High · New Jersey

John F. Kennedy School

Special education

John F. Kennedy School, a public high school in Newark, New Jersey: grades 9–12, 143 students, 6.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Newark Public School District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 143
Teachers (FTE): 22.0
Students per teacher: 6.5
Grades: 9–12; High

Fewer students per teacher than 95% of high schools in New Jersey

Median 12.1 · 435 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 91% of high schools in New Jersey

Median 817 · 444 schools compared

Smaller than 76% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 9–12
Type: District school · Special education
Instruction: In person
Area: Large city
Run by: Newark Public School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Newark Public School District.

Location

Address: 311 S Tenth St, Newark, NJ 07103
Phone: (973)733-6788
City or town: Newark
County: Essex County

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Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
West Side High School	9–12	541	12.4	0.2 mi
LEAD Charter SchoolCharter	9–12	333	66.6	0.4 mi
Bard Early College High School	9–12	395	12.5	0.6 mi
Essex RchAlternative	8–12	0	—	0.6 mi
Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of TechnologyCareer and technical	9–12	1,230	13.2	0.7 mi
Science Park High School	7–12	964	14.3	0.8 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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