Is Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy a good school?

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy ranks 1837 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy?

In the 2023-24 school year, 282 students attended Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy?

Students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy are 30% White, 27% African American, 26% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 7% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy attend?

Students who attend Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy usually go on to attend: High : Tamalpais High

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Summary:

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy is an elementary school located in Sausalito, California, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 318 students. The school is part of the Sausalito Marin City District, which is ranked 823 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school's academic performance has fluctuated over the years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 4 stars in 2012-2013 to 1 star in 2018-2019. In the 2023-2024 school year, 42.44% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, and 40.35% were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 47.04% and 35.54%, respectively. While the school's performance is generally on par or slightly better than the Sausalito Marin City District, it lags behind many of the nearby high-performing schools in the Kentfield, Larkspur-Corte Madera, and Mill Valley districts.

The school's performance varies significantly across different student subgroups, with White students ranking 5th out of 2,647 California elementary schools in English Language Arts/Literacy, while African American students ranked 351st out of 662 schools. Hispanic and low socioeconomic status students also show relatively lower performance compared to their peers in the surrounding districts. Additionally, the school has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 29.6% in 2021-2022 to 45.7% in 2020-2021, significantly higher than the state average. These challenges, along with the school's high percentage of students from low-income families, suggest the need for targeted interventions and support to address the unique needs of the student population.

Detail:

Public K-8

200 Phillips Dr.
Sausalito, CA 94965-1194

(415) 332-1024

District: Sausalito Marin City

SchoolDigger Rank:
1837^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $26,323

Students who attend Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy usually attend:

High:

Tamalpais High

Student/teacher ratio: 12.9

Number of students: 282

Racial breakdown:

White:

29.8%

African American:

27.0%

Hispanic:

25.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 50.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy ranks better than 68.7% of elementary schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 64.67. (See more...)

Compare Details Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy ranks worse than 73.1% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 24.93. (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 Student population at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (29.8%), African American (27%), Hispanic (25.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 50.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy is 12.9. (See more...)

Compare Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy employs 21.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy is $26,323.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy 1837^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy 2031^st of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy in the ranking list.)

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Sausalito Marin City:

SchoolDigger ranks Sausalito Marin City 823^rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	23.30	3678^th	4809	23.5%
2005	42.88	2553^rd	4822	47.1%
2006	44.16	2489^th	4818	48.3%
2007	44.20	2662^nd	5113	47.9%
2008	19.74	4359^th	5113	14.7%
2009	34.90	3373^rd	5193	35.0%
2010	28.81	3940^th	5314	25.9%
2011	18.74	4754^th	5377	11.6%
2012	55.65	2291^st	5390	57.5%
2013	77.63	1180^th	5530	78.7%
2015	37.04	3199^th	5611	43.0%
2016	27.47	3971^st	5614	29.3%
2017	14.85	5123^rd	5692	10.0%
2018	14.57	5138^th	5662	9.3%
2019	16.00	5162^nd	5789	10.8%
2021	16.26	1260^th	1417	11.1%
2022	36.05	3371^st	5883	42.7%
2023	59.89	2058^th	5874	65.0%
2024	64.67	1837^th	5862	68.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.41	4459^th	5084	12.3%
2019	20.98	4503^rd	5173	13.0%
2021	17.06	1038^th	1110	6.5%
2022	23.75	4351^st	5264	17.3%
2023	50.30	2347^th	5374	56.3%
2024	51.47	2293^rd	5511	58.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	42.64	2833^rd	5635	49.7%
2023	60.85	1900^th	5617	66.2%
2024	66.54	1623^rd	5605	71.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	29.32	1525^th	2227	31.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	31.05	3704^th	5663	34.6%
2023	52.02	2337^th	5650	58.6%
2024	75.83	1244^th	5636	77.9%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	15.70	650^th	663	2.0%
2023	40.87	351^st	662	47.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	35.64	3245^th	5084	36.2%
2024	76.34	881^st	5102	82.7%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	38.15	1798^th	2726	34.0%
2024	95.38	5^th	2647	99.8%

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

Rank History for Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

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Rank History for all middle school students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2015	11.70	2300^th	2477	7.1%
2017	26.60	1784^th	2508	28.9%
2022	41.19	1430^th	2740	47.8%
2023	41.63	1413^th	2802	49.6%
2024	24.93	2031^st	2777	26.9%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	22.94	1994^th	2458	18.9%
2023	23.21	2043^rd	2549	19.9%
2024	13.01	2416^th	2575	6.2%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	35.85	1467^th	2509	41.5%
2023	41.00	1308^th	2547	48.6%
2024	46.91	1148^th	2546	54.9%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	47.78	1123^rd	2527	55.6%
2023	39.72	1357^th	2558	47.0%
2024	16.63	2213^th	2547	13.1%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	31.19	438^th	637	31.2%
2023	24.74	488^th	614	20.5%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	50.47	982^nd	2359	58.4%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	47.26	804^th	1555	48.3%

