Is Martin Luther King Junior Elementary a good school?

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary ranks in the bottom 2.2% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Martin Luther King Junior Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 337 students attended Martin Luther King Junior Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Martin Luther King Junior Elementary?

Students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary are 51% African American, 22% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Two or more races, 4% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Martin Luther King Junior Elementary attend?

Students who attend Martin Luther King Junior Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : West Oakland Middle High : McClymonds High

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Summary:

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary is a public elementary school in Oakland, California, serving 347 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Oakland Unified School District, which has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary faces significant challenges, including consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 35.3% to 83.2% in recent years, and low academic performance across all grade levels and subject areas. In 2023-2024, only 8.39% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 33.09% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school ranks particularly low for African American students and students with disabilities. With an extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, the school serves a high concentration of students from low-income families.

When comparing Martin Luther King Junior Elementary to nearby schools in the same district, such as La Escuelita and Franklin Elementary, the performance gap is significant. However, the school is located relatively close to higher-performing schools, such as Ruby Bridges Elementary in the Alameda Unified School District and American Indian Public Charter School II, suggesting that the challenges faced by Martin Luther King Junior Elementary may be more related to factors within the school or district, rather than solely the demographics of the surrounding area.

Detail:

Public K-5

960 Tenth St.
Oakland, CA 94607-3106

(510) 879-2182

District: Oakland Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5731^st of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,923

Students who attend Martin Luther King Junior Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	West Oakland Middle
High:	McClymonds High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.4

Number of students: 337

Racial breakdown:

African American:

50.7%

White:

22.0%

Hispanic:

11.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 98.2%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Martin Luther King Junior Elementary ranks worse than 97.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 40^th among 49 ranked elementary schools in the Oakland Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 8.81. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (50.7%), White (22%), Hispanic (11.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 98.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary is 20.4, which is the 8^th best among 49 elementary schools in the Oakland Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Martin Luther King Junior Elementary employs 16.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary is $8,923, which is the 5^th highest among 49 elementary schools in the Oakland Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Martin Luther King Junior Elementary 5731^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Martin Luther King Junior Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Oakland Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Oakland Unified 1160^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2005	6.82	4772^nd	4822	1.0%
2006	5.86	4773^rd	4818	0.9%
2007	7.88	5015^th	5113	1.9%
2008	4.28	5093^rd	5113	0.4%
2009	6.03	5132^nd	5193	1.2%
2010	3.48	5295^th	5314	0.4%
2011	2.44	5365^th	5377	0.2%
2012	3.37	5370^th	5390	0.4%
2013	3.58	5494^th	5530	0.7%
2015	13.58	5240^th	5611	6.6%
2016	9.02	5494^th	5614	2.1%
2017	15.34	5085^th	5692	10.7%
2019	18.56	4932^nd	5789	14.8%
2022	8.98	5784^th	5883	1.7%
2023	10.21	5700^th	5874	3.0%
2024	8.81	5731^st	5862	2.2%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	63.76	710^th	3275	78.3%
2022	29.78	2626^th	3311	20.7%
2023	45.23	1468^th	3250	54.8%
2024	33.78	2264^th	3160	28.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	13.34	2629^th	2634	0.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	26.45	4132^nd	5173	20.1%
2022	12.02	5117^th	5264	2.8%
2023	12.92	5169^th	5374	3.8%
2024	11.50	5332^nd	5511	3.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	20.53	4574^th	5492	16.7%
2022	9.21	5570^th	5635	1.2%
2023	9.29	5526^th	5617	1.6%
2024	8.31	5531^st	5605	1.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	22.20	1911^th	2227	14.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	17.63	4851^st	5510	12.0%
2022	10.02	5552^nd	5663	2.0%
2023	12.92	5323^rd	5650	5.8%
2024	11.39	5404^th	5636	4.1%

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Rank History for African American students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	46.13	352^nd	747	52.9%
2022	26.74	513^th	663	22.6%
2023	21.11	578^th	662	12.7%
2024	23.47	494^th	593	16.7%

