JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL

JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of sprawling scale in PORT JEFFERSON STA, New York, overseen by BROOKHAVEN-COMSEWOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 814 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 531 students each, so JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 53% above that benchmark.

Within BROOKHAVEN-COMSEWOGUE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,448 students, JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.3%; this one delivers 47.4%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Suffolk County) reports that median household income runs about $130,686, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Suffolk County's 343 public schools (combined enrollment of about 222,439 students), JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: TERRYVILLE ROAD SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 846 (now 814). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 63% to 50%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.