📍 600 W Hall Acres Rd, Pharr, Hidalgo County, 78577
Kennedy Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Pharr, Hidalgo County. The school has 580 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Robert Elizondo. It is part of the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Kennedy Middle enrolls 580 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 52.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 575 | 99% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
546 of the school's 580 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 546 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kennedy Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 36.
Kennedy Middle is one of 43 schools in PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD, based in PHARR, Texas. The district serves 29,613 students district-wide and employs 2,069 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 580 students, Kennedy Middle is smaller than the district average of about 689 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small