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Enrollment
576
Elementary
DISTRICT 672 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH BERGEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341146002888
John F Kennedy Elementary School
1210 11th ST, N BERGEN, NJ 07047 · (201) 974-7000 · Hudson County
GRADES 01–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL576 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.8:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
444 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 37 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 34 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 18% |
This year's 1st grade class (37) is 65% smaller than its 8th grade class (105).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
33.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . -1.1pp since 2023
Math
26.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 30.0% |
% 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
29.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 (29.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F Kennedy Elementary School this school | 576 | 77.1% | 29.5% |
| Public School Number Two WEST NEW YORK | 621 | 76.7% | 38.6% |
| Franklin Elementary School N BERGEN | 509 | 76.8% | 28.3% |
| James J. Flynn Elementary School PERTH AMBOY | 599 | 75.1% | 22.5% |
| Ignacio Cruz Early Childhood Center PERTH AMBOY | 577 | 76.8% | N/A |
| North Dover Elementary School DOVER | 640 | 75.0% | 21.0% |
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 Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #967 of 1,290 | #63 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #1,032 of 1,319 ▼ 96 | #64 of 84 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #1,046 of 1,319 ▼ 59 | #70 of 84 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 576 | #265 of 1,562 | #43 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,046 of 1,390 | #59 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.0% | #1,316 of 1,392 | #70 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.1% | #251 of 1,481 | #33 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #326 of 545 | #16 of 24 |
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
576
+122 (+27%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 576 | 45.1 | 12.8:1 | 77% (444) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 48.2 | 11.7:1 | 73% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 50.2 | 12.0:1 | 66% (397) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 46 | 9.9:1 | 57% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 53.5 | 10.1:1 | 65% (348) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 52 | 10.6:1 | 72% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 42 | 12.6:1 | 73% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 607 | 38 | 16.0:1 | 63% (382) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | 31 | 13.9:1 | 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 up 7% (539 to 576); teachers down 16% (53.5 to 45.1).
About John F Kennedy Elementary School
John F Kennedy Elementary School is an elementary school in N BERGEN, New Jersey, and it is part of North Bergen School District. The student body numbers 576 students, from grades 1 through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405, so this school runs 42% larger than that.
John F Kennedy Elementary School sits within North Bergen School District, which has 8 schools and 7,031 students.
The student body at John F Kennedy Elementary School is 90% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% White and 4% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 41%. John F Kennedy Elementary School's diversity index is 19%, against a US figure of 70%.
John F Kennedy Elementary School counts 45.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.8 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.3 above the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. About 77% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in Hudson County is 68%.
The allk12 Grade for John F Kennedy Elementary School is C+. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with New Jersey schools that have similar shares of low-income students, John F Kennedy Elementary School's results are 5.5 points above predicted: 29.5% against 24.0%.
In the county around the school, Hudson County, the median household income is $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 130 public schools in Hudson County, enrolling about 86,216 students in all.
The school nearest to John F Kennedy Elementary School is Veterans' Memorial Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. John F Kennedy Elementary School is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 27% from 2020-21, when John F Kennedy Elementary School had 454 students, to 2024-25, when it had 576. The ratio of students to teachers went from 9.9:1 to 12.8:1 over the same years.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Bergen School District
- North Bergen High SchoolHigh · 2,328 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,193 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolElementary · 978 students
- Robert Fulton Elementary SchoolElementary · 938 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 296 students
Other schools in N BERGEN
- North Bergen High SchoolHigh · 2,328 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
Other John F Kennedy Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 7 states are named John F Kennedy Elementary. John F Kennedy Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 15.
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolWest Berlin, NJ · 357 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolSOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ · 256 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT CHESTER, NY · 725 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolPENITAS, TX · 676 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolSpring Valley, IL · 632 students
Nearby schools
- Veterans' Memorial Elementary School0.2 mi · 502
- Sara M. Gilmore Academy0.3 mi · 400
- Jose Marti STEM Academy0.4 mi · 625
- Thomas A Edison Elementary School0.4 mi · 767
- Colin Powell Elementary School0.5 mi · 692
- Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education0.6 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolHow large is John F Kennedy Elementary School?
John F Kennedy Elementary School enrolls approximately 576 students in grades 01-08.
Is John F Kennedy Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
John F Kennedy Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-08.
How many teachers does John F Kennedy Elementary School have?
John F Kennedy Elementary School employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is John F Kennedy Elementary School?
John F Kennedy Elementary School reports a student body of 5% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees John F Kennedy Elementary School?
John F Kennedy Elementary School is overseen by North Bergen School District in Hudson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.