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Enrollment
467
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUSCALOOSA CITY·NCES 010336001271
Martin L King Jr Elementary School
2430 Martin L King Jr Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 · (205) 759-3619 · Tuscaloosa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL467 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 24% of Alabama public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
370 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 49 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
49.2%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
21.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Martin L King Jr Elementary School
Martin L King Jr Elementary School's state test result (31.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin L King Jr Elementary School this school | 467 | 79.2% | 31.1% |
| South Hampton K8 Birmingham | 511 | 79.5% | 35.5% |
| Minor Elementary School Birmingham | 441 | 80.3% | 22.4% |
| Wylam Elementary School Birmingham | 399 | 78.4% | 26.5% |
| Erwin Intermediate School Center Point | 510 | 82.2% | 24.9% |
| Midfield Elementary School Midfield | 377 | 76.7% | 20.0% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Martin L King Jr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Tuscaloosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.1% | #497 of 626 | #25 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #492 of 626 | #26 of 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #472 of 626 | #22 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 467 | #352 of 709 | #15 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #294 of 655 | #19 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.7% | #566 of 658 | #29 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #97 of 696 | #4 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #163 of 262 | #12 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
467
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 467 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 79% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 83% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 28 | 18.0:1 | 83% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 85% (409) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 29.8 | 14.6:1 | 79% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 27 | 17.9:1 | 65% (313) |
| 2010-11 | 234 | 17 | 13.8:1 | 97% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 94% (410) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 27 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin L King Jr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (436 to 467); teachers down 6% (29.8 to 28).
About Martin L King Jr Elementary School
Martin L King Jr Elementary School serves students in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, as a mid-sized elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 467 students.
The Tuscaloosa City system has 19 schools and 11,230 students.
The share of Black students at Martin L King Jr Elementary School is 88%. Other groups include 10% Hispanic. The county population is about 31% Black. The diversity index for Martin L King Jr Elementary School is 21%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Martin L King Jr Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1. The 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama is close to this figure. At Martin L King Jr Elementary School, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Tuscaloosa County averages 54%, lower than here.
Martin L King Jr Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of Alabama public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 26.4%.
The county, Tuscaloosa County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $66,231, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 58, with about 30,508 students.
About 0.5 miles separate Martin L King Jr Elementary School from the closest public school, Westlawn Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Martin L King Jr Elementary School is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 480 students in 2020-21 to 467 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.7:1) than in 2020-21 (15.0:1).
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Tuscaloosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
237,552
Census ACS
Median income
$66,231
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
30,508 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tuscaloosa City
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- Paul W Bryant High SchoolHigh · 1,134 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 796 students
- Northridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Eastwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Rock Quarry Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
Other schools in Tuscaloosa
- Hillcrest High SchoolHigh · 1,434 students
- Northridge High SchoolHigh · 1,153 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 796 students
- Northridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Rock Quarry Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
- Southview Elementary SchoolElementary · 644 students
Nearby schools
- Westlawn Middle School0.5 mi · 568
- Central Elementary School0.6 mi · 291
- Oakdale Elementary School1.3 mi · 292
- Central High School1.7 mi · 796
- CollinsRiverside Middle School2.0 mi · 318
- Matthews Elementary School2.1 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Martin L King Jr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Martin L King Jr Elementary School?
Martin L King Jr Elementary School enrolls approximately 467 students in grades PK-05.
Is Martin L King Jr Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Martin L King Jr Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Martin L King Jr Elementary School have?
Martin L King Jr Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin L King Jr Elementary School?
At Martin L King Jr Elementary School, the student body is approximately 0% White, 10% Hispanic, 88% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Martin L King Jr Elementary School public or private?
Martin L King Jr Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Tuscaloosa City.
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