Kennedy Middle School
Public middle school in Pharr, Texas · Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD · Grades 6–8
Kennedy Middle School serves 519 students in grades 6–8 in Pharr (Hidalgo County). It is one of 43 schools in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD. By enrollment it is the 1058th largest of 1,719 public middle schools in Texas (median 639 students). With 10.5 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas middle school (14.4).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,719 Texas middle schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 49.34 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Middle |
| Grades | 6–8 |
| District | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD |
| County | Hidalgo County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483486011569 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | Texas middle schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 519 | 29,613 | 639 |
| Students per teacher | 10.5 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 96.7% | 94% | 65.6% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 7% of Texas middle schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Kennedy Middle School in context
Size
Kennedy Middle School is the smallest of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD's 8 middle schools; its 519 students are 1.8% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest middle schools are a median 3.3 miles away and have a median of 698 students, so Kennedy Middle School is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 8 with 177 students, and its smallest is grade 6 with 166, against an average of 173 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 166 in grade 6 and 177 in grade 8.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 99% of enrollment, about the same share as across Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (98.8%).
96.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 94% across Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Kennedy Middle School has 49.34 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 519 students would have about 36 teachers, so Kennedy Middle School has 13.3 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other middle school is Liberty Middle School, 1.3 miles away in the same district. There are 10 middle schools within 5 miles and 27 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 99% |
| White | 1% |
47% of students are girls and 53% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 166 |
| Grade 7 | 176 |
| Grade 8 | 177 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
600 W Hall Acres Rd, Pharr, TX 78577
Phone: (956)354-2650
Website: psja.k12.tx.us
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Kennedy Middle School. Blue: the nearest middle schools.
Nearby middle schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Middle School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 1.3 mi | 742 | 11.8 | 93.9% |
| Jaime Escalante Middle School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 2.3 mi | 554 | 11 | 98.2% |
| Travis Middle School | McAllen ISD | 2.8 mi | 505 | 11.5 | 95.4% |
| Austin Middle School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 3.0 mi | 833 | 12.1 | 90.3% |
| Lyndon B Johnson Middle School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 3.6 mi | 1,006 | 14.2 | 87.9% |
| Cathey Middle School | McAllen ISD | 3.6 mi | 827 | 15.4 | 70% |
| Jesus - Jesse - Vela Jr. Middle School | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD | 3.9 mi | 654 | 11.5 | 96% |
| Valley View Junior High School | Valley View ISD | 4.3 mi | 516 | 14.2 | 93.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.