J F Kennedy Memorial
Test scores
MCAS 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsWhat this means: On the MCAS, Massachusetts's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Massachusetts schools, those numbers are about 44 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2016, while math scores have held steady.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About J F Kennedy Memorial
Set in Franklin, Massachusetts, J F Kennedy Memorial is a reasonably sized elementary school, operated by Franklin. It educates 341 students across grades K through 5.
Franklin comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 4,611 students; J F Kennedy Memorial is among them.
On demographics, J F Kennedy Memorial reports that nearly all students (81%) are White. Other groups include 10% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Norfolk County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting J F Kennedy Memorial higher than the state norm the norm.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Norfolk County put the typical household earns roughly $130,739 per year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. J F Kennedy Memorial is one of 198 public schools in Norfolk County (combined enrollment of about 101,300 students).
Nearest neighbor: Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J F Kennedy Memorial.
J F Kennedy Memorial operates from a suburban location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J F Kennedy Memorial has contracted 7%, going from 367 students in 2018 to 341 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 81% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the J F Kennedy Memorial community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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