Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CONTRA COSTA UNIFIED·NCES 063255005040
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
4022 Florida Ave., Richmond, CA 94804 · (510) 231-1403 · Contra Costa County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
22.1:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
338 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 17% smaller than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
6.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -3.9pp since 2014
Math
2.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 0.5% | 5.7% | 18.9% | 75.0% |
| Math | 0.9% | 1.9% | 23.6% | 73.6% |
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 | 6.1% | 2.8% |
| 2023-24 | 8.3% | 5.1% |
| 2022-23 | 5.0% | 5.4% |
| 2021-22 | 8.0% | 6.0% |
| 2018-19 | 9.2% | 5.6% |
| 2017-18 | 4.2% | 4.2% |
| 2016-17 | 8.6% | 4.8% |
| 2015-16 | 15.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 10.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
5.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (5.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary this school | 375 | 90.1% | 5.7% |
| Hillside Elementary San Leandro | 347 | 87.0% | 16.0% |
| Edison-Bethune Charter Academy Fresno | 368 | 94.6% | N/A |
| Marshall Elementary San Diego | 367 | 94.0% | 30.4% |
| Bayview Elementary San Pablo | 335 | 96.1% | 13.4% |
| Ronald E. McNair Elementary Compton | 358 | 88.5% | 53.1% |
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 Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #5,147 of 5,151 | #149 of 149 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.8% | #5,169 of 5,172 ▼ 15 | #153 of 153 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 6.1% | #5,167 of 5,172 ▼ 15 | #153 of 153 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #3,997 of 5,915 | #128 of 164 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,242 of 5,352 | #68 of 162 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #2,142 of 5,354 | #116 of 162 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #1,093 of 5,625 | #8 of 158 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #1,408 of 3,837 | #27 of 107 |
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
375
-70 (-16%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 375 | 17 | 22.1:1 | 90% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 17 | 22.5:1 | 98% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 19 | 20.3:1 | 62% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 18 | 24.7:1 | 89% (397) |
| 2017-18 | 470 | 18 | 26.1:1 | 98% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 20 | 23.8:1 | 95% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | N/A | N/A | 91% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 24 | 22.8:1 | 85% (466) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 17 | 24.8:1 | 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 20% (470 to 375); teachers down 6% (18 to 17).
About Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
The public elementary school Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is located in Richmond, California. The school's 375 students are in kindergarten through 6.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is run by West Contra Costa Unified, whose 52 schools enroll 25,133 students.
Roughly 61% of students at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups make up 23% Black, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% White. County-wide, 28% of Contra Costa County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary counts 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 22.1 students for each one. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 45% for public schools in Contra Costa County.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is graded F by allk12, scoring above 0% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is a bottom-10% school in California on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 5.7% against a predicted 26.7%.
Across Contra Costa County, the median household income is $127,229, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Contra Costa County has 280 public schools and roughly 167,423 students.
The nearest other public school, John F. Kennedy High, is about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 11.5%; Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary's is 5.7%, ranking 6th of 6.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary's enrollment dropped from 445 in 2020-21 to 375 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.7:1 to 22.1:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Contra Costa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,165,012
Census ACS
Median income
$127,229
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
280
167,423 students
Quick facts
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- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
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- Making Waves AcademyHigh · 1,078 students
- De Anza HighHigh · 1,047 students
- John F. Kennedy HighHigh · 740 students
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- Aspire Richmond Ca. College Preparatory AcademyHigh · 590 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 10th 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. ElementaryEl Centro, CA · 445 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryOakland, CA · 296 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryLos Angeles, CA · 278 students
Nearby schools
- John F. Kennedy High0.3 mi · 740
- Stege Elementary0.4 mi · 225
- Lovonya DeJean Middle0.4 mi · 381
- Manzanita Middle0.6 mi · 92
- Voices College-Bound Language Acad at W. Contra Costa Co0.6 mi · 343
- Michelle Obama Elementary0.7 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryHow many students attend Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary enrolls approximately 375 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 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary?
At Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 61% Hispanic, 23% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is overseen by West Contra Costa Unified in Contra Costa County.
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