Impact of COVID-19 on Martin Luther King Junior Senior High School
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 650th of 666 High schools | Ranks 696th of 735 High schools | 2.9% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
11th Grade Social Studies (Martin Luther King Junior Senior High School) | 13 | 6.6 | 6.4% |
11th Grade Social Studies (Detroit Public Schools Community District) | 17.7 | 15.4 | 2.3% |
11th Grade Social Studies (Michigan) | 46.6 | 36.1 | 10.5% |
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Martin Luther King Junior Senior High School) | 15.9 | 25.2 | 9.3% |
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Detroit Public Schools Community District) | 28.5 | 32.9 | 4.4% |
11th Grade Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (Michigan) | 55.3 | 52.2 | 3.1% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 1065 | 821 | 22.9% |
African American | 1062 | 819 | 22.9% |
American Indian | 2 | 1 | 50% |
Asian | 1 | 0 | 100% |
Hispanic | 0 | 0 | |
Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | |
White | 0 | 0 | |
Two or More Races | 0 | 1 | |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 82.2% | 72.7% | 9.4% |