Is Kennedy Junior High School a good school?

Yes! Kennedy Junior High School is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 16 th of 1363 Illinois middle schools.

How many students attend Kennedy Junior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 917 students attended Kennedy Junior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Kennedy Junior High School?

Students at Kennedy Junior High School are 47% White, 38% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 3% African American.

Kennedy Junior High School

Summary:

Kennedy Junior High School is a highly-rated public middle school serving grades 6-8 in Lisle, Illinois, which is part of the Naperville CUSD 203 district. This school has consistently been ranked among the top middle schools in Illinois, receiving a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the 2023-2024 school year and ranking 16th out of 1,363 Illinois middle schools.

Kennedy Junior High School stands out for its exceptional academic performance, with 86.9% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 72% proficient or better in Mathematics, significantly outperforming the Naperville CUSD 203 district and the state of Illinois. The school also excels in the performance of various student subgroups, ranking 6th out of 184 Illinois middle schools for Asian and multi-racial students in English Language Arts, and 10th out of 1,219 Illinois middle schools for students of low socioeconomic status in Mathematics. Additionally, Kennedy Junior High School has relatively low chronic absenteeism rates compared to the state and district averages.

When compared to other nearby middle schools in the Naperville CUSD 203 district, Kennedy Junior High School consistently outperforms its peers in academic proficiency. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Kennedy Junior High School had an 86.9% proficiency rate in English Language Arts, compared to 65.5% for Jefferson Junior High School and 75.1% for Lincoln Junior High School. This sustained excellence has earned Kennedy Junior High School a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past 10 school years.

Detail:

Public 6-8

2929 Green Trails Dr
Lisle, IL 60532-6262

(630) 420-3220

District: Naperville CUSD 203

SchoolDigger Rank:
16^th of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,499

Feeder schools for Kennedy Junior High School:

Elementary:	Highlands Elementary School
	Ranch View Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.3

Number of students: 917

Racial breakdown:

White:

46.9%

Asian:

37.9%

Hispanic:

6.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 11.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Kennedy Junior High School ranks better than 98.8% of middle schools in Illinois. It also ranks first among 5 ranked middle schools in the Naperville CUSD 203 School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 98.34. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Kennedy Junior High School has the largest middle school student body size in the Naperville CUSD 203 School District. Racial makeup is: White (46.9%), Asian (37.9%), Hispanic (6.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 11.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Naperville CUSD 203 School District. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kennedy Junior High School is 14.3, which is the highest among 5 middle schools in the Naperville CUSD 203 School District! (See more...)

Compare Kennedy Junior High School employs 63.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kennedy Junior High School is $19,499. 2 middle schools in the Naperville CUSD 203 School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kennedy Junior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Kennedy Junior High School 16^th of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Kennedy Junior High School in the ranking list.)

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Naperville CUSD 203:

SchoolDigger ranks Naperville CUSD 203 39^th of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Kennedy Junior High School

