John F. Kennedy Elementary School

John F. Kennedy Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in JAMESBURG, New Jersey, part of Jamesburg Public School District, with 477 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Jamesburg Public School District, which oversees 2 schools and 694 students, John F. Kennedy Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, John F. Kennedy Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% White, 5% Asian, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, John F. Kennedy Elementary School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at John F. Kennedy Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Middlesex County's rate of about 42%.

With demographic context factored in, John F. Kennedy Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.0%, the actual is 30.0%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Middlesex County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,549, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Middlesex County runs 214 public schools (combined enrollment of about 129,255 students), of which John F. Kennedy Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Grace M. Breckwedel Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John F. Kennedy Elementary School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. John F. Kennedy Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 493 (now 477). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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