John F. Kennedy High School
200 Washington Ave
Iselin NJ, 08830, Middlesex County
Phone: 732-602-8650
Ranking:
(85 out of 346, top 25%)*

Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Woodbridge Township School District
Title I Eligible School: No
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: | 118 | 114 | 113 | 94 | 90 | 89 | 75 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,371 | 1,408 | 1,380 | 1,355 | 1,278 | 1,235 | 1,198 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 300 | 21.9% | 348 | 24.7% | 341 | 24.7% | 359 | 26.5% | 351 | 27.5% | 317 | 25.7% | 335 | 28.0% |
Grade 10: | 352 | 25.7% | 339 | 24.1% | 362 | 26.2% | 341 | 25.2% | 311 | 24.3% | 327 | 26.5% | 287 | 24.0% |
Grade 11: | 342 | 24.9% | 342 | 24.3% | 331 | 24.0% | 315 | 23.2% | 314 | 24.6% | 283 | 22.9% | 294 | 24.5% |
Grade 12: | 356 | 26.0% | 358 | 25.4% | 322 | 23.3% | 318 | 23.5% | 290 | 22.7% | 292 | 23.6% | 274 | 22.9% |
Ungraded: | 21 | 1.5% | 21 | 1.5% | 24 | 1.7% | 22 | 1.6% | 12 | 0.9% | 16 | 1.3% | 8 | 0.7% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 706 | 51.5% | 718 | 51.0% | 687 | 49.8% | 686 | 50.6% | 647 | 50.6% | 622 | 50.4% | 609 | 50.8% |
Female: | 665 | 48.5% | 690 | 49.0% | 693 | 50.2% | 669 | 49.4% | 631 | 49.4% | 613 | 49.6% | 585 | 48.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 480 | 35.0% | 477 | 33.9% | 450 | 32.6% | 431 | 31.8% | 418 | 32.7% | 420 | 34.0% | 407 | 34.0% |
Hispanic: | 306 | 22.3% | 311 | 22.1% | 280 | 20.3% | 257 | 19.0% | 218 | 17.1% | 180 | 14.6% | 151 | 12.6% |
Black: | 151 | 11.0% | 159 | 11.3% | 152 | 11.0% | 153 | 11.3% | 136 | 10.6% | 128 | 10.4% | 123 | 10.3% |
White: | 429 | 31.3% | 457 | 32.5% | 496 | 35.9% | 510 | 37.6% | 504 | 39.4% | 505 | 40.9% | 517 | 43.2% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 4 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 405 | 29.5% | 340 | 24.1% | 342 | 24.8% | 325 | 24.0% | 256 | 20.0% | 186 | 15.1% | 134 | 11.2% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 146 | 10.6% | 133 | 9.4% | 118 | 8.6% | 128 | 9.4% | 129 | 10.1% | 97 | 7.9% | 87 | 7.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 11.67 | 12.41 | 12.25 | 14.45 | 14.20 | 11.90 | 16.00 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
HSPA | ||||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 85.0% | 82.9% | 80.1% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 85.8% | 83.9% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 85.5% | 84.3% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 89.0% | 87.7% | 83.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 90.0% | 89.6% | 85.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 90.6% | 89.9% | 83.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 86.2% | 87.4% | 84.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 95.7% | 94.8% | 88.0% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 96.4% | 97.1% | 89.6% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 93.6% | 97% | 91.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 11th Grade | % proficient | 95.4% | 92.1% | 91.6% |
2003 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 73.3% | 66.9% | 65.9% |
2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 85.8% | 76.7% | 70.1% |
2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 88.2% | 79.2% | 75.5% |
2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 89.7% | 84.1% | 75.9% |
2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 90.8% | 85.3% | 73.4% |
2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 92.7% | 85.1% | 75.4% |
2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 90.2% | 86.6% | 73.7% |
2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 93.1% | 89.9% | 75.0% |
2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 91.2% | 90.4% | 75.2% |
2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 91.8% | 94.6% | 79.3% |
2013 | Math | 11th Grade | % proficient | 90.2% | 86.3% | 79.7% |
2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % proficient | 76.4% | 75.1% | 72.7% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* John F. Kennedy High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.