J F Kennedy High

J F Kennedy High is a small high school in North Carolina, with an address in Winston Salem. Enrollment stands at 332 students, covering grades 6 through 12. That puts enrollment 56% below the 761-student average for high schools in North Carolina.

Winston Salem / Forsyth County Schools is the local district for J F Kennedy High. It runs 79 schools with 51,745 students.

The share of Hispanic students at J F Kennedy High is 50%, a majority. The school is also 29% Black, 15% White, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 15% Hispanic share among all Forsyth County residents. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at J F Kennedy High are from different groups.

There are 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.1:1. Across high schools in North Carolina, the average ratio is 19.6:1. Of all students at J F Kennedy High, 99% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 88% average for public schools in Forsyth County is 11 points lower.

For Forsyth County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $67,165 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting J F Kennedy High, Forsyth County has 88 public schools.

J F Kennedy High is less than a tenth of a mile from Carter High School, its nearest public school. J F Kennedy High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. J F Kennedy High is classified as a virtual school.

In 2020-21, J F Kennedy High enrolled 419 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 332. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.7:1 to 14.1:1.

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