Plainview – Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School is a four-year coeducational public high school located on Kennedy Drive in Plainview, Nassau County, Long Island, New York.

For the 2013–2014 school year, the student body of POBJFK was 82% white and 14% Asian or Native, Hawaiian/Other, or Pacific Islander, .

[3] For the 2012-2013 school year, students achievements include 13 New York State Academic Excellence Award Winners, 2 Intel Science Talent Search Semi-Finalists, 5 Siemens Semi-Finalists, 2 Scholar Artists for Fine and Performing Arts, 12 All State Students for Fine and Performing Arts, 3 All Eastern Students for Fine and Performing Arts, and 13 LISFA Recognition Students for Fine and Performing Arts [5] Heather Dvorak is the current principal, whilst Phillip Farrelly, Martina Stergiopoulos, Thomas Schwartz, and Timothy Lamb serve as assistant principals.

Notwithstanding opposition by some residents, the school board eventually approved the expansion.

[citation needed] Based on a report released on January 24, 2012, Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK "was ranked as achieving the best overall performance last spring on an Advanced Placement test in macroeconomics," meaning that Plainview has the "strongest AP macroeconomics course in the world among schools in (its) size range," according to the College Board.

During the 2012-2013 school year, then-senior Jinju Yi was a National Finalist and Regional Winner in the same competition.

On December 3, 2013, Class of 2008 Seniors Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Marinoff were named national winners in the Siemens Competition team category (for a $100,000 scholarship), with the creation of a molecule that can inhibit the production of drug-resistant tuberculosis strains.

Mr. Murray responded to the prank by wearing a hot pink tie with green question marks on it to the 2006 graduation.

There are eight distinct student run A Cappella groups found in POBJFKHS: The Rolling Tones, Noteworthy, Under a Rest, B Sharps, Drastic Measures, On a High Note, Chock Full of Notes, and the Acafellas.

In 2015, "The Rolling Tones" and "Chock Full of Notes" were featured on Lifetime's "Pitch Slapped."