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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL CENTRO ELEMENTARY·NCES 061203009797
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
1950 Villa Ave., El Centro, CA 92243 · (760) 337-6555 · Imperial County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of California 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
23.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
401 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 34% larger than its 6th grade class (65).
Student demographics
4%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
37.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.7pp since 2014
Math
25.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.6% | 23.7% | 25.4% | 37.3% |
| Math | 5.7% | 19.3% | 30.7% | 44.3% |
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 | 37.3% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.5% | 24.9% |
| 2022-23 | 32.6% | 26.7% |
| 2021-22 | 36.4% | 20.8% |
| 2018-19 | 47.1% | 36.7% |
| 2017-18 | 36.8% | 25.0% |
| 2016-17 | 46.4% | 36.5% |
| 2015-16 | 50.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary this school | 445 | 90.1% | 31.9% |
| Miguel Hidalgo Elementary Brawley | 437 | 90.4% | 30.5% |
| Equitas Academy Charter Los Angeles | 427 | 90.4% | N/A |
| Browning Road STEAM Academy McFarland | 453 | 89.8% | 21.9% |
| Tweedy Elementary South Gate | 471 | 90.2% | 35.6% |
| Whittier Elementary Costa Mesa | 454 | 89.4% | 26.4% |
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 Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Imperial County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,280 of 5,151 | #17 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #3,765 of 5,172 ▼ 126 | #23 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #3,197 of 5,172 ▼ 415 | #16 of 35 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #2,432 of 5,116 | #23 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #3,089 of 5,915 | #20 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,304 of 5,352 | #23 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.5% | #5,266 of 5,354 | #27 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #1,096 of 5,625 | #14 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.5% | #3,694 of 3,837 | #22 of 23 |
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
445
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 651
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 445 | 19 | 23.4:1 | 90% (401) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 17 | 24.4:1 | 93% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 17 | 25.5:1 | 85% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 18 | 24.6:1 | 94% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 17.5 | 25.8:1 | 94% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 437 | 17 | 25.7:1 | 89% (387) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | N/A | N/A | 97% (369) |
| 2000-01 | 424 | 22 | 19.3:1 | 83% (354) |
| 1990-91 | 651 | 24 | 27.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (452 to 445); teachers up 9% (17.5 to 19).
About Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary sits in El Centro, California, and is classified as an elementary school. Total enrollment is 445 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6.
El Centro Elementary runs 12 schools with a combined 5,157 students. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is one of them.
A large majority of enrollment at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is Hispanic, at 98%. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 86%. The diversity index for Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is 4%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary has a ratio of 23.4:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 90%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Imperial County, the school's rate is higher.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of California public elementary schools.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (31.9%) and its predicted rate (26.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Imperial County show that median household income comes to about $57,681, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 17%. The county's public schools total 76, with about 36,513 students.
Sunflower Elementary is the nearest public school to Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary comes in 7th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is City: Small.
The school's size has been steady, with 443 students in 2020-21 and 445 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher dropped from 24.6 to 23.4 over 4 years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Imperial County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
180,202
Census ACS
Median income
$57,681
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,513 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in El Centro Elementary
- Wilson Jr. HighMiddle · 605 students
- Harding ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- De Anza MagnetElementary · 504 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Margaret Hedrick ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 434 students
Other schools in El Centro
- Central Union HighHigh · 2,006 students
- Southwest HighHigh · 1,846 students
- McCabe ElementaryElementary · 1,109 students
- Wilson Jr. HighMiddle · 605 students
- Harding ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- De Anza MagnetElementary · 504 students
Other Martin Luther King Junior Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 9 states are named Martin Luther King Junior Elementary. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is the 9th largest of the 15.
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryHanford, CA · 624 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 457 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryRichmond, CA · 375 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryOakland, CA · 296 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 278 students
Nearby schools
- Sunflower Elementary0.8 mi · 427
- Imperial Valley Home School Academy0.9 mi · 131
- Lincoln Elementary0.9 mi · 399
- McKinley Elementary1.0 mi · 456
- Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences1.0 mi · 230
- Kennedy Middle1.1 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryHow many students attend Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-06.
Is Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary have?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary?
At Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is overseen by El Centro Elementary in Imperial County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.