Kennedy Elementary

Summary:

Kennedy Elementary is a public elementary school in Willmar, Minnesota, serving students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade. The school has a diverse student population, with a racial makeup that is 29.51% White, 17.34% African American, 47.97% Hispanic, 2.66% Asian, 0.14% Pacific Islander, and 2.38% two or more races.

While Kennedy Elementary's overall proficiency rates on state assessments are lower than the Willmar Public School District and state averages, the school's performance for specific student subgroups, such as African American and Hispanic students, is relatively stronger compared to other schools in Minnesota. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, Kennedy Elementary ranked 127 out of 310 Minnesota elementary schools for African American students and 112 out of 249 for Hispanic students in Math proficiency. However, the school has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 61.23% to 75.24% over the past three school years, which may be a contributing factor to its overall lower performance.

Compared to the nearby Lakeland Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary schools, also part of the Willmar Public School District, Kennedy Elementary's performance on state assessments is generally lower. However, the school's unique strengths in supporting its diverse student population, particularly African American and Hispanic students, suggest that there are opportunities for improvement through targeted interventions and collaboration with the district and community.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 824 7th St SW
       Willmar, MN  56201-3499


(320) 214-6688

District: Willmar Public School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
613th of 881 Minnesota Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,983 Help


Students who attend Kennedy Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Willmar Middle School
High:    Willmar Senior High

Student/teacher ratio:  12.8 Help
Number of students:  702

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
47.6%
White:
31.9%
African American:
15.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  69.8% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Kennedy Elementary ranks worse than 69.6% of elementary schools in Minnesota. It also ranks first among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Willmar Public School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 35.47. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Kennedy Elementary has the largest elementary school student body size in the Willmar Public School District. Student population at Kennedy Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (47.6%), White (31.9%), African American (15%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 69.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kennedy Elementary is 12.8, which is the 2nd best among 3 elementary schools in the Willmar Public School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kennedy Elementary is $12,983, which is the 2nd highest among 3 elementary schools in the Willmar Public School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kennedy Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Kennedy Elementary 613th of 881 Minnesota public elementary schools. (See Kennedy Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Willmar Public School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Willmar Public School District 345th of 463 Minnesota school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Kennedy Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Kennedy Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 29.87 645th 756 14.7%
2007 16.99 700th 777 9.9%
2008 21.54 690th 781 11.7%
2009 12.07 402nd 434 7.4%
2010 24.28 690th 803 14.1%
2011 21.75 710th 814 12.8%
2012 18.32 735th 820 10.4%
2013 32.95 646th 824 21.6%
2014 45.11 551st 826 33.3%
2015 45.60 554th 840 34.0%
2016 42.41 584th 848 31.1%
2017 35.37 636th 853 25.4%
2018 28.46 678th 847 20.0%
2019 25.99 686th 870 21.1%
2021 23.74 681st 869 21.6%
2022 30.38 646th 858 24.7%
2023 26.77 641st 845 24.1%
2024 35.47 613th 881 30.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Kennedy Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.57 174th 242 28.1%
2019 38.04 148th 239 38.1%
2021 35.13 120th 175 31.4%
2022 37.67 160th 256 37.5%
2023 38.64 171st 276 38.0%
2024 47.46 135th 303 55.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Kennedy Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.50 311th 463 32.8%
2019 13.41 484th 515 6.0%
2021 27.91 335th 417 19.7%
2022 35.65 353rd 500 29.4%
2023 18.05 468th 524 10.7%
2024 17.02 511th 572 10.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Kennedy Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.78 584th 728 19.8%
2019 28.44 585th 740 20.9%
2021 31.25 505th 683 26.1%
2022 38.60 430th 663 35.1%
2023 29.95 589th 774 23.9%
2024 42.49 490th 793 38.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Kennedy Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.80 610th 774 21.2%
2019 28.16 620th 787 21.2%
2021 22.72 636th 783 18.8%
2022 32.25 589th 799 26.3%
2023 27.38 601st 787 23.6%
2024 32.30 591st 809 26.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Kennedy Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.90 635th 779 18.5%
2019 24.14 650th 798 18.5%
2021 22.94 633rd 784 19.3%
2022 27.94 627th 808 22.4%
2023 25.22 632nd 799 20.9%
2024 37.37 561st 826 32.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Kennedy Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.44 217th 266 18.4%
2019 26.72 220th 283 22.3%
2021 53.26 96th 227 57.7%
2022 49.24 134th 282 52.5%
2023 49.17 130th 279 53.4%
2024 54.76 127th 310 59.0%
See the entire list of Best Minnesota Elementary Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Kennedy Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.17 115th 220 47.7%
2019 42.20 127th 219 42.0%
2021 46.79 82nd 153 46.4%
2022 50.66 90th 209 56.9%
2023 35.56 141st 214 34.1%
2024 49.44 112th 249 55.0%
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Rank History for White students at Kennedy Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MN State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.91 295th 712 58.6%
2019 52.51 356th 722 50.7%
2021 33.69 539th 710 24.1%
2022 51.79 360th 725 50.3%
2023 46.23 397th 712 44.2%
2024 41.90 457th 730 37.4%
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Data source: test scores: Minnesota Department 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.

