John F Kennedy Middle

John F Kennedy Middle is a medium-sized middle school with an address in Waltham, Massachusetts. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 635 students.

John F Kennedy Middle is one of 11 schools in Waltham, which enrolls 5,777 students in total.

Enrollment at John F Kennedy Middle is mixed, with White students the largest group at 44%. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. In Middlesex County overall, about 67% of residents are White. By the diversity index, John F Kennedy Middle comes in at 67%.

John F Kennedy Middle employs 61.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 10.3:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Massachusetts is 11.5:1, higher than at this school.

John F Kennedy Middle is graded B by allk12, scoring above 63% of Massachusetts public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Among Middlesex County residents, median household income is about $130,847, about 60% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. John F Kennedy Middle is one of 386 public schools in Middlesex County, which together enroll about 215,896 students.

The next-closest public school is Dual Language School, about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of John F Kennedy Middle.

The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.

The student count in 2024-25 was 635, 19% above the 535 of 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 11.4:1 to 10.3:1.

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