📍 501 N Woodlawn, Wellington, Sumner County, 67152
Kennedy Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Wellington, Sumner County. The school has 129 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wellington school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.6:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Kennedy Elem enrolls 129 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 92 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 24 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 7% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
107 of the school's 129 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 93 qualify for free lunch and 14 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-40, state senate district 32, state house district 80.
Kennedy Elem is one of 7 schools in Wellington, based in Wellington, Kansas. The district serves 1,439 students district-wide and employs 125 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 129 students, Kennedy Elem is smaller than the district average of about 206 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant