John F Kennedy JR School
Elmhurst · NY · NYC SPECIAL SCHOOLS - DISTRICT 75 · Public
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PS 233 → RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE) → ROSE M SINGER CENTER → URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III → BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL → NORTH QUEENS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL → VOYAGES PREPARATORY → ALL CITY LEADERSHIP SECONDARY SCHOOL →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
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How John F Kennedy JR School compares for families
What families should know about John F Kennedy JR School.
- ▸ LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: PS 233, RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE), ROSE M SINGER CENTER and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 514 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS 233 FOREST HILLS |
Public | 2.0 | 14 | — |
| RIVERVIEW SCHOOL (THE) WOODSIDE |
Public | 2.8 | 18 | — |
| ROSE M SINGER CENTER EAST ELMHURST |
Public | 3.9 | 4 | — |
| URBAN DOVE TEAM CHARTER SCHOOL III ASTORIA |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 55 | -78.3% |
| BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL BROOKLYN |
Public | 3.7 | 98 | +5.4% |
| NORTH QUEENS COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL FLUSHING |
Public | 2.7 | 117 | +21.9% |
| VOYAGES PREPARATORY ELMHURST |
Public | 0.6 | 155 | -20.9% |
| ALL CITY LEADERSHIP SECONDARY SCHOOL BROOKLYN |
Public | 3.5 | 239 | +2.1% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantJohn F Kennedy JR School is a public high school in Elmhurst, NY, enrolling 514 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
It has about 234 students per school counselor.
57% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
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