John F Kennedy

John F Kennedy is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in Brockton, Massachusetts, part of Brockton, with 539 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, Massachusetts's public schools average about 381 students each, so John F Kennedy sits 41% above that benchmark.

John F Kennedy is one of 24 schools operated by Brockton, a district that hosts 15,280 students overall.

On the student-mix side, John F Kennedy reports that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 24% Hispanic, 14% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Plymouth County put median household earnings sit near $114,201, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Plymouth County runs 141 public schools (combined enrollment of about 76,427 students), of which John F Kennedy is one.

Edison Evening Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

John F Kennedy operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. John F Kennedy's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 587 (now 539). Over the same period, the White share declined from 29% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

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