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Enrollment
1,052
Middle
DISTRICT 608 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIAMI-DADE·NCES 120039000558
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL
1075 NE 167TH ST, NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL 33162 · (305) 947-1451 · Miami-Dade County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,052 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
576 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL→NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from MIAMI-DADE. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
58.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
45.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,052
-42 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 21.4:1
% White
3%
was 3%
% Hispanic
21%
was 25%
% Black
73%
was 68%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL
As an average-sized middle-grades school in NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Florida, JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL instructs 1,052 students from grades 6 through 8, run under MIAMI-DADE. Enrollment runs roughly 32% above the state mean of about 794.
MIAMI-DADE runs 527 schools in total, collectively educating 335,685 students. JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Miami-Dade County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.7%; this one delivers 53.8%.
In the broader community, Miami-Dade County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,753 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Miami-Dade County's 561 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335,817 students), JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Trend over the last 7 years. JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,094 (now 1,052). Black enrollment moved from 68% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Miami-Dade County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,738,356
Census ACS
Median income
$71,753
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
561
335,817 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIAMI-DADE
- JOHN A. FERGUSON SENIOR HIGHHigh · 4,291 students
- CORAL REEF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,399 students
- SOUTH DADE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,382 students
- MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,100 students
- HIALEAH GARDENS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,009 students
- BARBARA GOLEMAN SENIOR HIGHHigh · 2,973 students
Other schools in NORTH MIAMI BEACH
- MADIE IVES K-8 PREPARATORY ACADEMYElementary · 1,083 students
- NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGHHigh · 1,075 students
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACHElementary · 656 students
- LINDA LENTIN K-8 CENTERElementary · 594 students
- GREYNOLDS PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 532 students
- FULFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 498 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH0.2 mi · 1,075
- GERTRUDE K. EDELMAN/SABAL PALM0.5 mi · 476
- SPORTS LEADERSHIP ARTS MANAGEMENT CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (NORT0.7 mi · 278
- SPORTS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (SLAM) MIDDLE SCHOOL - NOR0.7 mi · 211
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 543
- C. G. BETHEL HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,052 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 23.4:1 students per teacher at JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 21% Hispanic, 73% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of MIAMI-DADE.
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