Summary:
Hanford Elementary has two middle schools, both serving grades 7–8 and enrolling about 500 students: John F. Kennedy Junior High and Woodrow Wilson Junior High. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average proficiency was about 50% in ELA, 37% in math, and 24% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The clearest shared concern is science: both schools are below the state, and their average trails it by 12 percentage points.
Woodrow Wilson Junior High stands out at the top, leading John F. Kennedy Junior High in all three subjects: 51% versus 48% in ELA, 41% versus 33% in math, and 29% versus 19% in science—gaps of 3, 8, and 10 points. Wilson also exceeds the state in ELA by 2 points and math by 3, though it is 7 points below in science. JFK is below the state in all-grades results, by 1 point in ELA, 6 in math, and 17 in science. One grade-level exception is JFK’s eighth-grade math: 38% proficient, 2 points above the state; Wilson is also above the state at 43%.
Results rose in most subjects from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but gains did not close every gap: Wilson improved 2 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 1 in science, while JFK’s ELA fell 1 point and its math and science rose 1 and 3 points. The science gap between the schools’ average and the state widened from 10 to 12 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking improved steadily for Wilson, from 1,097th to 1,000th over three years; JFK improved overall but slipped 59 places in the latest year, to 1,350th. As context, in 2024–2025 Wilson had a lower student-teacher ratio (18.0 versus 21.2) and a lower reported free/reduced lunch eligible share (76% versus 83%). These are comparisons, not explanations for the schools’ different results.
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