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John F Kennedy

PublicElementaryGrades PK–8

5 Cherry Street, Somerville, MA 02144 · (617) 629-5440 · Part of Somerville School District

Somerville’s School Grade C better than 30% of Massachusetts school districts

Directions
Students
439
Students per teacher
14:1
Setting
Suburb
Grades
PK–8
The gist

What stands out about John F Kennedy

  • Its own letter, B+: better results than 72% of Massachusetts’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 11 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 15 pts above the state
  • Next stop for Somerville kids: Somerville High

On the path

Where Somerville kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–8John F KennedyYou are here
9–12Somerville High1,394 students

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency48%
State average 36.7%
Reading / language arts64%
State average 49.3%

Its own letter, B+, places these results among Massachusetts’s 1,585 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

5 Cherry Street, Somerville

Students

Enrollment by grade
Pre-K18
Kindergarten43
Grade 150
Grade 246
Grade 345
Grade 446
Grade 551
Grade 647
Grade 746
Grade 847
Enrollment over time
451’20
436’21
440’22
448’23
439’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Who goes here
White 65%Hispanic 13%Two or more races 11%Asian 7%Black 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about John F Kennedy from Somerville families.

Other schools in Somerville School District

The district →
E Somerville Community
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C−
747 students13:1
Albert F. Argenziano School at Lincoln Park
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C+
553 students13:1
Arthur D Healey
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C−
482 students12:1
West Somerville Neighborhood
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
C+
397 students14:1
Winter Hill Community
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Somerville
D
388 students8:1
Capuano Early Childhood Center
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Somerville
250 students11:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Massachusetts’s other public schools; Somerville’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.