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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JAMESBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340777003388
John F. Kennedy Elementary School
28 FRONT STREET, JAMESBURG, NJ 08831 · (732) 521-0400 · Middlesex County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
272 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 97 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 38% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
John F. Kennedy Elementary School→Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School
Based on grade levels within Jamesburg Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
32.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.8% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% | 30.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
30.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 Elementary School
John F. Kennedy Elementary School's state test result (30.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Elementary School this school | 477 | 57.0% | 30.0% |
| Lucy N. Holman Elementary School Jackson | 547 | 58.7% | 27.4% |
| Belmar Elementary BELMAR | 400 | 56.0% | 46.3% |
| Charles Olbon School Woodland Park | 404 | 52.5% | N/A |
| Ridgeway Elementary School MANCHESTER | 476 | 57.4% | 33.1% |
| Washington Irving School #4 GARFIELD | 441 | 57.4% | 56.8% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #958 of 1,290 | #90 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #932 of 1,319 ▼ 8 | #88 of 111 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #1,064 of 1,319 ▼ 118 | #94 of 111 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #460 of 1,562 | #50 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #191 of 1,390 | #22 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #561 of 1,392 | #78 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.0% | #495 of 1,481 | #30 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #686 of 798 | #82 of 84 |
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
477
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
+92% since 1990-91, when it was 248
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 477 | 51.1 | 9.3:1 | 57% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 467 | 43.8 | 10.7:1 | 55% (256) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 46.3 | 9.9:1 | 53% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 56% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 36.5 | 13.5:1 | 60% (298) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 57% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 36% (166) |
| 2000-01 | 438 | 29 | 15.1:1 | 29% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 248 | 17 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John F. Kennedy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (493 to 477); teachers up 40% (36.5 to 51.1).
About John F. Kennedy Elementary School
John F. Kennedy Elementary School sits in JAMESBURG, New Jersey, and is classified as an elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 477 students enrolled.
John F. Kennedy Elementary School is one of the 2 schools that make up Jamesburg Public School District (694 students in total).
Hispanic students are 54% of those enrolled at John F. Kennedy Elementary School. The next largest groups are 35% White, 5% Asian, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Middlesex County overall, about 24% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 59% means there is a 59% chance two randomly chosen students at John F. Kennedy Elementary School are from different groups.
John F. Kennedy Elementary School has 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1. The school's 9.3:1 compares with an average of 11.4:1 for elementary schools in New Jersey. The school has 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County is 15 points.
Among New Jersey public elementary schools, John F. Kennedy Elementary School outscored 19%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
John F. Kennedy Elementary School scores 30.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 35.0%.
Middlesex County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $111,549 a year, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Middlesex County number 214, with about 129,255 students.
Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, John F. Kennedy Elementary School places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased 3% over 4 years, reaching 477 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 11.3:1 in 2020-21 to 9.3:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for John F. Kennedy Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jamesburg Public School District
- Grace M. Breckwedel Middle SchoolMiddle · 217 students
Other schools in JAMESBURG
- Grace M. Breckwedel Middle SchoolMiddle · 217 students
- NEW JERSEY TRAINING SCHOOLHigh
Other John F. Kennedy Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 4 states are named John F. Kennedy Elementary. John F. Kennedy Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 10.
- John F. Kennedy Elementary SchoolWAYNE, NJ · 387 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryRiverside, CA · 864 students
- John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57Sioux Falls, SD · 661 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryDinuba, CA · 488 students
- John F. Kennedy ElementaryNewark, CA · 455 students
Nearby schools
- Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School0.3 mi · 217
- Monroe Township High School1.5 mi · 2,583
- Barclay Brook School1.5 mi · 332
- Brookside Elementary School1.6 mi · 431
- Academy Learning Center1.7 mi · 113
- Monroe Township Middle School1.9 mi · 1,681
Frequently asked questions
About John F. Kennedy Elementary SchoolHow large is John F. Kennedy Elementary School?
John F. Kennedy Elementary School enrolls approximately 477 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does John F. Kennedy Elementary School serve?
John F. Kennedy Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does John F. Kennedy Elementary School have?
John F. Kennedy Elementary School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at John F. Kennedy Elementary School?
At John F. Kennedy Elementary School, the student body is approximately 35% White, 54% Hispanic, 4% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is John F. Kennedy Elementary School in?
John F. Kennedy Elementary School is part of Jamesburg Public School District.
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