📍 2001 Russell Street, Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, 70615
John F. Kennedy Elementary School is a State/Public serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish. The school has 63 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Calcasieu Parish school district. It serves grades Pre-K. The school employs 6.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
John F. Kennedy Elementary School enrolls 63 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 6.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Black or African American, 9.5% White and 6.3% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 52 | 83% |
| White | 6 | 9.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 1 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
57 of the school's 63 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 57 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
The school's NCES locale classification is City, Small. 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 LA-3, state senate district 27, state house district 34.
John F. Kennedy Elementary School is one of 58 schools in Calcasieu Parish, based in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The district serves 27,851 students district-wide and employs 1,917 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 63 students, John F. Kennedy Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 480 students per school.
Setting: City - Small
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