JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL

As a mid-tier elementary school in GREAT NECK, New York, JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL caters to 427 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

GREAT NECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,798 students; JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 15% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.1%, the actual is 74.8%, a residual of +10.6 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Nassau County put median household income runs about $146,202, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Nassau County's 315 public schools (combined enrollment of about 200,775 students), JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: VILLAGE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 83.9%.

JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL has declined 6%, going from 454 students in 2018 to 427 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 68% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 8.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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