- Source: John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York)
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.
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.
The school is open during normal school months. Its newspaper is the Cougar Crier.
In local athletics, this school is referred to as Bellmore JFK to avoid confusion with the nearby Plainview JFK.
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.
Notable alumni
Tim Canova, politician and law professor
Kenny Dichter, CEO of WheelsUp
Doug Ellin, creator of Entourage
Paul Feinman (1960–2021), New York State Court of Appeals judge
Amy Fisher, convicted of the 1992 shooting of wife of her lover
Bill Freiberger, Emmy-nominated writer and producer of The Simpsons, The PJs, and Drawn Together
Stephanie Hammerman, the world's first CrossFit Level 2 trainer with cerebral palsy
Artie Kempner, Director for NFL on Fox and NASCAR
Michael Kors (born 1959), fashion designer
Paul Krugman (born 1953), economist, Princeton University Professor, and columnist for The New York Times, Nobel Prize in economics
Steve Levy (born 1965), host of ESPN SportsCenter
Scott Lipsky (born 1981), tennis player
Daryl Palumbo, vocalist of Glassjaw and vocalist for Head Automatica
Marc Rowan, (born 1962) Co-founder Apollo Capital Management, Billionaire Philanthropist
Noah Rubin (born 1996), tennis player
Adam Schefter, ESPN football analyst
Marc Slutsky, musician
Jason Smilovic, writer and producer
Laurence Traiger (born 1956), composer and musicologist
Scott Zakarin, film producer
References
Notes
External links
John F. Kennedy High School
Bellmore-Merrick Central School District
Bellmore JFK Alumni, Inc. http://www.bellmorejfkalumni.org/