John F. Kennedy Elementary School

John F. Kennedy Elementary School is a primary school of close-knit scale in Kingsport, Tennessee, one of the schools within Kingsport, hosting 280 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 470.

Across the 12 schools in Kingsport (7,658 students total), John F. Kennedy Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, John F. Kennedy Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%); the rest looks like 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Sullivan County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sullivan County put median household income runs about $58,807, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. John F. Kennedy Elementary School is one of 37 public schools in Sullivan County (combined enrollment of about 19,066 students).

Nearest neighbor: Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John F. Kennedy Elementary School has remained close to its prior level, going from 283 students in 2018 to 280 in 2025.

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