Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM-KEIZER SD 24J·NCES 411082000792
Kennedy Elementary School
4912 Noren Ave NE, Keizer, OR 97303 · (503) 399-3163 · Marion County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
325 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 76%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 59% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
23.5%
OR avg 43.0% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
19.2%
OR avg 31.8% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.5% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 14.7% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
17.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 Kennedy Elementary School
Kennedy Elementary School's state test result (17.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Elementary School this school | 358 | 90.8% | 17.2% |
| Weddle Elementary School Keizer | 352 | 88.6% | 10.8% |
| Loma Vista Elementary Hermiston | 397 | 92.7% | 32.8% |
| Independence Elementary School Independence | 425 | 93.2% | 16.5% |
| West Park Elementary School Hermiston | 408 | 91.7% | 29.7% |
| Grant Community School Salem | 444 | 89.0% | 28.5% |
Matched among Oregon 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 Kennedy Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #541 of 591 | #40 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #537 of 646 ▲ 50 | #37 of 62 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #566 of 646 ▲ 31 | #41 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #295 of 710 | #30 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #547 of 587 | #44 of 54 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #260 of 587 | #25 of 54 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #138 of 645 | #6 of 61 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #291 of 493 | #27 of 47 |
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
358
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 358 | 17.5 | 20.5:1 | 91% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 19.7 | 17.9:1 | 68% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 22.6 | 15.8:1 | 91% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 364 | 18 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 432 | 24.5 | 17.6:1 | 86% (370) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 25 | 18.4:1 | 86% (394) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 22 | 19.4:1 | 78% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 499 | 24 | 20.8:1 | 75% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 21 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kennedy Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (432 to 358); teachers down 29% (24.5 to 17.5).
About Kennedy Elementary School
Kennedy Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Keizer, Oregon. The school counts 358 students across kindergarten through 5.
Kennedy Elementary School is one of the 65 schools that make up Salem-Keizer SD 24J (37,776 students in total).
Hispanic students make up a majority at Kennedy Elementary School, at 61%. Other students are 29% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. That is higher than the 29% Hispanic share among all Marion County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 20.5 students per teacher and 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 16.5:1 average for elementary schools in Oregon. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Kennedy Elementary School is 10.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (17.2% versus 27.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Oregon.
Among Marion County residents, the median household income is $77,351, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Kennedy Elementary School is one of 111 public schools in the county.
Weddle Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.7 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Kennedy Elementary School comes in 6th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Kennedy Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 358, starting from 364.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Kennedy Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
349,244
Census ACS
Median income
$77,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
53,799 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Salem-Keizer SD 24J
- McKay High SchoolHigh · 2,380 students
- South Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,195 students
- North Salem High SchoolHigh · 2,107 students
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Sprague High SchoolHigh · 1,712 students
- West Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,606 students
Other schools in Keizer
- McNary High SchoolHigh · 1,995 students
- Claggett Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Whiteaker Middle SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Keizer Elementary SchoolElementary · 565 students
- Gubser Elementary SchoolElementary · 423 students
- Cummings Elementary SchoolElementary · 397 students
Other Kennedy Elementary schools
30 other US public schools in 17 states are named Kennedy Elementary. Kennedy Elementary School is the 22nd largest of the 31.
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolMedford, OR · 393 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolWinder, GA · 764 students
- Kennedy ElementaryWILLMAR, MN · 672 students
- KENNEDY ELEMENTARYLAKEVILLE, MN · 638 students
- Kennedy ElementaryMadison, WI · 582 students
Nearby schools
- Weddle Elementary School0.7 mi · 352
- Whiteaker Middle School0.8 mi · 654
- Claggett Creek Middle School0.8 mi · 798
- Chemawa Indian School1.1 mi · 198
- McNary High School1.3 mi · 1,995
- Gubser Elementary School1.3 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Kennedy Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Kennedy Elementary School?
Kennedy Elementary School enrolls approximately 358 students in grades KG-05.
Is Kennedy Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kennedy Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Kennedy Elementary School have?
Kennedy Elementary School employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Kennedy Elementary School?
Student demographics at Kennedy Elementary School are roughly 29% White, 61% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Kennedy Elementary School public or private?
Kennedy Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Salem-Keizer SD 24J.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.