JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL

JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL is one of the small elementary schools in WEST BABYLON, New York, overseen by WEST BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 348 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL sits 21% smaller than that benchmark.

Within WEST BABYLON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 3,597 students, JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL shows that 65% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder is composed of 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 12% of students at JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Suffolk County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.7%; this one delivers 57.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $130,686 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL is one of 343 public schools in Suffolk County (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students).

SOUTH BAY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL has decreased 3%, going from 357 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 74% to 65%.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.