John F Kennedy Elementary School

Located at 228 Mt Vernon Avenue, in West Berlin, New Jersey, John F Kennedy Elementary School is a medium-sized primary school that serves 357 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by Berlin Township School District.

Berlin Township School District comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 618 students; John F Kennedy Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, John F Kennedy Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest is composed of 22% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Camden County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.4:1, putting John F Kennedy Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, John F Kennedy Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 29.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Camden County put median household income runs about $88,755, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. John F Kennedy Elementary School is one of 158 public schools in Camden County (combined enrollment of about 82,104 students).

The closest other public school is Dwight D Eisenhower Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, John F Kennedy Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

John F Kennedy Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. John F Kennedy Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 21% since 2018, when it stood at 295 (now 357). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 64% to 56%. Class-load math has widened: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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