John F. Kennedy High School is a high school in the Sacramento City Unified School District. It is located in the Pocket/Greenhaven neighborhood and has been considered the most diverse high school in the city. The attendance area served by JFK extends from downtown Sacramento through the Pocket neighborhood. JFK operates a college preparatory curriculum program on a traditional 55-minute class schedule, offering a wide variety of academic programs in a six-period day.

JFK employs 101 full-time equivalent teachers, 4 administrators, 5 counselors, a librarian, a library technician, 11 aides in special education, plus 16 clerical support staff. Six of our credentialed staff members teach computer-related skills. The campus includes traditional classrooms, a Library-Media Center, fine arts facilities, two gyms, a pool, a weight room, industrial technology shops, graphic arts laboratory, handicapped student facilities, and multi-use computer labs.

The student population is sectioned off into 6 "Small Learning Communities," one of which is the Program in America and California Exploration (PACE), a four-year college prep history and English program founded by former Senator Gary Hart that explores these curricular areas from a uniquely Californian and American perspective. The high school also has a large variety of Advanced Placement classes, such as Calculus BC, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, World History, US History, English language, English literature, Government, Spanish and French.