PERI
Home

Search form

About the project

Technical notes

Press release

Air Toxics at School 2022

School Info

SchoolJohn F Kennedy Middle School
Street33 Middle Street
CityWoburn
StateMA
Number of students514
Student % minority34%
TypeRegular School
Status1
LevelMiddle School
Data SourceCCD (public schools)

Air Toxics Info

Number of facilities affecting school158
Number of chemicals affecting school64
Toxic percentile nationwide (1=worst)25th
Toxic rank nationwide (1=worst)31,213
Toxic percentile statewide (1=worst)8th
Toxic rank statewide (1=worst)171
Toxic Hazard2,337.25

This school's air toxic concentration is 0.48 times the national average at schools.

This school's air toxic concentration is 2.40 times the state average at schools.

Top 5 facilities

FacilityParent CompanyToxic Hazard
TECOMETCharlesbank Capital Partners1,376.21
BOYD CORP INC.Goldman Sachs292.56
GE AVIATIONGeneral Electric178.94
PARKER HANNIFIN CORP CHOMERICS DIVParker-Hannifin137.26
CERTAINTEED LLCSaint-Gobain84.02

(click here to expand list to all facilities)

Top 5 chemicals

ChemicalToxic Hazard
Cobalt1,150.94
Chromium477.13
Trichloroethylene292.56
Nickel compounds136.72
Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region of South Africa and the unreacted ore component of the chromite ore processing residue (COPR). COPR is the solid waste remaining after aqueous extraction of oxidized chromite ore that has been combined with soda ash and kiln roasted at approximately 2,000 F.) 84.64

(click here to expand list to all chemicals)

Top 5 chemicals from facilities

FacilityParent CompanyChemicalToxic Hazard
TECOMETCharlesbank Capital PartnersCobalt1,092.23
BOYD CORP INC.Goldman SachsTrichloroethylene292.56
TECOMETCharlesbank Capital PartnersChromium278.41
GE AVIATIONGeneral ElectricChromium139.85
PARKER HANNIFIN CORP CHOMERICS DIVParker-HannifinNickel compounds136.72

(click here to expand list to all chemicals from facilities)

(return to search)

Political Economy Research Institute
Gordon Hall, 418 N. Pleasant St., Suite A, Amherst, MA 01002
Tel: 413-545-6355    Fax: 413-577-0261    Contact: peri@peri.umass.edu
Toxic 100 search hosted by Grassroots Connection
Last Updated:  
2025