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New Orleans, Louisiana - 1 schools
An equity score of 66/100 ranks John F. Kennedy High School #38 of 175 districts in Louisiana (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,325 per pupil, John F. Kennedy High School ranks #64 of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending (Louisiana districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
584
Total Enrollment
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$16,325
Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
John F. Kennedy High School operates 1 public schools serving 584 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Louisiana. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Orleans Parish.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,325 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 188 Louisiana districts by per-pupil spending. See how Louisiana compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.3% local, 37.4% state, and 14.2% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 66/100, ranked #38 of 175 in Louisiana against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 221.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 52.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.0% African American, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is John F. Kennedy High School, enrolling 665 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
John F. Kennedy High School accounts for 100.0% of all John F. Kennedy High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of John F. Kennedy High School a distant remainder — means John F. Kennedy High School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
John F. Kennedy High School has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 83.9% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
John F. Kennedy High School student-counselor ratio is 222:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
John F. Kennedy High School chronic absenteeism rate is 52.3% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
How many schools are in John F. Kennedy High School?
John F. Kennedy High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 584 students.
How much does John F. Kennedy High School spend per student?
John F. Kennedy High School spends $16,325 per student. The district has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #38 in Louisiana.
What is the demographic composition of John F. Kennedy High School?
John F. Kennedy High School students are 92.0% African American, 6.6% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for John F. Kennedy High School?
John F. Kennedy High School has an equity score of 66/100, ranking #38 out of 175 districts in Louisiana.