John F. Kennedy Middle

Located at 821 Bubb Rd., in Cupertino, California, John F. Kennedy Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school that instructs 880 students (grades 6 through 8), part of Cupertino Union. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so John F. Kennedy Middle sits 34% above that benchmark.

Cupertino Union runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 13,526 students. John F. Kennedy Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John F. Kennedy Middle shows that Asian students make up the majority at 79%; the rest consists of 10% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Santa Clara County as a whole is about 41% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, John F. Kennedy Middle lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.4:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Santa Clara County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, John F. Kennedy Middle is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 70.2%; this one delivers 90.8%, a residual of +20.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Santa Clara County) records that median household income runs about $164,281, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Clara County's 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), John F. Kennedy Middle is one campus in the mix.

Abraham Lincoln Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John F. Kennedy Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts John F. Kennedy Middle at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 83.8%.

John F. Kennedy Middle operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John F. Kennedy Middle has contracted 32%, going from 1,289 students in 2018 to 880 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.