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JOHN F KENNEDY H S

1922 S GENERAL MCMULLEN DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78226 · (210) 898-4100 · Bexar County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL998 STUDENTS
Enrollment
998
High
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 796
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
923 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Grade 9
298
Grade 10
289
Grade 11
217
Grade 12
194
Student demographics
White
91%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
96697%
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 54%
Black
192%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 13%
Asian
30%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 3%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
56457%
Female
43443%

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Test scores

STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
24.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +6.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
12.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -2.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.

Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
998
-200 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 14.7:1
% White
1%
was 0%
% Hispanic
97%
was 98%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About JOHN F KENNEDY H S

JOHN F KENNEDY H S is one of the moderately sized secondary schools in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, operated by EDGEWOOD ISD, with 998 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so JOHN F KENNEDY H S sits 25% above that benchmark.

EDGEWOOD ISD comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 9,461 students; JOHN F KENNEDY H S is among them.

On the student-mix side, JOHN F KENNEDY H S logs that 97% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Bexar County as a whole is about 60% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, JOHN F KENNEDY H S has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bexar County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JOHN F KENNEDY H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Bexar County shows median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JOHN F KENNEDY H S is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).

LEARN4LIFE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JOHN F KENNEDY H S ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. JOHN F KENNEDY H S's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 1,198 (now 998). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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Bexar County at a glance

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Population
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students

Quick facts

School name
JOHN F KENNEDY H S
District
EDGEWOOD ISD
Address
1922 S GENERAL MCMULLEN DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78226
Phone
(210) 898-4100
County
Bexar County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
998
Teachers (FTE)
63
Student–teacher ratio
15.7:1
Free/Reduced lunch
923 (92%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
481815001624
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About JOHN F KENNEDY H S
How many students attend JOHN F KENNEDY H S?
JOHN F KENNEDY H S enrolls approximately 998 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does JOHN F KENNEDY H S serve?
JOHN F KENNEDY H S serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at JOHN F KENNEDY H S?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at JOHN F KENNEDY H S.
How diverse is JOHN F KENNEDY H S?
JOHN F KENNEDY H S reports a student body of 1% White, 97% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees JOHN F KENNEDY H S?
JOHN F KENNEDY H S is overseen by EDGEWOOD ISD in Bexar County.
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