Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in Sausalito, California, operated by Sausalito Marin City. Current enrollment sits at 262 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy sits 44% leaner than that benchmark.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is a school of Sausalito Marin City, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy lists that the largest single group is White at 28%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 28% Black, 23% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 8% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Marin County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.4%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Marin County put median household earnings sit near $149,091, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is one of 75 public schools in Marin County (combined enrollment of about 29,867 students).

Nearest neighbor: Tamalpais Valley Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 77.6%.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy's enrollment has edged up 106% since 2018, when it stood at 127 (now 262). The White share of enrollment rose from 4% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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