JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL

JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL, a modestly sized secondary school in ELMHURST, New York, part of NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75, serves 514 students, covering grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 23% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75 comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 27,533 students; JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 18% Asian, 15% White, 14% Black, 2% Native American. By comparison, Queens County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 93% of students at JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Queens County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, Queens County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,136, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Queens County's 392 public schools (combined enrollment of about 268,205 students), JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PS 13 CLEMENT C MOORE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. JOHN F KENNEDY JR SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 497 (now 514). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 44% to 49%.

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