John F Kennedy High School

As a medium-sized four-year high school in DENVER, Colorado, John F Kennedy High School teaches 681 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C.

School District No. 1 in the county of Denver and State of C runs 198 schools in total, collectively educating 90,471 students. John F Kennedy High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, John F Kennedy High School logs that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 11% White, 7% Asian, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, John F Kennedy High School logs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.9:1, putting John F Kennedy High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Denver County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John F Kennedy High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.9%; this one delivers 11.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Denver County indicate the typical household earns roughly $94,718 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Denver County's 206 public schools (combined enrollment of about 91,233 students), John F Kennedy High School is one campus in the mix.

Traylor Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John F Kennedy High School. On composite proficiency, John F Kennedy High School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 22.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John F Kennedy High School has edged down 36%, going from 1,070 students in 2018 to 681 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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