John F. Kennedy Middle School

John F. Kennedy Middle School is a middle school of average-sized scale in Plantsville, Connecticut, run under Southington School District, caters to 659 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 26% above the state mean of about 521.

Southington School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 6,000 students; John F. Kennedy Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, John F. Kennedy Middle School lists that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest is composed of 14% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, John F. Kennedy Middle School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.3:1 average. Roughly 26% of students at John F. Kennedy Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Capitol Planning Region) logs that median household income runs about $93,394, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), John F. Kennedy Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Zaya A. Oshana Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. John F. Kennedy Middle School's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 792 (now 659). The White share of enrollment contracted from 83% to 72% over that span.

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