Kennedy Elementary, a sizable primary school in Riverside, California, operated by Riverside Unified, enrolls 864 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 86% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Riverside Unified comprises 48 schools with combined enrollment of 38,002 students; John F. Kennedy Elementary is among them.

On demographics, John F. Kennedy Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 23% White, 11% Asian, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, John F. Kennedy Elementary records 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting John F. Kennedy Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Riverside County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, John F. Kennedy Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Riverside County indicate the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Riverside County runs 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), of which John F. Kennedy Elementary is one.

Benjamin Franklin Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John F. Kennedy Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.1%.

John F. Kennedy Elementary operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John F. Kennedy Elementary has declined 14%, going from 1,008 students in 2018 to 864 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 35% to 23% over that span.

On this page, members of the John F. Kennedy Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.