John F Kennedy Middle

John F Kennedy Middle is a medium-sized 6-8 campus in Waltham, Massachusetts, run under Waltham. The school teaches 635 students in grades 6 through 8.

John F Kennedy Middle is one of 11 schools operated by Waltham, a district that hosts 5,777 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John F Kennedy Middle logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Middlesex County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, John F Kennedy Middle records 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.5:1, putting John F Kennedy Middle tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, Middlesex County reports that median household earnings sit near $130,847, 60% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Middlesex County runs 386 public schools (combined enrollment of about 215,896 students), of which John F Kennedy Middle is one.

Waltham Valor High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around John F Kennedy Middle.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at John F Kennedy Middle has expanded 24%, going from 512 students in 2018 to 635 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 54% to 44% over that span.

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