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Data source: Minnesota Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Kennedy Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1995 840 7 6 230 5 n/a n/a 0 1088
1996 840 7 6 230 5 n/a n/a 0 1088
1997 803 10 6 218 9 n/a n/a 0 1046
1998 817 13 10 223 2 n/a n/a 0 1065
1999 771 11 6 226 3 n/a n/a 0 1017
2000 714 14 5 222 4 n/a n/a 0 959
2001 622 14 2 248 4 n/a n/a 0 890
2002 624 22 6 287 3 n/a n/a 0 942
2003 624 22 6 287 3 n/a n/a 0 942
2004 447 19 4 298 4 n/a n/a 0 772
2005 470 19 4 274 4 n/a n/a 0 771
2006 463 20 8 259 3 n/a n/a 0 753
2007 481 30 10 269 4 n/a n/a 0 794
2008 477 45 10 280 4 n/a n/a 0 816
2009 514 69 12 263 4 n/a n/a 0 862
2010 547 53 11 318 7 n/a n/a 0 936
2011 519 62 7 297 2 2 12 0 901
2012 508 95 5 330 1 2 13 0 954
2013 490 117 9 327 2 0 17 0 962
2014 426 117 14 332 3 0 17 0 909
2015 405 108 12 365 1 0 18 0 909
2016 339 140 16 342 5 0 21 0 863
2017 324 147 24 373 4 0 16 0 888
2018 260 133 8 331 0 6 13 0 751
2019 255 129 15 324 0 5 14 0 742
2020 274 133 26 348 0 7 21 0 809
2021 236 138 24 323 0 3 13 0 737
2022 222 136 26 342 0 6 16 0 748
2023 211 124 19 343 0 1 17 0 715
2024 224 105 21 334 0 1 17 0 702

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

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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 Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 1088 60.4 18.0 27.9
1996 1088 60.4 18.0 27.9
1997 1046 57.7 18.1 27.8
1998 1065 n/a 0.0 31
1999 1017 70.9 14.3 29
2000 959 66.5 14.4 27
2001 890 63.7 14.0 45.6
2002 942 65.6 14.4 48.6
2003 942 65.6 14.4 48.6
2004 772 63.0 12.3 52.7
2005 771 62.9 12.3 54.9
2006 753 63.1 11.9 52.9
2007 794 62.8 12.6 54.4
2008 816 65.3 12.5 55.4
2009 862 67.4 12.8 53.2
2010 936 63.5 14.7 54.1
2011 901 64.7 13.9 55
2012 954 63.2 15.0 56.9
2013 962 64.5 14.9 60.4
2014 909 68.3 13.2 62.9
2015 909 67.0 13.5 63.6
2016 863 63.0 13.6 68
2017 888 58.3 15.2 66.9
2018 751 50.5 14.8 66.2
2019 742 50.7 14.6 70.1
2020 809 54.5 14.8 69
2021 737 55.6 13.2 63.1
2022 748 53.6 13.9 61.2
2023 715 60.1 11.8 75.2
2024 702 54.5 12.8 69.8

