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Enrollment
632
Elementary
STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING VALLEY CCSD 99·NCES 173705003812
John F Kennedy Elementary School
999 N Strong Ave, Spring Valley, IL 61362 · (815) 664-4601 · Bureau County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL632 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
49 FTE teachers
STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
385 students
STATE 56%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 54 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 58 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 71 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 25% smaller than its 8th grade class (71).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
38.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
23.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 22.3% | 10.3% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 →
Schools most like John F Kennedy Elementary School
John F Kennedy Elementary School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F Kennedy Elementary School this school | 632 | 60.9% | 30.6% |
| Lake in the Hills Elementary School Lk In The Hls | 502 | 62.5% | 36.0% |
| Northwest Elementary School La Salle | 650 | 68.2% | 30.7% |
| Locust Elementary School Marengo | 501 | 55.5% | 51.9% |
| Northview Elementary School Peru | 594 | 56.4% | 51.4% |
| Harnew Elementary School Oak Lawn | 512 | 60.4% | 48.6% |
Matched among Illinois elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where John F Kennedy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Bureau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #1,256 of 1,925 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #1,517 of 2,077 ▲ 86 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #1,409 of 2,077 ▲ 81 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 632 | #214 of 2,419 | #1 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #859 of 2,035 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #797 of 2,042 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #980 of 2,132 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #1,441 of 1,461 | #6 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
632
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+35% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 632 | 49 | 12.9:1 | 61% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 623 | 48.5 | 12.8:1 | 64% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 608 | 51.5 | 11.8:1 | 63% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 636 | 47 | 13.5:1 | 68% (431) |
| 2015-16 | 698 | 47 | 14.8:1 | 66% (463) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 50% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 31 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 31 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John F Kennedy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (636 to 632); teachers up 4% (47 to 49).
About John F Kennedy Elementary School
John F Kennedy Elementary School runs as a high-enrollment elementary school in Spring Valley, Illinois. In all, 632 students attend the school in pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 66% larger than the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Spring Valley CCSD 99 operates John F Kennedy Elementary School.
The share of White students at John F Kennedy Elementary School is 56%, a majority. The school is also 38% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 88% White share among all Bureau County residents. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at John F Kennedy Elementary School are from different groups.
Its staff includes 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.9 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.9:1. John F Kennedy Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 61%. The 53% average for public schools in Bureau County is 8 points lower.
John F Kennedy Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.6% and a predicted 36.3%.
In Bureau County, home to about 32,866 people, the median household earns about $69,257 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Bureau County number 22, with about 4,547 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Hall High School, is the closest to John F Kennedy Elementary School. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of John F Kennedy Elementary School. Among its closest neighbors with test data, John F Kennedy Elementary School is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for John F Kennedy Elementary School is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's size has been steady, with 625 students in 2020-21 and 632 in 2024-25.
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Bureau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,866
Census ACS
Median income
$69,257
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
4,547 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other John F Kennedy Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 7 states are named John F Kennedy Elementary. John F Kennedy Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 15.
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolSchiller Park, IL · 603 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT CHESTER, NY · 725 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolPENITAS, TX · 676 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBREWSTER, NY · 592 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolN BERGEN, NJ · 576 students
Nearby schools
- Hall High School0.5 mi · 388
- Dalzell Grade School2.4 mi · 45
- Ladd Comm Cons School3.1 mi · 183
- Parkside Middle School3.5 mi · 372
- Northview Elementary School4.3 mi · 594
- Putnam County High School4.7 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolHow many students attend John F Kennedy Elementary School?
John F Kennedy Elementary School enrolls approximately 632 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does John F Kennedy Elementary School serve?
John F Kennedy Elementary School serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at John F Kennedy Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at John F Kennedy Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at John F Kennedy Elementary School?
Student demographics at John F Kennedy Elementary School are roughly 56% White, 38% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees John F Kennedy Elementary School?
John F Kennedy Elementary School is overseen by Spring Valley CCSD 99 in Bureau County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.