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Rank History for all students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	93.27	35^th	1185	97.0%
2004	91.76	33^rd	1204	97.3%
2005	89.42	60^th	1209	95.0%
2006	92.39	12^th	1272	99.1%
2007	91.58	12^th	1287	99.1%
2008	90.77	14^th	1293	98.9%
2009	89.80	19^th	1318	98.6%
2010	88.86	32^nd	1327	97.6%
2011	88.24	42^nd	1344	96.9%
2012	87.22	61^st	1365	95.5%
2013	94.79	28^th	1367	98.0%
2014	95.84	19^th	1322	98.6%
2016	98.60	14^th	1294	98.9%
2017	98.53	15^th	1293	98.8%
2018	99.14	11^th	1293	99.1%
2019	98.51	12^th	1356	99.1%
2021	98.91	14^th	1241	98.9%
2022	99.03	13^th	1369	99.1%
2023	98.44	14^th	1367	99.0%
2024	98.34	16^th	1363	98.8%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	98.30	1^st	164	99.4%
2019	95.58	1^st	179	99.4%
2021	90.81	7^th	97	92.8%
2022	95.64	4^th	195	97.9%
2023	95.41	3^rd	194	98.5%
2024	94.44	6^th	184	96.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	82.96	21^st	480	95.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	99.77	3^rd	602	99.5%
2019	98.10	13^th	792	98.4%
2021	82.28	40^th	548	92.7%
2022	76.04	73^rd	781	90.7%
2023	96.88	27^th	805	96.6%
2024	93.42	40^th	802	95.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	98.67	9^th	1161	99.2%
2019	98.82	6^th	1217	99.5%
2021	96.79	11^th	1019	98.9%
2022	97.43	12^th	1221	99.0%
2023	95.20	18^th	1234	98.5%
2024	98.25	10^th	1219	99.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	98.26	10^th	1226	99.2%
2019	97.45	16^th	1276	98.7%
2021	97.48	14^th	1017	98.6%
2022	98.40	11^th	1286	99.1%
2023	97.24	19^th	1275	98.5%
2024	97.39	16^th	1251	98.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	82.34	48^th	674	92.9%
2024	92.32	21^st	639	96.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	99.26	10^th	1223	99.2%
2019	98.81	10^th	1296	99.2%
2021	99.09	11^th	1048	99.0%
2022	99.21	8^th	1286	99.4%
2023	98.78	13^th	1292	99.0%
2024	98.58	16^th	1264	98.7%

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Rank History for Asian students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	92.61	4^th	209	98.1%
2019	90.11	6^th	201	97.0%
2021	89.57	4^th	112	96.4%
2022	92.44	7^th	198	96.5%
2023	90.28	4^th	192	97.9%
2024	88.90	6^th	184	96.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	98.23	7^th	590	98.8%
2019	92.76	18^th	639	97.2%
2021	88.06	32^nd	517	93.8%
2022	91.87	37^th	662	94.4%
2023	92.91	25^th	661	96.2%
2024	94.17	22^nd	643	96.6%

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Rank History for White students at Kennedy Junior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	96.55	17^th	889	98.1%
2019	94.06	29^th	905	96.8%
2021	92.19	39^th	813	95.2%
2022	94.24	18^th	898	98.0%
2023	91.98	38^th	895	95.8%
2024	93.07	30^th	875	96.6%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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by a parent
Friday, August 12, 2011

Moving here from Chicago I can't belive the teaching that my sons recive from Kennedy Jr. High. This school is AMAZEING!!!! My sons love it. The Teachers are GREAT!!!! they care about each student they listen to the children.The Teachers truely give all there students the best Education that they can recive.From the Principal to each and every Teacher,and Staff this school by far is the VERY BEST SCHOOL that I could have my sons in. We truely LOVE Kennedy Junior High. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Kennedy Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1990	180	2	24	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	207
1991	413	5	50	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	473
1992	650	12	68	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	737
1993	694	12	83	4	2	n/a	n/a	0	795
1994	727	21	101	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	857
1995	777	15	147	8	7	n/a	n/a	0	954
1996	777	15	147	8	7	n/a	n/a	0	954
1997	810	14	127	6	7	n/a	n/a	0	964
1998	803	18	154	14	4	n/a	n/a	0	993
1999	790	14	184	17	4	n/a	n/a	0	1009
2000	783	14	208	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	1020
2001	805	13	203	16	3	n/a	n/a	0	1040
2002	842	32	230	23	4	n/a	n/a	0	1131
2003	842	32	230	23	4	n/a	n/a	0	1131
2004	837	43	229	21	3	n/a	n/a	0	1133
2005	835	45	246	24	1	n/a	n/a	0	1151
2006	807	39	257	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	1134
2007	794	27	270	23	0	n/a	n/a	1	1115
2008	799	24	280	31	1	n/a	n/a	6	1141
2009	793	29	297	22	2	n/a	n/a	6	1149
2010	731	33	283	24	1	n/a	n/a	12	1084
2011	644	30	281	37	0	1	43	0	1036
2012	632	28	272	55	0	1	32	0	1020
2013	600	20	293	55	0	1	35	0	1004
2014	539	18	293	64	2	3	31	0	950
2015	515	18	290	59	1	3	41	0	927
2016	518	15	309	63	1	2	40	0	948
2017	553	14	321	53	1	1	47	0	990
2018	542	13	331	53	2	2	37	0	980
2019	530	23	315	60	2	1	30	0	961
2020	522	27	313	63	3	2	38	0	968
2021	501	19	353	57	3	1	43	0	977
2022	498	21	360	49	4	1	46	0	979
2023	458	18	352	56	2	0	45	0	931
2024	430	23	348	59	1	0	56	0	917

