John F. Kennedy High School

Set in New Orleans, Louisiana, John F. Kennedy High School is a moderately sized 9-12 campus, overseen by John F. Kennedy High School. It caters to 665 students across grades 9 through 12.

John F. Kennedy High School sits inside John F. Kennedy High School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, John F. Kennedy High School lists that nearly all students (92%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 55% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, John F. Kennedy High School shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.0:1, putting John F. Kennedy High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Orleans Parish's rate of about 75%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Orleans Parish shows the typical household earns roughly $56,631 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orleans Parish's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,238 students), John F. Kennedy High School is one campus in the mix.

Arthur Ashe Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John F. Kennedy High School.

The school occupies a city-core site. John F. Kennedy High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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