J F Kennedy Elementary School

Set in Kettering, Ohio, J F Kennedy Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary campus, operated by Kettering City School District. It caters to 602 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 404 students each, so J F Kennedy Elementary School sits 49% above that benchmark.

Kettering City School District runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 7,635 students. J F Kennedy Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, J F Kennedy Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Black, 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Montgomery County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, J F Kennedy Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.7%, the actual is 76.1%, a residual of +6.4 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Montgomery County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,139 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,487 students), of which J F Kennedy Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Prass Elementary School, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, J F Kennedy Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 78.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. J F Kennedy Elementary School's enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 634 (now 602). White enrollment moved from 72% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for J F Kennedy Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.