📍 1501 N Kuney, Abilene, Dickinson County, 67410
Kennedy Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Abilene, Dickinson County. The school has 267 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Abilene school district. It serves grades Pre-K–1 in a small-town setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Kennedy Elem enrolls 267 students across grades Pre-K–1. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 10% Hispanic or Latino and 3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 227 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 3% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
123 of the school's 267 students (46%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 100 qualify for free lunch and 23 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kennedy Elem is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-10, state senate district 24, state house district 70.
Kennedy Elem is one of 6 schools in Abilene, based in Abilene, Kansas. The district serves 1,494 students district-wide and employs 93 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 267 students, Kennedy Elem is close to the district average of about 249 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant