John F. Kennedy High

As a large secondary school in Fremont, California, John F. Kennedy High educates 1,273 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Fremont Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 52% above the state mean of about 838.

Fremont Unified comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 33,073 students; John F. Kennedy High is among them.

On the student-mix side, John F. Kennedy High lists that the most-represented group is Asian (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 11% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John F. Kennedy High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.1%; this one delivers 40.7%.

Around the school, Alameda County reports that median household income runs about $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Alameda County runs 394 public schools (combined enrollment of about 210,511 students), of which John F. Kennedy High is one.

The closest other public school is Joseph Azevada Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John F. Kennedy High at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.9%.

John F. Kennedy High operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 1,379 students in 2018 compared to 1,273 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 21% to 11%.

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