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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY·NCES 200795001429
John F Kennedy Elem
2600 N 72nd St, Kansas City, KS 66109 · (913) 627-4950 · Wyandotte County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Kansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
308 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58% · 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
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
31.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
16.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.8% | 14.5% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Elem
John F Kennedy Elem's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F Kennedy Elem this school | 419 | 73.5% | 23.6% |
| Lowell Brune Elementary School Kansas City | 432 | 72.7% | 21.1% |
| Hazel Grove Elem Kansas City | 537 | 87.0% | 25.4% |
| Gammon Elem Wichita | 448 | 82.1% | 22.1% |
| Seltzer Elem Wichita | 494 | 67.2% | 35.3% |
| Bostic Traditional Magnet Elem Wichita | 305 | 54.1% | 69.2% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Wyandotte County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #548 of 625 | #16 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #570 of 625 | #24 of 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #537 of 625 | #14 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #159 of 714 | #15 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #494 of 539 | #32 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.1% | #8 of 540 | #2 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #152 of 658 | #31 of 37 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #250 of 377 | #22 of 30 |
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
419
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 419 | 25.3 | 16.5:1 | 74% (308) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 27.3 | 15.3:1 | 76% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 33.3 | 12.1:1 | 84% (338) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 34 | 13.3:1 | 88% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 464 | 31.8 | 14.6:1 | 82% (379) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 22 | 20.9:1 | 73% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 422 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 84% (354) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 60% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 25 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John F Kennedy Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (464 to 419); teachers down 20% (31.8 to 25.3).
About John F Kennedy Elem
John F Kennedy Elem is a public elementary school run by Kansas City in Kansas City, Kansas. It serves 419 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students.
John F Kennedy Elem is part of a district of 43 schools: Kansas City, with 21,538 students.
John F Kennedy Elem's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 33%. It is also 27% Black, 17% Asian, 15% White, and 5% multiracial. That is close to the 34% Hispanic share among all Wyandotte County residents. By the diversity index, John F Kennedy Elem comes in at 76%.
Teacher staffing is 25.3 full-time equivalents, or about 16.5 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Kansas, the typical ratio is 13.2:1. About 74% of students, or 308, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Wyandotte County, the average is about the same, 75%.
John F Kennedy Elem is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Kansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Kansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 27.0%. John F Kennedy Elem scores 23.6%.
In Wyandotte County (population about 167,654), median household income is about $63,631, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 21% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. John F Kennedy Elem is one of 62 public schools in Wyandotte County, which together enroll about 30,713 students.
D D Eisenhower Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts John F Kennedy Elem at 2nd of 8.
John F Kennedy Elem is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
The number of students dropped from 451 to 419 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher rose from 13.3 to 16.5 over 4 years.
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Wyandotte County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
167,654
Census ACS
Median income
$63,631
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
62
30,713 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
- F L Schlagle HighHigh · 841 students
Other schools in Kansas City
- Wyandotte HighHigh · 1,903 students
- Silver City ElemElementary · 1,495 students
- J C Harmon HighHigh · 1,285 students
- Washington HighHigh · 1,180 students
- Turner HighHigh · 1,147 students
- Sumner Academy of Arts & ScienceHigh · 1,045 students
Other John F Kennedy Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 7 states are named John F Kennedy Elementary. John F Kennedy Elem is the 8th largest of the 15.
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT CHESTER, NY · 725 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolPENITAS, TX · 676 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolSpring Valley, IL · 632 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolSchiller Park, IL · 603 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBREWSTER, NY · 592 students
Nearby schools
- D D Eisenhower Middle0.3 mi · 634
- Washington High0.6 mi · 1,180
- 500 Reach0.7 mi · 76
- Hazel Grove Elem0.8 mi · 537
- Gloria Willis Middle School1.3 mi · 737
- Arrowhead Middle1.3 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About John F Kennedy ElemHow many students attend John F Kennedy Elem?
John F Kennedy Elem enrolls approximately 419 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does John F Kennedy Elem serve?
John F Kennedy Elem serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does John F Kennedy Elem have?
John F Kennedy Elem employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
How diverse is John F Kennedy Elem?
John F Kennedy Elem reports a student body of 15% White, 33% Hispanic, 27% Black, 17% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees John F Kennedy Elem?
John F Kennedy Elem is overseen by Kansas City in Wyandotte County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.