John Kennedy Elementary School

Grades: PK-5
Students: 541
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 14:1
Student-Counselor Ratio: 591:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
Community Reviews
5 Reviews
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
7/10
Test Scores
4/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
10/10
Student Growth

Community Reviews

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Great energy in this school. Much thought goes in to the programs. All schools need to remember that these are not THEIR kids, they're OURS. Parents are their "customers", so we need to be assertive about what our children need and then follow through.
Posted by a parent on 7/9/2016
If you are the parent of a special needs child stay far away from Kennedy. Principal sees you as trouble. He is pompous and disrespectful to kids and parents, and quite frankly should be terminated. If you have a perfect child, you can likely get a pretty good education at Kennedy, but differentiate
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Posted by a parent on 4/3/2015
It's not just Kennedy, it's a LOT of Dubuque's Public schools. We are moving to another State & the choice wasn't a hard one when we seen how Dubuque Schools are run. We came back to Dubuque after being gone a few years and I was horrified when my then 3rd grader had to "repeat Math that he did the
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Posted by a parent on 4/27/2012
Our experience with Kennedy has soiled the ideas I once held about public schools. I had been a big believer in the school system and a great supporter of public education. After 3 years of attendance, I have grown more and more disgusted with the way things are handled. Kennedy can be a great schoo
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Posted by a parent on 4/4/2012
I attended Kennedy as a child and had good memories of the school, so I moved my family to the area the summer before my daughter started Kindergarten. I don't know what has happened over the years, but what we have dealt with is far from what I remember. We are now moving out of the area specifical
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Posted by a parent on 4/4/2012

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Dubuque schools - John Kennedy Elementary School is located at 2135 Woodland Drive, Dubuque IA 52002. John Kennedy Elementary School is in the Dubuque Community School District. John Kennedy Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK-5.

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