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Alumni: what's one memory from KENNEDY MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
519
Middle
DISTRICT 729 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD·NCES 483486011569
KENNEDY MIDDLE
600 W HALL ACRES RD, PHARR, TX 78577 · (956) 354-2650 · Hidalgo County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
502 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 65%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 43.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Source: STAAR. 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
519
-150 (-22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 13.1:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
99%
was 99%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About KENNEDY MIDDLE
KENNEDY MIDDLE is a cozy intermediate school in PHARR, Texas, operated by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD. The school caters to 519 students in grades 6 through 8.
KENNEDY MIDDLE is one of 44 schools operated by PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, a district that teaches 29,749 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, KENNEDY MIDDLE lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at KENNEDY MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KENNEDY MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 44.9%, a residual of +12.5 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Hidalgo County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $54,338 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hidalgo County runs 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), of which KENNEDY MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: GERALDINE PALMER EL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KENNEDY MIDDLE at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.7%.
KENNEDY MIDDLE operates from a high-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 22%: 669 students in 2018 compared to 519 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the feed for KENNEDY MIDDLE typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD
- PSJA EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,300 students
- PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,166 students
- PSJA MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,997 students
- PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,588 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSON MIDDLEMiddle · 1,006 students
- AUSTIN MIDDLEMiddle · 833 students
Other schools in PHARR
- PSJA NORTH EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,166 students
- VANGUARD REMBRANDTCombined · 1,978 students
- PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,588 students
- VANGUARD VAN GOGHCombined · 1,048 students
- LYNDON B JOHNSON MIDDLEMiddle · 1,006 students
- IDEA COLLEGE PREPARATORY PHARRHigh · 848 students
Nearby schools
- GERALDINE PALMER EL0.4 mi · 657
- VANGUARD VAN GOGH0.8 mi · 1,048
- PSJA SOUTHWEST EARLY COLLEGE H S0.9 mi · 1,588
- LIBERTY MIDDLE1.3 mi · 742
- VANGUARD PICASSO1.4 mi · 572
- KELLY-PHARR EL1.6 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About KENNEDY MIDDLEHow many students attend KENNEDY MIDDLE?
KENNEDY MIDDLE enrolls approximately 519 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does KENNEDY MIDDLE serve?
KENNEDY MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at KENNEDY MIDDLE?
Approximately 10.5:1 students per teacher at KENNEDY MIDDLE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at KENNEDY MIDDLE?
At KENNEDY MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic.
What district is KENNEDY MIDDLE in?
KENNEDY MIDDLE is part of PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.