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Alumni: what's one memory from JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 448 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATAVIA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360399000160
JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL
166 VINE ST, BATAVIA, NY 14020 · (585) 343-2480 · Genesee County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
288 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 155 | 31% |
| Grade 3 | 192 | 38% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 29% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within BATAVIA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 KENNEDY SCHOOL
JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL this school | 499 | 57.7% | 54.9% |
| WILLIAM H SEWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURN | 491 | 58.9% | 37.5% |
| CHARLES A UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 448 | 57.1% | 32.5% |
| CATSKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CATSKILL | 550 | 54.4% | 33.0% |
| LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROME | 598 | 58.5% | 19.8% |
| TACONIC HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRARYVILLE | 503 | 61.2% | 48.7% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 KENNEDY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Genesee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #966 of 2,335 | #2 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,009 of 2,342 ▼ 347 | #2 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,459 of 2,343 ▼ 306 | #5 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #827 of 2,585 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #645 of 2,338 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #1,146 of 2,388 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #1,205 of 2,534 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.2% | #1,647 of 1,757 | #8 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
499
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 508
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 499 | 47.1 | 10.6:1 | 58% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 53.2 | 9.2:1 | 63% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 51.4 | 9.4:1 | 57% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 501 | 49 | 10.2:1 | 64% (321) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 50 | 10.2:1 | 61% (310) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 49 | 10.7:1 | 60% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 34 | 11.0:1 | 47% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 44% (178) |
| 1990-91 | 508 | 31 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL.
About JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL
JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL runs as a medium-sized elementary school in BATAVIA, New York. Its 499 students are spread across grades 2 through 4.
Across its 4 schools, BATAVIA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 2,147 students. JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL, with 67% of enrollment. The school is also 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, and 7% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 89%. JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its teaching staff equals 47.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.6:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 58%. The average for public schools in Genesee County is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL is B. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 60% 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 KENNEDY SCHOOL, the prediction is 53.8% and the result is 54.9%.
Among Genesee County residents, the median household income is $73,314, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL, Genesee County has 20 other public schools.
Nearest public school: BATAVIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL has 6 other public schools within five miles. The school's 54.9% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 6 nearby schools.
JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL had 501 students in 2020-21 and 499 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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Genesee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,787
Census ACS
Median income
$73,314
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BATAVIA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 646 students
- BATAVIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 605 students
- JACKSON SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
Other schools in BATAVIA
- BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 646 students
- BATAVIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 605 students
- JACKSON SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
- NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDCombined · 51 students
Nearby schools
- BATAVIA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 605
- BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 646
- NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND0.7 mi · 51
- JACKSON SCHOOL1.4 mi · 397
- ELBA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 225
- ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.9 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOLHow large is JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL?
JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 499 students in grades 02-04.
Is JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 02-04.
How many teachers does JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL have?
JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL?
At JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 67% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL in?
JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL is part of BATAVIA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.