KENEDY EL

KENEDY EL is a K-5 school of close-knit scale in KENEDY, Texas, operated by KENEDY ISD, serveing 384 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 26% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

KENEDY EL is one of 4 schools operated by KENEDY ISD, a district that serves 758 students overall.

In terms of who attends, KENEDY EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). Other groups include 9% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 53% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KENEDY EL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Karnes County (around 62%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, KENEDY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.5%, the actual is 32.0%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Around the school, Karnes County reports that median household income runs about $60,214, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. KENEDY EL is one of 15 public schools in Karnes County (combined enrollment of about 2,456 students).

KENEDY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KENEDY EL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KENEDY EL has fell 12%, going from 435 students in 2018 to 384 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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