Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE TOWNSHIP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341728004976
John F. Kennedy Elementary School
1310 RATZER ROAD, WAYNE, NJ 07470 · (973) 633-3160 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
55 students
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.7pp since 2023
Math
65.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 65.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.3% | 66.1% |
% 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
64.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 (64.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Elementary School this school | 387 | 14.2% | 64.4% |
| Henry B. Milnes Elementary School FAIR LAWN | 392 | 17.3% | 74.8% |
| Joyce Kilmer School MAHWAH | 394 | 12.2% | 61.2% |
| Bedminster Township Public School Bedminster | 412 | 13.1% | 64.2% |
| Crim Primary School Bridgewater | 396 | 10.6% | 69.5% |
| Sandshore Rd. Elementary School BUDD LAKE | 409 | 10.5% | 57.2% |
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 Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.4% | #254 of 1,290 | #5 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.4% | #323 of 1,319 ▼ 51 | #9 of 87 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #313 of 1,319 ▲ 28 | #8 of 87 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #751 of 1,562 | #45 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #853 of 1,390 | #53 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.2% | #452 of 1,392 | #7 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.2% | #1,157 of 1,481 | #88 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.5% | #560 of 798 | #51 of 66 |
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
387
+39 (+11%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 302
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 387 | 32.5 | 11.9:1 | 14% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 371 | 27.1 | 13.7:1 | 15% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 28.1 | 13.4:1 | 14% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 27 | 12.9:1 | 6% (21) |
| 2017-18 | 414 | 30.1 | 13.8:1 | 14% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 30 | 14.7:1 | 17% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 7% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 302 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 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 7% (414 to 387); teachers up 8% (30.1 to 32.5).
About John F. Kennedy Elementary School
John F. Kennedy Elementary School is an elementary school in WAYNE, New Jersey, according to federal school records. The school has 387 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5.
The 15 schools in Wayne Township Public School District enroll 7,549 students altogether, John F. Kennedy Elementary School among them.
More than half of enrollment at John F. Kennedy Elementary School is White: 57%. The next largest groups are 19% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. The school's White share is 15 points above the 41% share among Passaic County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
Its ratio of 11.9:1 is based on 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 14%. For comparison, public schools in Passaic County average 61%.
John F. Kennedy Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 77% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, John F. Kennedy Elementary School is 6.0 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 64.4% actual, 58.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
The county, Passaic County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $87,522 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Passaic County has 155 public schools with about 83,237 students, including John F. Kennedy Elementary School.
John F. Kennedy Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Anthony Wayne Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, John F. Kennedy Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 39 students, from 348 to 387.
The John F. Kennedy Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wayne Township Public School District
- Wayne Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Wayne Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Schuyler Colfax Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Anthony Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
- George Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 493 students
- Theunis Dey Elementary SchoolElementary · 459 students
Other schools in WAYNE
- Passaic County Technical InstituteHigh · 3,565 students
- Wayne Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,201 students
- Wayne Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Passaic County Technical Institute STEM AcademyHigh · 1,040 students
- Schuyler Colfax Middle SchoolMiddle · 650 students
- Anthony Wayne Middle SchoolMiddle · 617 students
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 7th largest of the 10.
- John F. Kennedy Elementary SchoolJAMESBURG, NJ · 477 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
- Anthony Wayne Middle School0.7 mi · 617
- Lafayette Elementary School0.8 mi · 321
- Preakness Early Childhood Center1.1 mi · 177
- Wayne Valley High School1.2 mi · 1,201
- James Fallon Elementary School1.3 mi · 370
- Passaic County Technical Institute STEM Academy1.5 mi · 1,040
Frequently asked questions
About John F. Kennedy Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at John F. Kennedy Elementary School?
John F. Kennedy Elementary School enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does John F. Kennedy Elementary School serve?
John F. Kennedy Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John F. Kennedy Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John F. Kennedy Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at John F. Kennedy Elementary School?
Student demographics at John F. Kennedy Elementary School are roughly 57% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 19% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is John F. Kennedy Elementary School public or private?
John F. Kennedy Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Wayne Township Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.