Elementary · Pennsylvania

John F. Kennedy #7

Free meals for all

John F. Kennedy #7, a public elementary school in Scranton, Pennsylvania: grades k–4, 305 students, 10.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Scranton SD.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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
305
Teachers (FTE)
28.2
Students per teacher
10.8
Grades
K–4
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 86% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 12.9 · 1,626 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 88% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 75% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 415 · 1,629 schools compared

Smaller than 72% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Pennsylvania's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Pennsylvania: 49%

26%proficient

−11.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 84% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 49% · 1,523 elementary schools compared

105 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Pennsylvania: 42%

15%proficient

−3.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Pennsylvania

Median 52% · 1,523 elementary schools compared

104 students tested, grades 3–8 · Pennsylvania System of School Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–4
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
Some virtual classes
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Scranton SD.

Location

Address
Prospect Ave & Saginaw St, Scranton, PA 18505
Phone
(570)348-3673
City or town
Scranton

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
McNichols PlazaFree meals for all
K–431713.117%23%
John G Whittier #2Free meals for all
K–444213.430%41%
Frances Willard #32Free meals for all
Pre-K–434514.040%40%
K–838411.850%30%
Riverside El Sch EastFree meals for all
3–6455—38%37%
Riverside El Sch WestFree meals for all
K–2352———

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 422109004736