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Rank History for White students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	12.19	2421^st	2662	9.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1	494	48	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	551
1989	1	493	47	15	1	n/a	n/a	0	557
1990	1	474	33	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	524
1991	1	481	28	14	1	n/a	n/a	0	525
1992	1	574	18	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	615
1993	3	460	27	33	0	n/a	n/a	0	523
1994	2	480	28	30	4	n/a	n/a	0	544
1995	5	474	39	31	2	n/a	n/a	0	551
1996	5	474	39	31	2	n/a	n/a	0	551
1997	1	409	47	38	2	n/a	n/a	0	497
1998	1	370	50	37	1	n/a	n/a	0	459
1999	1	353	46	34	0	n/a	n/a	1	435
2000	0	345	41	20	2	n/a	n/a	10	418
2001	1	321	32	31	1	n/a	n/a	0	386
2002	3	266	10	34	0	n/a	n/a	12	325
2003	3	266	10	34	0	n/a	n/a	12	325
2004	2	260	18	41	0	n/a	n/a	1	322
2005	3	284	18	41	0	n/a	n/a	0	346
2006	4	301	27	44	0	n/a	n/a	3	379
2007	4	232	23	23	0	n/a	n/a	22	304
2008	3	212	16	32	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	263
2009	4	173	15	34	0	2	27	0	255
2010	17	154	22	39	0	0	12	0	244
2011	11	178	26	37	0	1	8	0	261
2012	24	179	25	38	0	3	13	0	282
2013	21	212	27	45	0	3	20	0	328
2014	29	182	37	40	0	3	17	0	308
2015	29	194	39	31	0	4	21	0	318
2016	26	175	46	28	0	6	26	0	307
2017	34	165	46	30	0	6	22	0	303
2018	24	154	26	34	0	5	26	0	269
2019	31	176	29	44	0	5	29	0	314
2020	41	233	32	40	1	7	32	0	386
2021	42	210	33	37	1	2	27	0	352
2022	43	198	35	33	2	1	27	0	339
2023	45	183	23	30	1	0	65	0	347
2024	74	171	13	39	2	0	38	0	337

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	551	24.0	22.9	n/a
1989	557	21.0	26.5	n/a
1990	524	21.0	24.9	n/a
1991	525	22.0	23.8	n/a
1992	615	22.4	27.4	78.4
1993	523	22.0	23.8	75.5
1994	544	22.0	24.7	77.8
1995	551	23.0	24.0	74
1996	551	23.0	24.0	74
1997	497	22.0	22.6	81.1
1998	459	27.0	17.0	88.2
1999	435	26.0	16.7	76.3
2000	418	23.0	18.2	91.2
2001	386	26.0	14.8	67.6
2002	325	20.0	16.3	85.6
2003	325	20.0	16.3	85.6
2004	322	17.0	18.9	78.2
2005	346	21.0	16.5	67.9
2006	379	22.0	17.2	75.3
2007	304	19.0	16.0	86.2
2008	263	18.0	14.6	76.8
2009	255	17.0	14.2	73.7
2010	244	15.0	16.2	82.8
2011	261	n/a	n/a	74.7
2012	282	16.0	17.6	70.2
2013	328	15.0	21.8	99.1
2014	308	14.0	22.0	86.7
2015	318	15.0	21.2	93.1
2016	307	16.0	19.1	94.1
2017	303	17.0	17.8	93.7
2018	269	11.0	24.4	97.8
2019	314	16.8	18.6	96.2
2020	386	n/a	n/a	91.7
2021	352	20.0	17.5	95.5
2022	339	19.0	17.8	96.8
2023	347	16.0	21.6	94.8
2024	337	16.5	20.4	98.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Martin Luther King Junior Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	551	24.0	22.9	n/a
1989	557	21.0	26.5	n/a
1990	524	21.0	24.9	n/a
1991	525	22.0	23.8	n/a
1992	615	22.4	27.4	78.4
1993	523	22.0	23.8	75.5
1994	544	22.0	24.7	77.8
1995	551	23.0	24.0	74
1996	551	23.0	24.0	74
1997	497	22.0	22.6	81.1
1998	459	27.0	17.0	88.2
1999	435	26.0	16.7	76.3
2000	418	23.0	18.2	91.2
2001	386	26.0	14.8	67.6
2002	325	20.0	16.3	85.6
2003	325	20.0	16.3	85.6
2004	322	17.0	18.9	78.2
2005	346	21.0	16.5	67.9
2006	379	22.0	17.2	75.3
2007	304	19.0	16.0	86.2
2008	263	18.0	14.6	76.8
2009	255	17.0	14.2	73.7
2010	244	15.0	16.2	82.8
2011	261	n/a	n/a	74.7
2012	282	16.0	17.6	70.2
2013	328	15.0	21.8	99.1
2014	308	14.0	22.0	86.7
2015	318	15.0	21.2	93.1
2016	307	16.0	19.1	94.1
2017	303	17.0	17.8	93.7
2018	269	11.0	24.4	97.8
2019	314	16.8	18.6	96.2
2020	386	n/a	n/a	91.7
2021	352	20.0	17.5	95.5
2022	339	19.0	17.8	96.8
2023	347	16.0	21.6	94.8
2024	337	16.5	20.4	98.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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