John F. Kennedy Middle

Public middle school, grades 6 to 8 · Antioch, Tennessee

John F. Kennedy Middle in Antioch, Tennessee enrolled 747 students in 2024-25. It ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 11-15% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 18% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Tennessee: 35% and 34.3%).

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method

Enrollment rose 10% from 2022-23 to 2023-24; full-time teachers rose 9%

827 students in 2022-23, 907 students in 2023-24. Full-time teachers went from 46.5 to 50.7.

Students enrolled at John F. Kennedy Middle by school year2022-23: 827, 2023-24: 90702505007501k2022-238272023-24907
Students enrolled at John F. Kennedy Middle by school year2022-23: 827, 2023-24: 90702505007501k2022-238272023-24907
Students enrolled at John F. Kennedy Middle by school year2022-23: 827, 2023-24: 90702505007501k2022-238272023-24907
Students enrolled at John F. Kennedy Middle by school year2022-23: 827, 2023-24: 90702505007501k2022-238272023-24907
The numbers as a table
School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2382746.517.8
2023-2490750.717.9

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24.

One counselor per 415 students in 2021-22

In the 2021-22 civil rights collection John F. Kennedy Middle enrolled 829 students and had 2.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 95 out-of-school suspensions that year.

  • Advanced Placement coursesNone
  • Gifted and talented programNo
  • Counselors (FTE)2.0, one per 415 of the 829 students enrolled in 2021-22
  • Out-of-school suspensions95
  • Chronically absent29.0% (2022-23)

Who attends

51.7% of students were Hispanic, 31.5% Black, 12.2% White in 2024-25.

  1. Hispanic51.7%
  2. Black31.5%
  3. White12.2%
  4. Asian2.8%
  5. Two or more races1.6%
  6. American Indian0.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.

State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23

The students tested at John F. Kennedy Middle scored proficient or above: 11-15% in reading in 2021-22 and 18% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Tennessee, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22 and 2022-23
Subject and yearThis schoolIts districtTennessee
Reading and language arts, 2021-2211‑15%26%35%
Math, 2022-2318%23% (2021-22)34.3%

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Middle schools in Antioch

5 public middle schools in Antioch report 2024-25 enrollment; John F. Kennedy Middle is the largest.

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunch
John F. Kennedy Middle74717.8not reported
Antioch Middle65613.1not reported
Thurgood Marshall Middle60314.3not reported
Apollo Middle54920.5not reported
KIPP Antioch College Prep Middle52619.8not reported

All public schools in Antioch →

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.

What to look at next about John F. Kennedy Middle

  1. KIPP Antioch College Prep MiddleThe nearest public middle school, 0.9 miles away: 526 students, 19.8 per teacher (2024-25).0.9 mi
  2. LaVergne Middle SchoolThe next nearest public middle school, 2.9 miles away: 1,117 students, 14.0 per teacher (2024-25).2.9 mi
  3. Compare John F. Kennedy Middle with KIPP Antioch College Prep MiddleStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
  4. How much Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools spends per student$17,808 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$17,808
  5. The largest public schools in TennesseeJohn F. Kennedy Middle is the number 80 by size of 332 Tennessee middle schools open in 2024-25.#80 of 332
  6. Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.

Questions about John F. Kennedy Middle

  1. How many students attend John F. Kennedy Middle?
    747 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 827 in 2022-23. It is a middle school in Antioch, TN.
  2. What is the student-teacher ratio at John F. Kennedy Middle?
    17.8 students per full-time teacher (2022-23). A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
  3. Is John F. Kennedy Middle a Title I school?
    John F. Kennedy Middle ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, the last year NCES published school Title I status.
  4. How do students at John F. Kennedy Middle do on state tests?
    The students tested at John F. Kennedy Middle scored proficient or above: 11-15% in reading in 2021-22 and 18% in math in 2022-23, against 35% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across Tennessee. Tennessee's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.
  5. What district is John F. Kennedy Middle in?
    Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, NCES district ID 4703180. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 470318002149 are the district's.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22

District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.

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