Enrollment
262
Elementary
STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAUSALITO MARIN CITY·NCES 063600006162
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy
200 Phillips Dr., Sausalito, CA 94965 · (415) 332-1024 · Marin County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL262 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of California public elementary schools
- B-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.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
19 FTE teachers
STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
140 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 23 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 61% larger than its 8th grade class (23).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 62% · 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
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
48.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +30.5pp since 2014
Math
40.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +18.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 30 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.2% | 30.3% | 29.1% | 22.4% |
| Math | 22.2% | 17.9% | 30.9% | 29.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.5% | 40.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 40.4% |
| 2022-23 | 50.3% | 35.4% |
| 2021-22 | 37.7% | 26.9% |
| 2020-21 | 17.2% | 14.0% |
| 2018-19 | 20.8% | 20.8% |
| 2017-18 | 19.7% | 26.6% |
| 2016-17 | 30.8% | 15.6% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 22.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for California 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 California'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 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy this school | 262 | 53.4% | 40.5% |
| Cleveland Elementary Oakland | 376 | 55.9% | 58.3% |
| Carthay Elementary Of Environmental Studies Magnet Los Angeles | 327 | 68.8% | 54.1% |
| Emerson Elementary Oakland | 354 | 74.3% | 35.5% |
| Sol Aureus College Preparatory Sacramento | 316 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Dewey Elementary San Diego | 267 | 65.2% | 50.7% |
Matched among California 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 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Marin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #2,440 of 5,151 | #28 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #2,282 of 5,172 ▼ 120 | #27 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #2,160 of 5,172 ▲ 314 | #25 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #392 of 5,116 | #2 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 262 | #5,051 of 5,915 | #31 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #13 of 5,352 | #2 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.7% | #42 of 5,354 | #1 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #3,772 of 5,625 | #9 of 37 |
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
262
+151 (+136%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 262 | 18.6 | 14.1:1 | 53% (140) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 21.8 | 12.9:1 | 51% (143) |
| 2022-23 | 318 | 20.2 | 15.8:1 | 47% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 111 | 12 | 9.3:1 | 68% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 127 | 10 | 12.7:1 | 72% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 140 | 9 | 15.6:1 | 68% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 122 | N/A | N/A | 94% (115) |
| 2000-01 | 106 | 9 | 11.8:1 | 76% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 19 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 106% (127 to 262); teachers up 86% (10 to 18.6).
About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is a small elementary school based in Sausalito, California. The student body numbers 262 students, from kindergarten through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 44% smaller than that.
For district matters, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy falls under Sausalito Marin City.
Enrollment at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is mixed, with White students the largest group at 28%. Beyond that, enrollment is 28% Black, 23% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 8% Asian. In Marin County overall, about 68% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 77%.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy counts 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.1 students for each one. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. About 53% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Across public schools in Marin County, the average is 35%.
allk12 grades Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is 7.7 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.5% actual, 48.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In the county around the school, Marin County, median household income is about $149,091, roughly 61% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is among the 75 public schools in Marin County.
The school nearest to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is Tamalpais Valley Elementary, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy enrolled 111 in 2020-21 and 262 in 2024-25. Changes in grade configuration can produce shifts of this size. The number of students per teacher rose from 9.3 to 14.1 over 4 years.
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Marin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,969
Census ACS
Median income
$149,091
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
29,867 students
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Other Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy schools
One other US public school is named Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Academy. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. AcademySalinas, CA · 577 students
Nearby schools
- Tamalpais Valley Elementary0.8 mi · 368
- Tamalpais High1.5 mi · 1,470
- Strawberry Point Elementary1.7 mi · 259
- Mill Valley Middle1.9 mi · 721
- Del Mar Middle2.3 mi · 359
- Bel Aire Elementary2.3 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy enrolls approximately 262 students in grades KG-08.
Is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is approximately 14.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy?
Student demographics at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy are roughly 28% White, 23% Hispanic, 28% Black, 8% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy public or private?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sausalito Marin City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.