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Enrollment
1,089
High
DISTRICT 1,092 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361902001724
JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL
3000 BELLMORE AVE, BELLMORE, NY 11710 · (516) 992-1400 · Nassau County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,089 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 York public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
93 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
177 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 58%
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 | 264 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 274 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 282 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 269 | 25% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 72% · 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
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 97.0% | 81.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
87.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 88% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for New York 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 York'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 HIGH SCHOOL
JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (87.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,089 | 16.3% | 87.7% |
| YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 1,105 | 15.7% | 92.3% |
| SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL-WEST SMITHTOWN | 1,158 | 16.7% | 87.8% |
| WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOL BELLMORE | 1,211 | 18.9% | 89.7% |
| SMITHTOWN HIGH SCHOOL EAST SAINT JAMES | 1,403 | 14.8% | 83.3% |
| SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOL MERRICK | 1,219 | 20.3% | 88.2% |
Matched among New York 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 HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Nassau County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 87.7% | #93 of 1,135 | #18 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #140 of 1,109 ▲ 64 | #27 of 57 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #101 of 1,135 ▼ 36 | #21 of 56 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,089 | #212 of 1,216 | #33 of 59 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #660 of 1,058 | #40 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.0% | #599 of 1,070 | #45 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.3% | #1,119 of 1,167 | #45 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #734 of 743 | #34 of 34 |
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
1,089
+31 (+3%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 921
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 1,089 | 92.6 | 11.8:1 | 16% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 1,071 | 98 | 10.9:1 | 14% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 1,043 | 93.4 | 11.2:1 | 13% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 1,058 | 93 | 11.4:1 | 10% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 1,095 | 80 | 13.7:1 | 8% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 1,126 | 78 | 14.4:1 | 7% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 1,278 | 95 | 13.4:1 | 3% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 988 | 53 | 18.6:1 | 1% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 921 | 57 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL.
About JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL
JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in BELLMORE, New York. A total of 1,089 students attend the school, which covers grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 63% bigger than average.
BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,283 students.
White students make up a majority at JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL, at 72%. Next come 14% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 3% Black. That compares with about 57% White among all Nassau County residents. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL employs 92.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 11.8:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 16%. Public schools in Nassau County average 31%.
The allk12 Grade for JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL is A. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 89% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL, the prediction is 69.0% and the result is 87.7%.
Nassau County has about 1,389,591 residents, and the median household income is $146,202, about 50% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. In all, Nassau County has 315 public schools and roughly 200,775 students.
The closest other public school is REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 70.7% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
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, JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment climbed 3%, to 1,089.
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Nassau County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,389,591
Census ACS
Median income
$146,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
315
200,775 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SANFORD H CALHOUN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,219 students
- WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,211 students
- GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 916 students
- MERRICK AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLHigh · 848 students
Other schools in BELLMORE
- WELLINGTON C MEPHAM HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,211 students
- GRAND AVENUE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 916 students
- REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 550 students
- MARTIN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 328 students
- WINTHROP AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- SHORE ROAD SCHOOLMiddle · 273 students
Other John F Kennedy High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named John F Kennedy High. JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- John F Kennedy High SchoolCedar Rapids, IA · 1,648 students
- John F Kennedy High SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 998 students
- John F Kennedy High SchoolDENVER, CO · 681 students
- John F Kennedy High SchoolCleveland, OH · 652 students
- John F Kennedy High SchoolMt Angel, OR · 223 students
Nearby schools
- REINHARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.3 mi · 550
- SHORE ROAD SCHOOL0.4 mi · 273
- MANDALAY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 321
- WINTHROP AVENUE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 312
- SEAFORD HARBOR SCHOOL1.4 mi · 544
- NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL?
JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,089 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL have?
JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL employs 93 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
How diverse is JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL?
JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 72% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
JOHN F KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BELLMORE-MERRICK CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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