Enrollment
296
Middle
DISTRICT 423 · STATE 335
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBUQUERQUE·NCES 350006000071
KENNEDY MIDDLE
721 TOMASITA NE, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87123 · (505) 298-6701 · Bernalillo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of New Mexico public middle schools
- DTest 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
10.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
291 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 90%
Community
0
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 | 94 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 104 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 98 | 33% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
25.5%
NM avg 44.2%
Math
4.9%
NM avg 27.2%
What this means: On the NM-MSSA + NM-ASR, New Mexico's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NM schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on NM schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for New Mexico schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 KENNEDY MIDDLE
KENNEDY MIDDLE's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENNEDY MIDDLE this school | 296 | 98.3% | 18.4% |
| MCKINLEY MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 434 | 99.5% | 17.5% |
| VAN BUREN MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 344 | 98.3% | 13.2% |
| TAYLOR MIDDLE LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE | 245 | 99.2% | 25.7% |
| JEFFERSON MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 615 | 99.3% | 44.5% |
| CLEVELAND MIDDLE ALBUQUERQUE | 474 | 98.7% | 38.9% |
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 KENNEDY MIDDLE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Mexico | In Bernalillo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #104 of 113 | #24 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.9% | #120 of 120 | #31 of 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #114 of 122 | #26 of 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #81 of 160 | #21 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #19 of 101 | #8 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #36 of 103 | #12 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.3% | #85 of 116 | #26 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.0% | #14 of 89 | #11 of 25 |
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
296
-101 (-25%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 296 | 28.7 | 10.3:1 | 98% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 29.2 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 29.9 | 11.1:1 | 100% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 397 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 100% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 34.1 | 12.9:1 | 100% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 100% (471) |
| 2010-11 | 490 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 87% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 68% (383) |
| 1990-91 | 626 | 35 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KENNEDY MIDDLE.
Since 2017-18: students down 33% (442 to 296); teachers down 16% (34.1 to 28.7).
About KENNEDY MIDDLE
KENNEDY MIDDLE is one of the public schools in ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico. It is a medium-sized middle school. It serves 296 students in grades 6 through 8.
KENNEDY MIDDLE is one of the 172 schools that make up ALBUQUERQUE (74,800 students in total).
At KENNEDY MIDDLE, Hispanic students make up 66% of the student body. It is also 11% Native American, 10% White, 5% multiracial, and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Bernalillo County is roughly 49% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reported 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.5:1 average for middle schools in New Mexico. Eligible students account for 98% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Measured against New Mexico public middle schools, KENNEDY MIDDLE receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in New Mexico with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 33.8%. KENNEDY MIDDLE posts 18.4%, 15.4 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
KENNEDY MIDDLE is located in Bernalillo County, where the median household income is $69,473, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides KENNEDY MIDDLE, Bernalillo County has 210 other public schools.
The shortest distance from KENNEDY MIDDLE to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to GILBERT L SENA CHARTER HS. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, KENNEDY MIDDLE ranks 7th on proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 296 students in 2024-25, 101 fewer than the 397 it had in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.3:1) than in 2020-21 (12.4:1).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at KENNEDY MIDDLE. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bernalillo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
673,930
Census ACS
Median income
$69,473
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
85,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other schools in ALBUQUERQUE
- VOLCANO VISTA HIGHHigh · 2,089 students
- ATRISCO HERITAGE ACADEMY HSHigh · 1,930 students
- LA CUEVA HIGHHigh · 1,826 students
- SANDIA HIGHHigh · 1,618 students
- ELDORADO HIGHCombined · 1,579 students
- ALBUQUERQUE HIGHHigh · 1,568 students
Other Kennedy Middle schools
8 other US public schools in 9 states are named Kennedy Middle. KENNEDY MIDDLE is the 9th largest of the 9.
- Kennedy MiddleCharlotte, NC · 990 students
- Kennedy MiddleGermantown, WI · 865 students
- Kennedy Middle SchoolSAINT CLAIR SHORES, MI · 710 students
- Kennedy Middle SchoolFERGUS FALLS, MN · 558 students
- Kennedy Middle SchoolPHARR, TX · 519 students
Nearby schools
- GILBERT L SENA CHARTER HS0.1 mi · 185
- TOMASITA ELEMENTARY0.1 mi · 187
- MCCOLLUM ELEMENTARY0.5 mi · 302
- MANZANO HIGH0.8 mi · 1,157
- PUBLIC ACADEMY FOR PERFORMING ARTS1.0 mi · 448
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY1.0 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About KENNEDY MIDDLEHow large is KENNEDY MIDDLE?
KENNEDY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 296 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does KENNEDY MIDDLE serve?
KENNEDY MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KENNEDY MIDDLE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KENNEDY MIDDLE is approximately 10.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KENNEDY MIDDLE?
At KENNEDY MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 10% White, 66% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is KENNEDY MIDDLE public or private?
KENNEDY MIDDLE is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALBUQUERQUE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.