Summary:
ZIP code 01151 in Springfield, Massachusetts is served by a single middle school, John F Kennedy Middle, which enrolls 366 students in grades 6–8 and belongs to the Springfield district. Because it is the only middle school in the ZIP code, there is no local comparison to make — but its results can be compared with the wider district and the state, and those comparisons show a school performing well below both.
In 2025–2026, proficiency at John F Kennedy Middle was 8.82% in English Language Arts, 4.39% in Math, 4.6% in Science, and 3.61% in 8th-grade Civics. Those figures sit roughly 13–16 points under the Springfield district and 31–37 points under Massachusetts. Grade-level math is the weakest area: 7th-grade Math is 2.88%, 8th-grade Math is 3.49%, and 6th-grade Math is 6.6%. ELA is the comparatively stronger subject, ranging from 6.54% in 7th grade to 10.11% in 8th grade — yet even the best result barely clears 10%. Science edged up from 2.86% to 4.6% year over year, while ELA and Math both fell by more than 7 points, and Civics dropped from 7.41% to 3.61%.
Rankings reflect the same picture. The school placed 470th of 478 schools in 2025–2026 — the 2nd percentile — after sitting at the 8th percentile in both 2023–2024 and 2024–2025, and it earned 0 stars in all three years. The Springfield district itself ranks 322nd of 351 with 0 stars. Notably, the school reports a 9.3:1 student-teacher ratio and $20,563 in per-student spending (2020–2021), resources that have not been matched by proficiency outcomes. The free/reduced lunch percentage is not reported, so student poverty context is unknown, and the spending figure predates the latest test scores by several years.
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