JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL

JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is an intermediate school of cozy scale in ROCKLEDGE, Florida, run under BREVARD, educateing 447 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 109 schools operated by BREVARD, a district that teaches 73,587 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Black, 20% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Brevard County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Brevard County put the typical household earns roughly $78,476 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 113 public schools in Brevard County (combined enrollment of about 73,587 students).

GOLFVIEW ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 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 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 34%: 682 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 48% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 today.

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