Kennedy Junior High School

Kennedy Junior High School is a large intermediate school in Lisle, Illinois, part of Naperville CUSD 203. The school educates 937 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 103% above the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 462 students.

Kennedy Junior High School is one of 22 schools operated by Naperville CUSD 203, a district that teaches 16,047 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kennedy Junior High School records that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 42% Asian, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 65% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Kennedy Junior High School reports 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of DuPage County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Kennedy Junior High School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 65.1%; this one delivers 84.0%, a residual of +18.9 points.

Around the school, census data for DuPage County shows median household income runs about $112,096, about 52% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Kennedy Junior High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ann Reid Early Childhood Center, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kennedy Junior High School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 80.6%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Kennedy Junior High School's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 980 (now 937). White enrollment moved from 55% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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