Kennedy Middle School

Kennedy Middle School, a mid-tier middle-grades school in FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota, run under Fergus Falls Public School District, educates 558 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

Across the 11 schools in Fergus Falls Public School District (3,235 students total), Kennedy Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Kennedy Middle School reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 7% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Kennedy Middle School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kennedy Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Otter Tail County put the typical household earns roughly $72,255 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kennedy Middle School is one of 37 public schools in Otter Tail County (combined enrollment of about 8,503 students).

Nearest neighbor: Kennedy High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kennedy Middle School. On composite proficiency, Kennedy Middle School comes 4th of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 26%: 758 students in 2018 compared to 558 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 194.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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