Martin Luther King Jr. High

Martin Luther King Jr. High is a sprawling four-year high school in Riverside, California, one of the schools within Riverside Unified. The school instructs 2,699 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 222% bigger than typical.

Riverside Unified runs 48 schools in total, collectively educating 38,002 students. Martin Luther King Jr. High is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Martin Luther King Jr. High records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 31% White, 11% Asian, 8% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Martin Luther King Jr. High logs 112 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.1:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Riverside County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Martin Luther King Jr. High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Riverside County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $93,074 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Riverside County's 543 public schools (combined enrollment of about 424,872 students), Martin Luther King Jr. High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mark Twain Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Martin Luther King Jr. High at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 49.3%.

Martin Luther King Jr. High operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Martin Luther King Jr. High has declined 15%, going from 3,178 students in 2018 to 2,699 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 36% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 in 2025.

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