John F. Kennedy High School

John F. Kennedy High School is a public high school run by Waterbury School District in Waterbury, Connecticut. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 1,391 students enrolled. High schools in Connecticut have about 788 students on average; enrollment here is 77% higher.

Waterbury School District includes 29 schools. Together they enroll 17,123 students.

Hispanic students are 63% of those enrolled at John F. Kennedy High School. Next come 23% Black, 10% White, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 20% Hispanic among all Naugatuck Valley Planning Region residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. The school has 97.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.2:1 compares with an average of 12.3:1 for high schools in Connecticut. Federal data show 82% of students (1,138) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 52% average for public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is 30 points lower.

In Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, home to about 454,969 people, the median household earns about $86,191 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region number 121, with about 59,861 students.

Of the public schools around it, John F. Kennedy High School is closest to West Side Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Under the NCES locale system, John F. Kennedy High School is City: Mid-size.

Enrollment increased 14% over 4 years, reaching 1,391 in 2024-25.

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