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 Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 1088 60.4 18.0 27.9
1996 1088 60.4 18.0 27.9
1997 1046 57.7 18.1 27.8
1998 1065 n/a 0.0 31
1999 1017 70.9 14.3 29
2000 959 66.5 14.4 27
2001 890 63.7 14.0 45.6
2002 942 65.6 14.4 48.6
2003 942 65.6 14.4 48.6
2004 772 63.0 12.3 52.7
2005 771 62.9 12.3 54.9
2006 753 63.1 11.9 52.9
2007 794 62.8 12.6 54.4
2008 816 65.3 12.5 55.4
2009 862 67.4 12.8 53.2
2010 936 63.5 14.7 54.1
2011 901 64.7 13.9 55
2012 954 63.2 15.0 56.9
2013 962 64.5 14.9 60.4
2014 909 68.3 13.2 62.9
2015 909 67.0 13.5 63.6
2016 863 63.0 13.6 68
2017 888 58.3 15.2 66.9
2018 751 50.5 14.8 66.2
2019 742 50.7 14.6 70.1
2020 809 54.5 14.8 69
2021 737 55.6 13.2 63.1
2022 748 53.6 13.9 61.2
2023 715 60.1 11.8 75.2
2024 702 54.5 12.8 69.8

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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Per Pupil Expenditures for Kennedy Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2019 $12,983

Data source: Minnesota Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Kennedy Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 686th of 870 Elementary schoolsRanks 641st of 845 Elementary schools
 3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Math (Kennedy Elementary)47.435
 12.3%
   3rd Grade Math (Willmar Public School District)46.736.7
 10%
   3rd Grade Math (Minnesota)65.659.1
 6.5%
3rd Grade Reading (Kennedy Elementary)4025.4
 14.6%
   3rd Grade Reading (Willmar Public School District)38.826.8
 12%
   3rd Grade Reading (Minnesota)54.647.4
 7.2%
4th Grade Math (Kennedy Elementary)47.642
 5.6%
   4th Grade Math (Willmar Public School District)48.641.2
 7.4%
   4th Grade Math (Minnesota)63.957.1
 6.8%
4th Grade Reading (Kennedy Elementary)38.133
 5.1%
   4th Grade Reading (Willmar Public School District)37.831.6
 6.2%
   4th Grade Reading (Minnesota)55.448.4
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Kennedy Elementary)42.950
 7.1%
   5th Grade Math (Willmar Public School District)46.240.9
 5.3%
   5th Grade Math (Minnesota)5244.4
 7.6%
5th Grade Reading (Kennedy Elementary)55.741.2
 14.4%
   5th Grade Reading (Willmar Public School District)52.846.5
 6.3%
   5th Grade Reading (Minnesota)65.858.7
 7%
5th Grade Science (Kennedy Elementary)32.718.3
 14.4%
   5th Grade Science (Willmar Public School District)38.824.4
 14.4%
   5th Grade Science (Minnesota)54.948.4
 6.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students742715
 3.6%
African American129124
 3.9%
American Indian00
Asian1519
 26.7%
Hispanic324343
 5.9%
Pacific Islander51
 80%
White255211
 17.3%
Two or More Races1417
 21.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients70.1%75.2%
 5.2%


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Kennedy Elementary ranks 613th of 881 Minnesota elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 702 students attended Kennedy Elementary.

Students at Kennedy Elementary are 48% Hispanic, 32% White, 15% African American, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Kennedy Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Willmar Middle School
High : Willmar Senior High


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Minnesota Department of Education.

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