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If you could change one rule at JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
687
Middle
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362937003952
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL
500 DEERFIELD DR E, UTICA, NY 13502 · (315) 368-6641 · Oneida County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of New York public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 York public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
539 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
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 7 | 356 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 330 | 48% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 72% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL→THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
46.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
53.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 54.2% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for New York 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 York'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 SCHOOL
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 687 | 78.5% | 52.6% |
| ONEIDA MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 657 | 79.5% | 33.5% |
| JHS 278 MARINE PARK BROOKLYN | 841 | 79.9% | 52.1% |
| SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOL UTICA | 749 | 83.4% | 48.3% |
| CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL CHEEKTOWAGA | 677 | 72.2% | 43.2% |
| MONT PLEASANT MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 569 | 80.5% | 23.3% |
Matched among New York 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 SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Oneida County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #378 of 766 | #8 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #459 of 768 ▼ 45 | #7 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #407 of 768 ▼ 44 | #7 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #216 of 796 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #562 of 683 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.2% | #6 of 688 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #240 of 773 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #155 of 168 | 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
687
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 944
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 687 | 56.7 | 12.1:1 | 78% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 57.2 | 11.5:1 | 76% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 57.1 | 12.2:1 | 77% (535) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 59 | 11.4:1 | 89% (599) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 57 | 11.9:1 | 83% (564) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 52 | 12.3:1 | 82% (523) |
| 2010-11 | 1,124 | 88 | 12.8:1 | 76% (858) |
| 2000-01 | 967 | 67 | 14.4:1 | 65% (629) |
| 1990-91 | 944 | 103 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school in New York, located in UTICA. Federal data show 687 students enrolled in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. Across middle schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 531.
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is one school in UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 13 schools with 9,075 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is White, with 31% of students. The remaining shares are 22% Black, 22% Hispanic, 17% Asian, and 8% multiracial. Oneida County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 77%.
There are about 12.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, which has 56.7. Middle schools in New York have an average ratio of 10.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 78%. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Oneida County.
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 61% of New York public middle schools.
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.6% is 6.4 points above the 46.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Oneida County, the median household earns about $70,154 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Oneida County has 72 public schools with about 32,265 students, including JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.1 miles away. The five-mile area around JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 nearby schools, at 52.6% versus a 42.2% average.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 673 in 2020-21, 687 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Oneida County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,124
Census ACS
Median income
$70,154
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
32,265 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,820 students
- SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 749 students
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
- KERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 585 students
Other schools in UTICA
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,820 students
- SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 749 students
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
- KERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 585 students
Other John F Kennedy Middle schools
8 other US public schools in 3 states are named John F Kennedy Middle. JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 9.
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLPORT JEFFERSON STA, NY · 814 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLBETHPAGE, NY · 759 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NY · 299 students
- John F Kennedy Middle SchoolPlainfield, IL · 912 students
- John F Kennedy MiddleWaltham, MA · 635 students
Nearby schools
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 634
- THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 390
- DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 320
- ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 503
- ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 478
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 2,820
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 687 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 31% White, 22% Hispanic, 22% Black, 17% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL?
JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Oneida County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.