John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York)

Bellmore JFK High School
Address
Map
3000 Bellmore Ave

Bellmore
,
Nassau County
,
New York

United States
Coordinates40°39′04″N 73°31′30″W / 40.65111°N 73.52500°W / 40.65111; -73.52500
Information
TypePublic school
Established1966
NCES School ID3619020[1]
Faculty93.37 FTEs[1]
Enrollment1,043 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.17[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Dartmouth green and gray/silver
Team nameCougars
Accreditation Blue Ribbon
Nobel laureatesPaul Krugman (2008)
Websitewww.bellmore-merrick.k12.ny.us/schools/john_kennedy_high_school

John F. Kennedy High School is a public high school located in Bellmore, New York. It is one of three high schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District. The school is ranked 29th in Best Public High Schools in New York.[3]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 999 students and 78.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.2:1. There were 98 students (9.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 5 (0.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The school is open during normal school months. Its newspaper is the Cougar Crier.[4] In local athletics, this school is referred to as Bellmore JFK to avoid confusion with the nearby Plainview JFK.[citation needed]

District

There are four other schools in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District: Wellington C. Mepham High School, Sanford H. Calhoun High School, Merrick Avenue Middle School, and Grand Avenue Middle School.

About 6,050 students are enrolled at the school district, with approximately 1,200 students in each school.[1]

Notable alumni


References

Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f School data for John F Kennedy High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Tyrrell, Joie. "John F. Kennedy, Wantagh, West Islip high schools achieve Blue Ribbon status". Newsday. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  3. ^ "John F. Kennedy High School in Bellmore, NY". Niche. Retrieved 2024-02-01.
  4. ^ Cougar Crier On-Line Archived 2010-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Roberts, Sam. "Paul Feinman, First Openly Gay Judge on N.Y. High Court, Dies at 61", The New York Times, April 1, 2021. Accessed April 2, 2021. "After graduating from John F. Kennedy High School in nearby Bellmore, he earned a bachelor’s degree in French literature in 1981 from Columbia University."

Bellmore JFK Alumni, Inc. http://www.bellmorejfkalumni.org/