Kennedy Early Childhood Center

Kennedy Early Childhood Center is an elementary school located in Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is open to students in pre-K through 2 and enrolls 505 students.

Greater Nanticoke Area SD has 4 schools and 2,249 students, and Kennedy Early Childhood Center is one of those schools.

More than half of the students at Kennedy Early Childhood Center are White (62%). Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. In Luzerne County overall, about 76% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.

On staff are 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is 13.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher.

In Luzerne County, home to about 327,675 people, median household income comes to about $63,691, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Luzerne County's 65 public schools enroll about 45,209 students and include Kennedy Early Childhood Center.

Of the public schools around it, Kennedy Early Childhood Center is closest to Greater Nanticoke Area Ed Center, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

Kennedy Early Childhood Center has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% rise, from 462 to 505. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.4:1 to 14.4:1 over the same years.

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