Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 449 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINDSAY UNIFIED·NCES 062187012815
Kennedy Elementary
1701 East Tulare Rd., Lindsay, CA 93247 · (559) 562-5466 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
330 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.2%
CA avg 47.1% . +20.2pp since 2014
Math
26.7%
CA avg 35.6% . +17.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
376
-67 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 26.1:1
% White
5%
was 2%
% Hispanic
94%
was 95%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Kennedy Elementary
As a low-enrollment K-5 school in Lindsay, California, Kennedy Elementary educates 376 students from grades K through 8, part of Lindsay Unified.
Kennedy Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by Lindsay Unified, a district that educates 3,928 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Kennedy Elementary records that nearly all students (94%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 5% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Tulare County's rate of about 77%.
After controlling for student poverty, Kennedy Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.2%; this one delivers 32.0%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Tulare County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $71,300 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Tulare County runs 196 public schools (combined enrollment of about 101,494 students), of which Kennedy Elementary is one.
Lindsay Senior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kennedy Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.1%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Kennedy Elementary has shrank 15%, going from 443 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025.
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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 Lindsay Unified
- Lindsay Senior HighHigh · 1,132 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 730 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Reagan ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 333 students
Other schools in Lindsay
- Lindsay Senior HighHigh · 1,132 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 730 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryElementary · 473 students
- Reagan ElementaryElementary · 426 students
- Jefferson ElementaryElementary · 355 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 333 students
Nearby schools
- Lindsay Senior High0.2 mi · 1,132
- Lincoln Elementary0.5 mi · 333
- Reagan Elementary0.6 mi · 426
- John J. Cairns Continuation0.7 mi · 65
- Loma Vista Charter0.7 mi · 24
- Lindsay Community Day0.7 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About Kennedy ElementaryHow many students attend Kennedy Elementary?
Kennedy Elementary enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Kennedy Elementary serve?
Kennedy Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kennedy Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kennedy Elementary is approximately 25.1:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kennedy Elementary?
At Kennedy Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Kennedy Elementary in?
Kennedy Elementary is part of Lindsay Unified.
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