John F Kennedy Middle School
Cheektowaga, NY 14227
Phone: (716) 897-7300
District: Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades 6,7,8,UG • 299 students
John F Kennedy Middle School, a public school located in Cheektowaga, NY, serves grades 6-8 & Ungraded in the Cheektowaga-Sloan Union Free School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 6 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
John F Kennedy Middle School is a public school located in Cheektowaga, NY. 299 students attend John F Kennedy Middle School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 4/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 New York State Assessments data from New York State Education Department, and using 2025 New York State Regents Exams data from New York State Education Department. |
| Student Growth | 8/10 | The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from New York State Education Department. |
Posted: March 17, 2026
Do not send your kid to this school
It is nothing but a den of snakes and its staff and faculty have no second thoughts about how their kid is doing at home
During the middle-end of 2025, the school district was under the impression that I was doing unwell mentally. Im not gonna go into details about it, but just get a clue.
Either way, the school handled it god awfully. Instead of taking the time to talk to me, they sent me straight home and suspended me for a few days. That's not necessary the best way to handle something like that, believe it or not.
Posted: March 17, 2026
Posted: August 30, 2025
I am a new student of this school! In my life that's the best school I ever had, everybody is so helpfull and patient.
Posted: August 30, 2025
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Posted: August 13, 2024
this place is one of the most humbling places ever. all schools in general are, but the kids are are absolutely evil. you could walk into school one day feeling all good about yourself, and then a kid says something to you, it catches on, you feel bad and tell a teacher, but they dont do anything. im a student here going into 7th grade, and let me tell you the 6th grade teachers are either your favorite or the worst ever. most of the teachers dont do much about bullying, and when taken to the principle the only thing they can go about it is talk to the kid. this place needs to take better action with their kids and staff, because kids shouldnt have to be worried or stressed about going to school.
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Posted: March 1, 2024
This school is terrible. The teachers will sometimes blame the wrong kids for something they didn't do just because they act up more, then when the friends of that student try to tell the teacher that they are wrong they will not believe them because they are the students friend. We are barely let outside during nice weather then when we are outside and want a break we are not given it. Students get in-trouble for things that are small or something they did not do. Students have gotten after school detentions or lunch detentions because of a hood or headphones that don't have a wire. We can't even have our phones on us and must have them in our locker. If there is an actual lock down for example, we wouldn't be able to tell our parents or loved ones just because we wouldn't have our phone. Sometimes when they take our phones they give it to the office and won't give it back unless a parent or guardian picks it up. I believe that is not fair since they did not pay for the phone and have no right to take it from us if we are just using it in the hallway. The bullying here is insane. Kids are disrespected for the most stupid things then when we say something about it to the school first they barely ever do anything, then when the student gets fed up with the bullying and starts to yell at the people who were bullying them that student gets in-trouble and not the bully. An example of this is when a friend of mine had a terrible ex-boyfriend and the school knew this. I talked to the principal about it and he knew how bad of a person he was towards my friend. The next year they had almost all of their classes together so my friend had her classes changed. That is not ok at all, the school knew of the problem that was happening between them yet they still were placed together. Problems like this have happened before and not just now. I, as a student, do not like going to this school. It's very tiring and I hate being here with every inch of my body. It takes a lot of motivation out of me so when I get home my parents think something is wrong and there is. No matter how hard I try I cannot get through to them that this school is terrible. I would give it 0 stars if I could. There is so much more but this is currently all I can think of that happens here and this is from a student that just happens to hear what happens here and see what happens. Not all the teachers are bad but there are some very bad ones and some of the students are very terrible. I hate it here
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Posted: June 10, 2021
This school is terrible. They barely let the students outside, and when they do, on 70 degrees+ days they don't allow the students to sit or take a break from walking in the heat the whole time.
Posted: June 10, 2021
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Posted: April 18, 2021
WAY TOO MUCH BULLYING IN THIS SCHOOL UBELIEVALBLE
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Posted: November 2, 2015
The bullying is horrible there and they don't do anything about it. Ontop of that they allow Buffalo children into the school district that don't belong there. Which causes a lot of the problems. Wouldn't recommend this school.
Posted: June 23, 2014
This school is an ok school but it has a lot of bulling in it. Don't get me wrong the teachers try their hardest and they do take time out of their day to help the students but they do nothing about the bullying and there's a lot of fists fights in this school. I do like the sports and the clubs they have but I stopped going and doing afterschool activities because of all the bulling there is. But its a great school. And I made a lot of friends and I learned to stand up for what I believe in, speak my mind, don't let people get to me and the bullying slowly stopped for me. When I was a 7th grader mr. Lester was an awesome teacher along with mr.clark I give all my credit to them. They weren't only English teachers but they were your best friend and your counselor. I am Now a 10th grader and I love all my teachers! I give credit to Ms. J because she was an amazing teacher. She was for special education but she always went out of her way to help, talk and even sit down and make someone happy! JFK is great and I would recommend this school to everyone!!
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| # | Name | City | State | Overall Rating | Distance |
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| 1 | Cheektowaga | Buffalo | NY | 2.5 mi | |
| 2 | Cazenovia Park | Buffalo | NY | 2.6 mi | |
| 3 | West Seneca | Buffalo | NY | 3.1 mi | |
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| 6 | Allentown | Buffalo | NY | 5.3 mi | |
| 7 | Lancaster | Buffalo | NY | 5.6 mi | |
| 8 | Elmwood Village | Buffalo | NY | 5.9 mi | |
| 9 | Hamburg | Buffalo | NY | 10.7 mi | |
| 10 | East Aurora | Buffalo | NY | 10.9 mi | |
| 11 | North Tonawanda | Tonawanda | NY | 12 mi | |
| 12 | Niagara Falls | Buffalo | NY | 20.1 mi | |
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| Base | Distance |
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| Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station | 18.4 mi. |
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