Enrollment
296
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004297
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
960 Tenth St., Oakland, CA 94607 · (510) 879-2182 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL296 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
17.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
292 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 75 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 79% larger than its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
8.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.3pp since 2014
Math
5.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 9 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.4% | 7.3% | 13.8% | 77.5% |
| Math | 2.2% | 3.7% | 19.1% | 75.0% |
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 | 8.7% | 5.9% |
| 2023-24 | 8.4% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 8.6% | 14.2% |
| 2021-22 | 11.5% | 7.8% |
| 2018-19 | 18.4% | 30.5% |
| 2017-18 | 22.2% | 31.9% |
| 2016-17 | 22.0% | 18.8% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 13.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
9.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 (9.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary this school | 296 | 98.6% | 9.6% |
| Leataata Floyd Elementary Sacramento | 201 | 97.0% | 9.2% |
| Oakland Academy of Knowledge Elementary Oakland | 231 | 93.5% | 21.7% |
| Burckhalter Elementary Oakland | 193 | 89.6% | 30.2% |
| Fifty-Fourth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 209 | 94.7% | 46.8% |
| Purche Avenue Elementary Gardena | 373 | 90.1% | 27.4% |
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 Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.6% | #5,106 of 5,151 | #180 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.9% | #5,146 of 5,172 ▼ 388 | #188 of 192 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #5,157 of 5,172 ▼ 6 | #187 of 192 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.4pp | #1,101 of 5,116 | #71 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 296 | #4,799 of 5,915 | #176 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #188 of 5,352 | #2 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #767 of 5,354 | #64 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #50 of 5,625 | #9 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.0% | #515 of 1,139 | #19 of 48 |
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
296
-56 (-16%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 525
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 296 | 17 | 17.4:1 | 99% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 16.5 | 20.4:1 | 98% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 16 | 21.7:1 | 95% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 352 | 20 | 17.6:1 | 95% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 11 | 24.4:1 | 98% (263) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 16 | 19.2:1 | 94% (289) |
| 2010-11 | 261 | N/A | N/A | 75% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 68% (261) |
| 1990-91 | 525 | 22 | 23.9:1 | 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 up 10% (269 to 296); teachers up 54% (11 to 17).
About Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
Federal records list Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary as an elementary school in Oakland, California. The latest federal count shows 296 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 36% smaller than average.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is in Oakland Unified, a district with 33,973 students across 84 schools.
At Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, the largest share of students is Black, at 48%. The remaining shares are 21% White, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 6% Asian. Alameda County as a whole is about 10% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 99% of students, or 292, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Alameda County average 49%.
The allk12 Grade for Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is F. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 3% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary would be expected to post about 21.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 9.6%.
Alameda County has about 1,649,473 residents, and the median household income is $129,367, about 52% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. In all, Alameda County has 394 public schools and roughly 210,511 students.
Nearest public school: West Oakland Middle, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary's average proficiency of 9.6% compares with 11.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary's enrollment declined 16%, to 296.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryHow many students attend Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary enrolls approximately 296 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary serve?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary?
At Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, the student body is approximately 21% White, 15% Hispanic, 48% Black, 6% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary public or private?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Oakland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.