John F. Kennedy Elementary School

Indio, CA 92201

Phone: (760) 775-3840
Fax: (760) 347-5187
District: Desert Sands Unified

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GreatSchools Rating

public • Grades KG,1,2,3,4,5 • 390 students

John F. Kennedy Elementary School, a public school located in Indio, CA, serves grades K-5 in the Desert Sands Unified School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 1 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.

John F. Kennedy Elementary School is a public school located in Indio, CA. 390 students attend John F. Kennedy Elementary School.

School Ratings

Category Rating Details
Test Scores 1/10 The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) data from California Department of Education, and using 2025 California Science Test data from California Department of Education.
Student Growth 1/10 The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from California Department of Education.

Posted: August 28, 2017

Terrible, I'd give this school negative stars if this allowed me to. This school needs to be reviewed, revised, audited what ever it takes to make it better and a great place to send your children. They need leadership that will light a fire under the teachers feet or find new ones that actually are there out of passion and not to collect a check. If possible tranfers to CVUSD trust me, the teachers are much more humble and passionate about your childs educational experience.

Posted: August 28, 2017

Posted: August 28, 2017

If you are lucky you'll get a teacher that will speak more than two words to you.

Posted: August 28, 2017

Posted: August 28, 2017

Extremely poor leadership and etiquette. The teacher's I've met are tired and seem more assembly line workers waiting for the next batch of kids and on to the next school year. Lacks passion and drive

Posted: August 28, 2017

Posted: August 28, 2017

I have had my child there for three years and for the first two years she had issues with being bullied. She would constantly come home depressed and without any drive, she was in third and fourth grade and already hated school(this school) with a passion to the point where I couldn't get her off the car. She made several attempts to try and speak to the staff and was ignored, their response was terrible. At first they'd send her to the nurses office and call me stating she was sick and when I picked her up she'd explain how the office staff would ask her what now? She was even being bullied at lunch in front of other staff members, she had her head banged against a table in front of them by a little boy as he went on with racial insults and nothing was done. But don't get me wrong the parking lot and student drop off to get you in and out quick is of thier top priorities. When you here the expression public schooling has failed you trust me this is one example why.

Reviews provided by GreatSchools™

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