John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57

John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57, a roomy primary school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, run under Sioux Falls School District 49-5, educates 661 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 224% bigger than the typical public school in South Dakota, which averages around 204 students.

Sioux Falls School District 49-5 comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 25,060 students; John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 is among them.

On demographics, John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 reports that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 9% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Native American.

Looking at school resources, John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.6%, the actual is 57.8%, a residual of +10.2 points.

In the broader community, Minnehaha County reports that median household income runs about $76,880, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Minnehaha County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 34,919 students), of which John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 is one.

The closest other public school is Roosevelt High School - 03, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.9%.

John F. Kennedy Elementary - 57 operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 661 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 79% to 73% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.