John F. Kennedy High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

422 Highland Ave

Waterbury CT, 06708, New Haven County

Phone: 203-574-8150

Ranking:

(145 out of 166, bottom 13%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Waterbury 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:	101		97		94		92		99		105		94
Total Students:	1,286		1,358		1,414		1,368		1,369		1,306		1,313
Grade 9:	301	23.4%	330	24.3%	397	28.1%	352	25.7%	397	29.0%	356	27.3%	324	24.7%
Grade 10:	344	26.7%	374	27.5%	368	26.0%	371	27.1%	356	26.0%	306	23.4%	346	26.4%
Grade 11:	343	26.7%	331	24.4%	337	23.8%	307	22.4%	308	22.5%	328	25.1%	339	25.8%
Grade 12:	298	23.2%	323	23.8%	312	22.1%	338	24.7%	308	22.5%	316	24.2%	304	23.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	686	53.3%	716	52.7%	744	52.6%	695	50.8%	673	49.2%	627	48.0%	626	47.7%
Female:	600	46.7%	642	47.3%	670	47.4%	673	49.2%	688	50.3%	671	51.4%	683	52.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.4%	6	0.4%	7	0.5%	9	0.7%	3	0.2%	5	0.4%	2	0.2%
Asian:	16	1.2%	18	1.3%	27	1.9%	2	0.1%	22	1.6%	25	1.9%	30	2.3%
Hispanic:	586	45.6%	615	45.3%	608	43.0%	586	42.8%	574	41.9%	535	41.0%	517	39.4%
Black:	303	23.6%	293	21.6%	330	23.3%	299	21.9%	309	22.6%	293	22.4%	303	23.1%
White:	343	26.7%	403	29.7%	439	31.0%	446	32.6%	461	33.7%	448	34.3%	461	35.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	31	2.4%	21	1.5%	3	0.2%	26	1.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	906	70.5%	924	68.0%	890	62.9%	875	64.0%	822	60.0%	683	52.3%	622	47.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	74	5.8%	97	7.1%	116	8.2%	103	7.5%	122	8.9%	107	8.2%	127	9.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.76		13.94		15.07		14.90		13.86		13.60		14.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CAPT
2007	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	56.5%	47.7%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	55.2%	48.3%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	58.6%	49.1%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	46.5%	41.1%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	48.8%	44.5%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	41.4%	41.7%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	10th Grade	% met std	42.0%	42.5%	N/A
2007	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	65.7%	55.5%	N/A
2008	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	60.1%	57.2%	N/A
2009	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	78.6%	67%	N/A
2010	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	68.3%	61.1%	N/A
2011	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	60.5%	56.7%	N/A
2012	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	67.9%	59.6%	N/A
2013	Reading Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	54.1%	53.4%	N/A
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	46.3%	46.7%	N/A
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	46.8%	47.9%	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	48.8%	47.2%	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	44.9%	46.1%	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	46.7%	48.6%	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	42%	39.7%	N/A
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	38.4%	41.2%	N/A
2007	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	65%	66.2%	N/A
2008	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	78%	76.6%	N/A
2009	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	85.3%	78.6%	N/A
2010	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	82.9%	75.5%	N/A
2011	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	80.4%	80.6%	N/A
2012	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	82.3%	78.4%	N/A
2013	Writing Across the Disciplines	10th Grade	% met std	78.3%	79.6%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* John F. Kennedy High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.