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If you could change one rule at Kennedy Middle, what would it be?
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Enrollment
990
Middle
DISTRICT 902 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG SCHOOLS·NCES 370297001232
Kennedy Middle
4000 Gallant Ln, Charlotte, NC 28273 · (980) 343-5540 · Mecklenburg County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL990 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of North Carolina 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.
- BBeats 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 North Carolina public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
987 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 82%
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 | 335 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 342 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 313 | 32% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 71% · 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
Kennedy Middle→Olympic High School
Based on published attendance-zone data from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
47.9%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
46.7%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Kennedy Middle
Kennedy Middle's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Middle this school | 990 | 99.7% | 50.9% |
| River Bend Middle Raleigh | 995 | 99.7% | 31.8% |
| McClintock Middle Charlotte | 1,056 | 99.7% | 52.8% |
| Southwest Middle School Charlotte | 1,205 | 99.8% | 39.6% |
| Neuse River Middle Raleigh | 877 | 99.7% | 35.5% |
| East Garner Middle Garner | 1,109 | 99.7% | 45.4% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 North Carolina | In Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #241 of 463 | #14 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #260 of 461 | #15 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #244 of 463 | #13 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 990 | #43 of 478 | #13 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #379 of 456 | #15 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #155 of 456 | #9 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #9 of 472 | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #125 of 143 | #9 of 9 |
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
990
-44 (-4%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 722
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 990 | 54.6 | 18.1:1 | 100% (987) |
| 2023-24 | 953 | 56.2 | 16.9:1 | 100% (950) |
| 2022-23 | 923 | 52.9 | 17.5:1 | 45% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 1,034 | 61 | 16.9:1 | 38% (398) |
| 2017-18 | 978 | 57.5 | 17.0:1 | 57% (553) |
| 2015-16 | 764 | 44 | 17.4:1 | 63% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 69% (434) |
| 2000-01 | 865 | 60 | 14.4:1 | 29% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 722 | 39 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kennedy Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (978 to 990); teachers down 5% (57.5 to 54.6).
About Kennedy Middle
Charlotte, North Carolina, is home to Kennedy Middle, a high-enrollment middle school. The latest federal count shows 990 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 605-student average for middle schools in North Carolina, enrollment here is 64% higher.
A total of 186 schools make up Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, with 145,014 students enrolled.
At Kennedy Middle, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 41%. The remaining shares are 39% Black, 8% Asian, 7% White, and 4% multiracial. Mecklenburg County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Kennedy Middle's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 54.6 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.1:1. That is 2.3 students per teacher above the 15.9:1 average for middle schools in North Carolina. Kennedy Middle reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Mecklenburg County report 71%.
Kennedy Middle is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 52% of North Carolina public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with North Carolina schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Kennedy Middle's results are 2.5 points above predicted: 50.9% against 48.4%.
Across Mecklenburg County, the median household income is $87,005, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. In all, Mecklenburg County has 226 public schools and roughly 170,407 students.
Steele Creek Elementary is the public school closest to Kennedy Middle, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Kennedy Middle at 4th of 7.
Locale data from NCES put Kennedy Middle inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Enrollment has fallen by 44 students since 2020-21, to 990. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 16.9:1 to 18.1:1.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Mecklenburg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,154,681
Census ACS
Median income
$87,005
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
170,407 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- William Amos Hough HighHigh · 2,518 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
Other schools in Charlotte
- Myers Park High SchoolHigh · 3,225 students
- Ardrey Kell High SchoolHigh · 3,036 students
- South Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,534 students
- East Mecklenburg High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Palisades High SchoolHigh · 2,332 students
- Julius L. Chambers High SchoolHigh · 2,225 students
Other Kennedy Middle schools
8 other US public schools in 9 states are named Kennedy Middle. Kennedy Middle is the largest of the 9.
- 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
- Kennedy MiddleEl Centro, CA · 434 students
Nearby schools
- Steele Creek Elementary0.2 mi · 525
- Olympic High School0.4 mi · 1,483
- South Pine Academy1.4 mi · 765
- Southwest Charlotte STEM Academy1.4 mi · 884
- Steele Creek Preparatory Academy1.8 mi · 335
- Berewick Elementary1.9 mi · 717
Frequently asked questions
About Kennedy MiddleHow many students attend Kennedy Middle?
Kennedy Middle enrolls approximately 990 students in grades 06-08.
Is Kennedy Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kennedy Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Kennedy Middle?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at Kennedy Middle.
What is the student diversity at Kennedy Middle?
Student demographics at Kennedy Middle are roughly 7% White, 41% Hispanic, 39% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Kennedy Middle in?
Kennedy Middle is part of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.