John F Kennedy Middle School

John F Kennedy Middle School operates as a moderately sized junior high in Florence, Massachusetts, run under Northampton. Current enrollment sits at 577 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Northampton comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,496 students; John F Kennedy Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, John F Kennedy Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. The state averages around 11.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hampshire County put median household earnings sit near $87,001, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hampshire County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,626 students), of which John F Kennedy Middle School is one.

Leeds is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John F Kennedy Middle School.

John F Kennedy Middle School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. John F Kennedy Middle School's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 615 (now 577).

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