John F. Kennedy Junior High

As a tight-knit junior high in Hanford, California, John F. Kennedy Junior High enrolls 531 students from grades 7 through 8, part of Hanford Elementary.

Hanford Elementary comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 5,460 students; John F. Kennedy Junior High is among them.

On the student-mix side, John F. Kennedy Junior High reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Beyond that, the school lists 8% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), John F. Kennedy Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.1%, the actual is 31.5%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Kings County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,995 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. John F. Kennedy Junior High is one of 67 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 28,742 students).

The closest other public school is Kings County Special Education, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John F. Kennedy Junior High at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 31.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John F. Kennedy Junior High has contracted 12%, going from 602 students in 2018 to 531 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.