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John F Kennedy Elementary School
1310 Ratzer Rd
Wayne NJ, 07470, Passaic County
Phone: 973-633-3160
Ranking:
(500 out of 1,847, top 27%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Wayne Township School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 30 | 33 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 23 | |||||||
Total Students: | 455 | 432 | 449 | 459 | 448 | 450 | 448 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 24 | 5.3% | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Kindergarten: | 61 | 13.4% | 70 | 16.2% | 47 | 10.5% | 56 | 12.2% | 67 | 15.0% | 54 | 12.0% | 56 | 12.5% |
Grade 1: | 80 | 17.6% | 51 | 11.8% | 65 | 14.5% | 74 | 16.1% | 60 | 13.4% | 59 | 13.1% | 75 | 16.7% |
Grade 2: | 53 | 11.6% | 66 | 15.3% | 75 | 16.7% | 63 | 13.7% | 71 | 15.8% | 76 | 16.9% | 68 | 15.2% |
Grade 3: | 64 | 14.1% | 74 | 17.1% | 60 | 13.4% | 75 | 16.3% | 80 | 17.9% | 67 | 14.9% | 65 | 14.5% |
Grade 4: | 73 | 16.0% | 56 | 13.0% | 75 | 16.7% | 88 | 19.2% | 64 | 14.3% | 65 | 14.4% | 66 | 14.7% |
Grade 5: | 61 | 13.4% | 83 | 19.2% | 92 | 20.5% | 70 | 15.3% | 67 | 15.0% | 70 | 15.6% | 77 | 17.2% |
Ungraded: | 39 | 8.6% | 32 | 7.4% | 35 | 7.8% | 33 | 7.2% | 39 | 8.7% | 59 | 13.1% | 41 | 9.2% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 231 | 50.8% | 209 | 48.4% | 226 | 50.3% | 235 | 51.2% | 247 | 55.1% | 246 | 54.7% | 243 | 54.2% |
Female: | 224 | 49.2% | 223 | 51.6% | 223 | 49.7% | 224 | 48.8% | 201 | 44.9% | 204 | 45.3% | 201 | 44.9% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 116 | 25.5% | 88 | 20.4% | 91 | 20.3% | 81 | 17.6% | 73 | 16.3% | 61 | 13.6% | 61 | 13.6% |
Hispanic: | 49 | 10.8% | 50 | 11.6% | 56 | 12.5% | 58 | 12.6% | 49 | 10.9% | 47 | 10.4% | 43 | 9.6% |
Black: | 5 | 1.1% | 9 | 2.1% | 10 | 2.2% | 12 | 2.6% | 11 | 2.5% | 11 | 2.4% | 10 | 2.2% |
White: | 279 | 61.3% | 276 | 63.9% | 287 | 63.9% | 305 | 66.4% | 315 | 70.3% | 329 | 73.1% | 334 | 74.6% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 5 | 1.1% | 7 | 1.6% | 3 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 50 | 11.0% | 40 | 9.3% | 49 | 10.9% | 36 | 7.8% | 29 | 6.5% | 26 | 5.8% | 25 | 5.6% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 15 | 3.3% | 10 | 2.3% | 13 | 2.9% | 12 | 2.6% | 14 | 3.1% | 12 | 2.7% | 16 | 3.6% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.17 | 13.09 | 15.15 | 18.14 | 16.59 | 11.30 | 19.50 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 92.8% | 92.5% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 94.4% | 93.7% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 92.3% | 91.8% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 90.1% | 89.6% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 94.1% | 93.2% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 68.4% | 70.8% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 68.9% | 66.6% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 73.0% | 70.4% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 81.8% | 82.8% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 69.1% | 70.5% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 95.2% | 92.2% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 98.1% | 92.3% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 96.7% | 93.2% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 93.9% | 93.5% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 95.7% | 93.1% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 73.8% | 83.1% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 84.7% | 87.0% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 89.3% | 86.6% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 94.6% | 91.8% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 90.3% | 83.5% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.0% | 92.9% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.8% | 92.6% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.6% | 92.8% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.8% | 89.8% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.7% | 90.8% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 90.4% | 91.3% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.6% | 76.3% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 66.7% | 70.4% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.8% | 75.2% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 82.0% | 69.9% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 72.4% | 75.2% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.7% | 82.5% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.4% | 86.6% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 94.4% | 89.7% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.8% | 92.3% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.3% | 93.1% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.8% | 92.1% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 85.3% | 85.6% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 79.7% | 86.4% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 91.9% | 87.2% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.3% | 87.6% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.1% | 89.2% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.3% | 94.4% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 100.0% | 94.9% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 92.9% | 93.9% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 93.1% | 93.7% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 97.1% | 95.5% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 88.6% | 96.9% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.5% | 96.2% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 94.8% | 96.0% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 96.6% | 97.0% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 100.0% | 95.9% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 66.7% | 73.6% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 78.4% | 75.7% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 72.6% | 71.6% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 71.3% | 69.7% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 77.7% | 73.1% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 74.5% | 68.4% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 88% | 91.8% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 87.4% | 88.0% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 86.9% | 86.7% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 87.9% | 88.2% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 92.5% | 89.1% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 94.3% | 91.4% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 88.4% | 84.4% | 79.9% |
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* John F Kennedy Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.