📍 1801 N Diamond Ave, Penitas, Hidalgo County, 78576
John F Kennedy el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Penitas, Hidalgo County. The school has 683 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lora Cantu. It is part of the La Joya Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
John F Kennedy el enrolls 683 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 100% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 683 | 100% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
616 of the school's 683 students (90%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 594 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
John F Kennedy el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 20, state house district 35.
John F Kennedy el is one of 37 schools in LA JOYA ISD, based in LA JOYA, Texas. The district serves 22,942 students district-wide and employs 1,792 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 683 students, John F Kennedy el is close to the district average of about 620 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large