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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 Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	132	124	13	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	274
1989	155	132	6	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	298
1990	170	145	8	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	334
1991	174	131	3	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	314
1992	130	126	5	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	284
1993	107	133	6	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	258
1994	101	130	4	13	1	n/a	n/a	0	249
1995	47	145	7	13	1	n/a	n/a	0	213
1996	47	145	7	13	1	n/a	n/a	0	213
1997	25	150	8	7	1	n/a	n/a	0	191
1998	32	129	10	17	6	n/a	n/a	0	194
1999	40	125	14	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	206
2000	44	132	15	25	0	n/a	n/a	7	223
2001	18	59	9	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	106
2002	9	96	4	28	0	n/a	n/a	2	139
2003	9	96	4	28	0	n/a	n/a	2	139
2004	6	104	4	25	0	n/a	n/a	9	148
2005	6	79	0	15	6	n/a	n/a	0	106
2006	6	81	3	14	0	n/a	n/a	3	107
2007	4	57	3	16	0	n/a	n/a	4	84
2008	1	72	5	17	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	95
2009	3	75	9	36	1	2	9	0	135
2010	6	64	12	39	1	3	6	0	131
2011	8	62	13	28	1	4	6	0	122
2012	7	50	6	20	1	3	5	0	92
2013	3	41	10	14	0	0	4	0	72
2014	8	76	16	38	0	2	5	0	145
2015	7	80	14	51	0	1	7	0	160
2016	12	61	18	43	0	0	6	0	140
2017	8	82	18	47	0	0	6	0	161
2018	5	64	11	35	0	0	12	0	127
2019	8	58	5	36	1	0	11	0	119
2020	4	55	3	35	1	0	10	0	108
2021	9	53	4	30	1	0	14	0	111
2022	97	98	34	119	1	0	41	1	391
2023	85	87	32	82	1	0	31	0	318
2024	84	76	19	72	1	0	29	1	282

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	274	21.5	12.7	n/a
1989	298	18.5	16.1	n/a
1990	334	19.0	17.5	n/a
1991	314	19.0	16.5	n/a
1992	284	19.3	14.7	52.1
1993	258	19.0	13.6	65.5
1994	249	17.0	14.6	55
1995	213	18.0	11.8	79.3
1996	213	18.0	11.8	79.3
1997	191	17.0	11.2	78
1998	194	17.0	11.4	67.5
1999	206	19.0	10.8	68.9
2000	223	19.0	11.7	77.3
2001	106	9.0	11.8	76.4
2002	139	11.0	12.6	74.5
2003	139	11.0	12.6	74.5
2004	148	9.2	16.1	95.7
2005	106	9.0	11.8	82.1
2006	107	8.0	13.4	93.3
2007	84	11.0	7.6	96.3
2008	95	12.0	7.9	93.7
2009	135	11.0	11.3	94.8
2010	131	10.0	13.1	84
2011	122	n/a	n/a	94.3
2012	92	6.0	15.3	n/a
2013	72	6.0	12.0	95.8
2014	145	13.3	10.9	86.9
2015	160	12.0	13.3	84.4
2016	140	9.0	15.5	67.9
2017	161	9.4	17.1	65.2
2018	127	10.0	12.7	72.4
2019	119	10.9	10.8	84
2020	108	n/a	n/a	62
2021	111	12.5	8.8	67.6
2022	391	26.4	14.8	53.2
2023	318	20.1	15.7	46.5
2024	282	21.8	12.9	50.7

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 Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	274	21.5	12.7	n/a
1989	298	18.5	16.1	n/a
1990	334	19.0	17.5	n/a
1991	314	19.0	16.5	n/a
1992	284	19.3	14.7	52.1
1993	258	19.0	13.6	65.5
1994	249	17.0	14.6	55
1995	213	18.0	11.8	79.3
1996	213	18.0	11.8	79.3
1997	191	17.0	11.2	78
1998	194	17.0	11.4	67.5
1999	206	19.0	10.8	68.9
2000	223	19.0	11.7	77.3
2001	106	9.0	11.8	76.4
2002	139	11.0	12.6	74.5
2003	139	11.0	12.6	74.5
2004	148	9.2	16.1	95.7
2005	106	9.0	11.8	82.1
2006	107	8.0	13.4	93.3
2007	84	11.0	7.6	96.3
2008	95	12.0	7.9	93.7
2009	135	11.0	11.3	94.8
2010	131	10.0	13.1	84
2011	122	n/a	n/a	94.3
2012	92	6.0	15.3	n/a
2013	72	6.0	12.0	95.8
2014	145	13.3	10.9	86.9
2015	160	12.0	13.3	84.4
2016	140	9.0	15.5	67.9
2017	161	9.4	17.1	65.2
2018	127	10.0	12.7	72.4
2019	119	10.9	10.8	84
2020	108	n/a	n/a	62
2021	111	12.5	8.8	67.6
2022	391	26.4	14.8	53.2
2023	318	20.1	15.7	46.5
2024	282	21.8	12.9	50.7

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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