📍 2300 Rockwood Ave., Calexico, Imperial County, 92231
Kennedy Gardens Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Calexico, Imperial County. The school has 530 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Paula Ramirez. It is part of the Calexico Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
Kennedy Gardens Elementary enrolls 530 students across grades K–6. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 21 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% Two or more races and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 521 | 99% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| White | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
480 of the school's 530 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kennedy Gardens Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Kennedy Gardens Elementary is one of 12 schools in Calexico Unified, based in Calexico, California. The district serves 8,022 students district-wide and employs 360 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 530 students, Kennedy Gardens Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 669 students per school.
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