In addition to Kennedale, the district serves small portions of Arlington and Fort Worth.
In 2016-2017, the school district was rated "exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency.
Students in Kennedale typically perform close to the local region and state-wide averages on standardized tests.
In the 2015-2016 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results, 80% of students in Kennedale ISD met Level II Satisfactory standards, compared with 77% in Region 11 and 75% in the state of Texas.
The class of 2015 included 228 graduates; the annual drop-out rate across grades 9-12 was less than 1%.