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What's the biggest difference between John F. Kennedy Memorial High School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,405
High
DISTRICT 1,480 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341812003670
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School
200 WASHINGTON AVENUE, ISELIN, NJ 08830 · (732) 602-8650 · Middlesex County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,405 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of New Jersey public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
111 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
657 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 333 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 360 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 355 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 357 | 25% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
47.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . -15.4pp since 2023
Math
39.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . -7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 39.8% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Memorial High School
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Memorial High School this school | 1,405 | 46.8% | 40.6% |
| Edison High School EDISON | 2,393 | 48.9% | 34.7% |
| Dr Ronald McNair High School JERSEY CITY | 716 | 35.2% | 89.5% |
| Fort Lee High School FORT LEE | 1,170 | 28.4% | 51.9% |
| Piscataway Township High School PISCATAWAY | 2,144 | 42.9% | 39.8% |
| County Prep High School JERSEY CITY | 892 | 57.1% | 66.9% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 Memorial High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #167 of 397 | #9 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #127 of 400 ▼ 15 | #8 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #226 of 395 ▼ 59 | #11 of 27 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,405 | #88 of 442 | #14 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #223 of 388 | #14 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.7% | #75 of 389 | #11 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #161 of 405 | #13 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #127 of 173 | #17 of 22 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,405
+85 (+6%) vs 2020
+80% since 1990-91, when it was 782
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 1,405 | 111 | 12.7:1 | 47% (657) |
| 2023-24 | 1,398 | 113 | 12.4:1 | 44% (617) |
| 2022-23 | 1,371 | 114 | 12.0:1 | 38% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 1,320 | 114 | 11.6:1 | 41% (546) |
| 2017-18 | 1,347 | 110 | 12.3:1 | 42% (565) |
| 2015-16 | 1,328 | 109 | 12.2:1 | 42% (564) |
| 2010-11 | 1,355 | 93 | 14.6:1 | 33% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 931 | 77 | 12.1:1 | 14% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 782 | 69 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John F. Kennedy Memorial High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (1,347 to 1,405); teachers up 1% (110 to 111).
About John F. Kennedy Memorial High School
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School is a high school in ISELIN, New Jersey, and it is part of Woodbridge Township School District. The school had 1,405 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in New Jersey is about 929, so this school runs 51% larger than that.
Woodbridge Township School District operates 24 schools. Combined enrollment is 13,869 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School. The largest is Asian students, at 48%. Next come 28% Hispanic, 14% White, and 9% Black. That compares with about 26% Asian among all Middlesex County residents. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 111 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.7:1. That matches the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 47% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades John F. Kennedy Memorial High School a B+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, John F. Kennedy Memorial High School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 40.6% actual against 40.6% predicted.
Middlesex County has about 871,290 residents, and the median household income is $111,549, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Middlesex County has 214 public schools and roughly 129,255 students.
Iselin Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around John F. Kennedy Memorial High School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 45.7% on proficiency, and John F. Kennedy Memorial High School is below that at 40.6%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School grew 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 1,320 to 1,405 students. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.7:1) than in 2020-21 (11.6:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Woodbridge Township School District
- Woodbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Colonia High SchoolHigh · 1,354 students
- Iselin Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Lafayette Estates Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Fords Middle SchoolMiddle · 645 students
- Ross Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 633 students
Other schools in ISELIN
- Iselin Middle SchoolMiddle · 794 students
- Indiana Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Oak Tree Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
- Robert Mascenik Elementary SchoolElementary · 288 students
- Kennedy Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Iselin Middle School0.2 mi · 794
- Indiana Avenue Elementary School0.6 mi · 485
- Robert Mascenik Elementary School0.6 mi · 288
- Oak Tree Road Elementary School1.0 mi · 425
- Woodbridge High School1.1 mi · 1,681
- Kennedy Park Elementary School1.1 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About John F. Kennedy Memorial High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School?
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School enrolls approximately 1,405 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does John F. Kennedy Memorial High School serve?
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at John F. Kennedy Memorial High School.
How diverse is John F. Kennedy Memorial High School?
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School reports a student body of 14% White, 28% Hispanic, 9% Black, 48% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is John F. Kennedy Memorial High School in?
John F. Kennedy Memorial High School is part of Woodbridge Township School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.