Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, a mid-tier elementary-level community in Santa Ana, California, operated by Santa Ana Unified, teaches 457 students, covering grades K through 5.

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is one of 51 schools operated by Santa Ana Unified, a district that hosts 35,993 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Orange County's rate of about 55%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $116,289, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Orange County runs 649 public schools (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students), of which Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary is one.

Vista Meridian Global Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 22.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary's enrollment has fell 34% since 2018, when it stood at 690 (now 457). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.