Summary:
The 37665 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, John F. Kennedy Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with 272 students. The school is part of the Kingsport school district, which is ranked 24 out of 139 districts in Tennessee and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
John F. Kennedy Elementary School has had mixed performance, with some grades and subjects performing better than others compared to district and state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school had proficiency rates of 40.3% in mathematics, 39.5% in English Language Arts, and 56.6% in science, which were below the Kingsport district averages but above the state averages in some cases. The school also had a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 18.9% in the 2023-2024 school year, which could be a contributing factor to its academic performance.
Despite the school's mixed performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.1 and a higher-than-average spending per student of $16,238. To better understand the school's strengths and areas for improvement, it would be beneficial to have data on additional schools in the area for comparison, as well as more detailed information on the school's specific initiatives and strategies to address its challenges.
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