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John F. Kennedy High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
422 Highland Ave.
Waterbury, CT 06708
Phone
(203) 574-8153
District
WATERBURY SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
NEW HAVEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1326
Classroom Teachers
85

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Connecticut

2

(10 is best)

Better than 14.2% of all CT schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

John F. Kennedy High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
13%
44%
22%
54%
3%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
13
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 493 37.2%
Grade 10 342 25.8%
Grade 11 219 16.5%
Grade 12 272 20.5%
Total 1326 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 13.2% 12.8% 50.9%
Black 23.8% 22.1% 13.1%
Hispanic 60.1% 62.9% 30.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.7% 1.6% 5.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.2% 0.6% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 76.6% 72.9% 38.9%
Free lunch eligible 74.1% 70.9% 33.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.5% 2.0% 5.9%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 113,783 3,626,205
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,934.6 747
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 5.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.3% 18.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.9% 31.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.5% 27.6%
65 OR OLDER 14.4% 17.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 45,114 1,409,807
Single Parent Households With Children 15.3% 8.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 80.8% 91.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.6% 41.4%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.3% 27.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.5% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.0% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.1% 13.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.6% 11.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.6% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 15.8% 7.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,823 $202,847,211 57.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $644 $11,049,108 3.1%
Staff $1,511 $25,924,227 7.4%
General Administration $489 $8,389,773 2.4%
School Administration $1,032 $17,706,024 5.0%
Operation $1,079 $18,512,403 5.3%
Transportation $782 $13,416,774 3.8%
Other $302 $5,181,414 1.5%
Total Support $5,838 $100,162,566 28.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,797 $47,988,129 13.7%
Total Expenditures $20,458 $350,997,906 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,350 $6,289,354,313 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,560 $794,341,979 6.6%
Staff $747 $380,454,324 3.2%
General Administration $508 $258,766,138 2.1%
School Administration $1,202 $612,149,367 5.1%
Operation $1,796 $914,758,126 7.6%
Transportation $999 $508,915,593 4.2%
Other $727 $370,110,736 3.1%
Total Support $7,539 $3,839,485,142 31.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,782 $1,926,117,044 16.0%
Total Expenditures $23,671 $12,055,038,964 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%