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Enrollment
648
Middle
DISTRICT 410 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALLUP·NCES 350111000661
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE
600 SOUTH BOARDMAN DR, GALLUP, NM 87301 · (505) 721-3100 · McKinley County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of New Mexico public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Mexico public middle schools
Student : Teacher
,
Teacher data unavailable
DISTRICT 6.5:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
567 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 90%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 204 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 227 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 217 | 33% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 55% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NM-MSSA + NM-ASR 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
30.7%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
14.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Mexico schools, those numbers are about 44 and 27.
Source: NM-MSSA + NM-ASR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Mexico's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE's state test result (22.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE this school | 648 | 87.5% | 22.9% |
| CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLE GALLUP | 634 | 85.8% | 25.5% |
| THOREAU MIDDLE THOREAU | 362 | 83.1% | 25.4% |
| GALLUP MIDDLE GALLUP | 480 | 82.9% | 29.2% |
| LOS ALAMITOS MIDDLE GRANTS | 416 | 94.2% | 24.0% |
| TIBBETTS MIDDLE SCHOOL FARMINGTON | 652 | 100.0% | 23.9% |
Matched among New Mexico middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In McKinley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #92 of 113 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #76 of 120 | #6 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #100 of 122 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #21 of 160 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #38 of 103 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #96 of 116 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #84 of 89 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
648
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 864
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 648 | N/A | N/A | 88% (567) |
| 2023-24 | 656 | 30 | 21.9:1 | 95% (625) |
| 2022-23 | 630 | 32.5 | 19.4:1 | 100% (630) |
| 2020-21 | 649 | 36 | 18.0:1 | 100% (649) |
| 2017-18 | 666 | 37 | 18.0:1 | 100% (666) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 100% (655) |
| 2010-11 | 606 | 38 | 15.9:1 | 77% (464) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 82% (504) |
| 1990-91 | 864 | 48 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE.
About JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE, located in GALLUP, New Mexico, is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 648 students. An average school in this group (middle schools in New Mexico) has about 335 students.
GALLUP enrolls 12,698 students in 33 schools, including JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE.
At 64%, Native American students outnumber all other groups at JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE combined. Other students are 24% Hispanic, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 88% of enrollment. That is close to the 85% average for public schools in McKinley County.
allk12 grades JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE a D. The grade compares the school only with New Mexico public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in New Mexico with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 36.4%. JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE scores 22.9%.
McKinley County has these Census figures: median household income is about $47,668, about 13% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 28%. JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE is among the 53 public schools in McKinley County.
The school nearest to JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE is MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Within five miles of JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE places 6th out of 6 schools in its immediate area.
The federal government classifies JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE's location as Town: Remote.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (649) to 2024-25 (648).
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McKinley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,431
Census ACS
Median income
$47,668
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
28%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
16,807 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GALLUP
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEHigh · 1,244 students
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,237 students
- GALLUP HIGHHigh · 796 students
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLEMiddle · 634 students
- GALLUP MIDDLEMiddle · 480 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 460 students
Other schools in GALLUP
- GALLUP CENTRAL ALTERNATIVEHigh · 1,244 students
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,237 students
- GALLUP HIGHHigh · 796 students
- HOZHO ACADEMYCombined · 781 students
- CHIEF MANUELITO MIDDLEMiddle · 634 students
- GALLUP MIDDLEMiddle · 480 students
Other John F. Kennedy Middle schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named John F. Kennedy Middle. JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE is the 8th largest of the 10.
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLNORTH MIAMI BEACH, FL · 1,052 students
- John F. Kennedy Middle SchoolEnfield, CT · 1,002 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleCupertino, CA · 880 students
- JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLRIVIERA BEACH, FL · 821 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleRedwood City, CA · 808 students
Nearby schools
- MIYAMURA HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,237
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 460
- RED ROCK ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 311
- EDUCATION DEV CENTER1.1 mi · 5
- GALLUP MIDDLE1.4 mi · 480
- MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER - GALLUP1.6 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLEHow large is JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE?
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 648 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE serve?
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE?
At JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 8% White, 24% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE public or private?
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by GALLUP.
What county does JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE serve?
JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE serves McKinley County in NM.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.