JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of substantial scale in PORT CHESTER, New York, one of the schools within PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 725 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 64% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Within PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 4,392 students, JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 94% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest consists of 3% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

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 49.0%, the actual is 34.5%, a residual of -14.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Westchester County shows the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

PORT CHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 861 (now 725). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 89% to 94% over that span.

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