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John F Kennedy Elementary, Elsa, TX

CEP schoolJohn F Kennedy Elementary is a public elementary school in Elsa, part of Edcouch-Elsa ISD. It enrolled 383 students in 2024-25, with 14.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "JOHN F KENNEDY EL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
383
Teachers (FTE)
27.0
Students per teacher
14.2
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 0.7 higher than the district figure of 13.5. The Texas average across schools is 15.1. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.2
District13.5
Texas15.1
United States15.3

School details

Address
500 W 9th St, Elsa, TX 78543
Phone
(956)262-6027
District
Edcouch-Elsa ISD
County
Hidalgo County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Town: Fringe
NCES school ID
481806001603
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
359
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
35993.7% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Edcouch-Elsa ISD

Elementary schools elsewhere in Elsa

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.