JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized elementary school in EAST ISLIP, New York, JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 416 students from grades 3 through 5, part of EAST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within EAST ISLIP UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,380 students, JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Suffolk County (around 39%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.3%, the actual is 46.5%, a residual of -18.7 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Suffolk County shows the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Suffolk County runs 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), of which JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

TIMBER POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 64.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 463 (now 416). Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 24% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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