Kennedy Elementary School

Set in Keizer, Oregon, Kennedy Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school, one of the schools within Salem-Keizer SD 24J. It serves 358 students across grades K through 5.

Salem-Keizer SD 24J comprises 65 schools with combined enrollment of 37,776 students; Kennedy Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Kennedy Elementary School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%; the rest is composed of 29% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Kennedy Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.3%; this one delivers 17.2%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household income runs about $77,351, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Marion County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,799 students), Kennedy Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Weddle Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kennedy Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Kennedy Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 20.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kennedy Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 432 (now 358). Class-load math has loosened: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.