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Kennedy Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	207	10.3	20.0	n/a
1991	473	25.0	18.9	n/a
1992	737	43.8	16.8	n/a
1993	795	43.4	18.3	n/a
1994	857	48.5	17.7	n/a
1995	954	50.8	18.8	n/a
1996	954	50.8	18.8	n/a
1997	964	51.9	18.6	n/a
1998	993	52.9	18.8	n/a
1999	1009	58.5	17.2	n/a
2000	1020	59.8	17.1	n/a
2001	1040	63.4	16.4	n/a
2002	1131	64.4	17.6	0.7
2003	1131	64.4	17.6	0.7
2004	1133	60.9	18.6	1.9
2005	1151	58.9	19.5	2.8
2006	1134	63.0	18.0	2.7
2007	1115	65.0	17.2	2.6
2008	1141	62.0	18.4	3.1
2009	1149	66.0	17.4	3.8
2010	1084	64.7	16.7	4.9
2011	1036	61.7	16.7	4.9
2012	1020	59.8	17.0	6.1
2013	1004	70.7	14.1	6.3
2014	950	56.4	16.8	5.5
2015	927	60.0	15.4	9
2016	948	60.0	15.8	7.7
2017	990	64.3	15.3	8.4
2018	980	61.8	15.8	7.7
2019	961	60.3	15.9	7.7
2020	968	58.6	16.5	9.3
2021	977	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	979	65.2	15.0	9.6
2023	931	65.4	14.2	10.6
2024	917	63.9	14.3	11.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Kennedy Junior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1990	207	10.3	20.0	n/a
1991	473	25.0	18.9	n/a
1992	737	43.8	16.8	n/a
1993	795	43.4	18.3	n/a
1994	857	48.5	17.7	n/a
1995	954	50.8	18.8	n/a
1996	954	50.8	18.8	n/a
1997	964	51.9	18.6	n/a
1998	993	52.9	18.8	n/a
1999	1009	58.5	17.2	n/a
2000	1020	59.8	17.1	n/a
2001	1040	63.4	16.4	n/a
2002	1131	64.4	17.6	0.7
2003	1131	64.4	17.6	0.7
2004	1133	60.9	18.6	1.9
2005	1151	58.9	19.5	2.8
2006	1134	63.0	18.0	2.7
2007	1115	65.0	17.2	2.6
2008	1141	62.0	18.4	3.1
2009	1149	66.0	17.4	3.8
2010	1084	64.7	16.7	4.9
2011	1036	61.7	16.7	4.9
2012	1020	59.8	17.0	6.1
2013	1004	70.7	14.1	6.3
2014	950	56.4	16.8	5.5
2015	927	60.0	15.4	9
2016	948	60.0	15.8	7.7
2017	990	64.3	15.3	8.4
2018	980	61.8	15.8	7.7
2019	961	60.3	15.9	7.7
2020	968	58.6	16.5	9.3
2021	977	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	979	65.2	15.0	9.6
2023	931	65.4	14.2	10.6
2024	917	63.9	14.3	11.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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