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Enrollment
1,880
High
DISTRICT 2,003 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048000855
John F. Kennedy High
1901 Randolph Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20902 · (240) 740-0100 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,880 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Maryland public high schools
- C-Test 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 Maryland public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
126 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
1,052 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 659 | 35% |
| Grade 10 | 482 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 280 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 459 | 24% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 73% · 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
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
37.6%
MD avg 50.6% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.6% | 10.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MD schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.1%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 High
John F. Kennedy High's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy High this school | 1,880 | 56.0% | 23.8% |
| Gaithersburg High Gaithersburg | 2,441 | 55.7% | 27.0% |
| Northwood High Rockville | 1,654 | 58.4% | 30.1% |
| Watkins Mill High Gaithersburg | 1,577 | 51.7% | 24.6% |
| Wheaton High Silver Spring | 2,794 | 56.6% | 31.9% |
| Annapolis High Annapolis | 2,075 | 62.6% | 29.8% |
Matched among Maryland high 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 High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #168 of 203 | #25 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #178 of 206 ▼ 8 | #17 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #173 of 206 ▼ 14 | #25 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,880 | #41 of 234 | #16 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #51 of 210 | #6 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #127 of 211 | #25 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #88 of 212 | #4 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.3% | #75 of 131 | #9 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,880
+92 (+5%) vs 2020
+58% since 1990-91, when it was 1,193
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 1,880 | 125.6 | 15.0:1 | 56% (1,052) |
| 2023-24 | 1,854 | 125 | 14.8:1 | 57% (1,056) |
| 2022-23 | 1,827 | 122.7 | 14.9:1 | 77% (1,403) |
| 2020-21 | 1,788 | 128 | 14.0:1 | 60% (1,071) |
| 2017-18 | 1,720 | 110.7 | 15.5:1 | 47% (809) |
| 2015-16 | 1,549 | 100 | 15.5:1 | 49% (757) |
| 2010-11 | 1,646 | 98 | 16.8:1 | 45% (737) |
| 2000-01 | 1,411 | 92 | 15.3:1 | 23% (321) |
| 1990-91 | 1,193 | 67 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John F. Kennedy High.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,720 to 1,880); teachers up 13% (110.7 to 125.6).
About John F. Kennedy High
In Silver Spring, Maryland, John F. Kennedy High is a large high school. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 1,880 students enrolled. High schools in Maryland have about 1,185 students on average; enrollment here is 59% higher.
John F. Kennedy High falls under Montgomery County Public Schools, which has 208 schools enrolling 159,181 students.
More than half of enrollment at John F. Kennedy High is Hispanic: 68%. The next largest groups are 22% Black, 5% Asian, and 4% White. The school's Hispanic share is 47 points above the 21% share among Montgomery County residents. The diversity index for John F. Kennedy High is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 15.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at John F. Kennedy High, which has 125.6. The 15.3:1 average for high schools in Maryland is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at John F. Kennedy High is about 56%. The gap from the 40% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 16 points.
John F. Kennedy High holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of Maryland public high schools.
In Maryland, John F. Kennedy High is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.8% compared with a predicted 41.1%.
In Montgomery County, home to about 1,065,949 people, median household income comes to about $132,450, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 61%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Montgomery County's 211 public schools enroll about 159,181 students and include John F. Kennedy High.
John F. Kennedy High's nearest public school is Glenallan Elementary (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, John F. Kennedy High is 7th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, John F. Kennedy High enrolled 1,788 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 1,880. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.0:1 in 2020-21 to 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to John F. Kennedy High can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Silver Spring
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- James Hubert Blake HighHigh · 1,960 students
- Springbrook HighHigh · 1,838 students
- Takoma Park MiddleMiddle · 1,177 students
- Silver Spring International MiddleMiddle · 1,015 students
Other John F. Kennedy High schools
10 other US public schools in 6 states are named John F. Kennedy High. John F. Kennedy High is the 3rd largest of the 11.
- John F. Kennedy HighGranada Hills, CA · 2,152 students
- John F. Kennedy HighLa Palma, CA · 1,983 students
- John F. Kennedy High SchoolPATERSON, NJ · 1,846 students
- John F. Kennedy HighSacramento, CA · 1,652 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLTAMUNING, GU · 1,650 students
Nearby schools
- Glenallan Elementary0.4 mi · 679
- Odessa Shannon Middle1.2 mi · 784
- Westover Elementary1.3 mi · 294
- Bel Pre Elementary1.4 mi · 558
- Georgian Forest Elementary1.4 mi · 600
- Arcola Elementary1.4 mi · 747
Frequently asked questions
About John F. Kennedy HighWhat is the total enrollment at John F. Kennedy High?
John F. Kennedy High enrolls approximately 1,880 students in grades 09-12.
Is John F. Kennedy High an elementary, middle, or high school?
John F. Kennedy High is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John F. Kennedy High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John F. Kennedy High is approximately 15.0:1 (126 FTE teachers).
How diverse is John F. Kennedy High?
John F. Kennedy High reports a student body of 4% White, 68% Hispanic, 22% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees John F. Kennedy High?
John F. Kennedy High is overseen by Montgomery County Public Schools in Montgomery County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.