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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Martin Luther King Jr. High administration to hear?
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Enrollment
2,699
High
DISTRICT 1,231 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE UNIFIED·NCES 063315008268
Martin Luther King Jr. High
9301 Wood Rd., Riverside, CA 92508 · (951) 789-5690 · Riverside County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,699 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of California public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
112 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
1,477 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 669 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 671 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 705 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 654 | 24% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
71.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
36.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 32.0% | 39.6% | 17.0% | 11.3% |
| Math | 13.7% | 22.4% | 26.3% | 37.5% |
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 | 71.7% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 71.3% | 40.5% |
| 2022-23 | 77.3% | 44.8% |
| 2021-22 | 79.5% | 42.1% |
| 2018-19 | 76.2% | 53.9% |
| 2017-18 | 79.6% | 52.3% |
| 2016-17 | 74.2% | 46.1% |
| 2015-16 | 77.0% | 53.0% |
| 2014-15 | 74.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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. High
Martin Luther King Jr. High's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. High this school | 2,699 | 54.7% | 54.9% |
| Liberty High Winchester | 2,537 | 53.4% | 40.1% |
| Vista Murrieta High Murrieta | 3,328 | 51.5% | 58.8% |
| C. K. McClatchy High Sacramento | 2,569 | 50.3% | 34.8% |
| Murrieta Mesa High Murrieta | 2,066 | 59.7% | 55.1% |
| Taft Charter High Woodland Hills | 2,221 | 56.6% | 51.6% |
Matched among California high 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. High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Riverside County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #250 of 1,052 | #10 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #328 of 1,056 ▼ 80 | #11 of 60 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #216 of 1,056 ▼ 3 | #8 of 60 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.9pp | #82 of 1,044 | #6 of 59 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,699 | #65 of 2,093 | #10 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.1:1 | #1,118 of 1,352 | #55 of 75 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #173 of 1,351 | #9 of 75 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.7% | #1,118 of 1,575 | #79 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #290 of 802 | #15 of 48 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,699
-382 (-12%) vs 2020
+91% since 2000-01, when it was 1,416
Student : Teacher
24.1:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 2,699 | 112.2 | 24.1:1 | 55% (1,477) |
| 2023-24 | 2,813 | 114.7 | 24.5:1 | 22% (617) |
| 2022-23 | 2,901 | 114.3 | 25.4:1 | 51% (1,490) |
| 2020-21 | 3,081 | 117 | 26.3:1 | 48% (1,465) |
| 2017-18 | 3,178 | 124.1 | 25.6:1 | 35% (1,118) |
| 2015-16 | 3,348 | 128 | 26.2:1 | 31% (1,036) |
| 2010-11 | 3,079 | N/A | N/A | 27% (816) |
| 2000-01 | 1,416 | 59 | 24.0:1 | 11% (151) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Jr. High.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (3,178 to 2,699); teachers down 10% (124.1 to 112.2).
About Martin Luther King Jr. High
This page covers Martin Luther King Jr. High, a high-enrollment high school in Riverside, California. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,699 students. High schools in California average about 838 students, which makes this school 222% above average.
Martin Luther King Jr. High falls under Riverside Unified, which has 48 schools enrolling 38,002 students.
Hispanic students account for 45% of enrollment at Martin Luther King Jr. High, more than any other group. Smaller groups are 31% White, 11% Asian, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
The school has 112.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 24.1 students per teacher. Statewide, high schools in California average 18.2:1. Of all students at Martin Luther King Jr. High, 55% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Riverside County, the average is 74%.
Martin Luther King Jr. High earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of California public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Martin Luther King Jr. High falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 54.9% actual against 47.5% predicted.
In Riverside County, home to about 2,478,600 people, median household income comes to about $93,074, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 543 public schools in the county, enrolling about 424,872, Martin Luther King Jr. High among them.
Mark Twain Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Martin Luther King Jr. High, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Martin Luther King Jr. High holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Martin Luther King Jr. High ranks 4th on proficiency.
The federal government classifies Martin Luther King Jr. High's location as City: Large.
A 12% decline took enrollment from 3,081 in 2020-21 to 2,699 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 26.3:1 in 2020-21 to 24.1:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Martin Luther King Jr. High. You can also rate the school on this page.
Riverside County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,478,600
Census ACS
Median income
$93,074
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
543
424,872 students
Quick facts
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Other Martin Luther King Junior High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Martin Luther King Junior High. Martin Luther King Jr. High is the largest of the 3.
- Martin Luther King Junior High SchoolMonroe, LA · 350 students
- MARTIN LUTHER KING JR HIGH SCHOOLHASTINGS ON HUDSON, NY · 63 students
Nearby schools
- Mark Twain Elementary0.6 mi · 1,033
- Frank Augustus Miller Middle0.9 mi · 844
- John F. Kennedy Elementary1.0 mi · 864
- Benjamin Franklin Elementary1.1 mi · 767
- Amelia Earhart Middle1.4 mi · 743
- Tomas Rivera Elementary1.6 mi · 699
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr. HighWhat is the total enrollment at Martin Luther King Jr. High?
Martin Luther King Jr. High enrolls approximately 2,699 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Martin Luther King Jr. High serve?
Martin Luther King Jr. High serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. High?
Approximately 24.1:1 students per teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin Luther King Jr. High?
At Martin Luther King Jr. High, the student body is approximately 31% White, 45% Hispanic, 8% Black, 11% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Martin Luther King Jr. High?
Martin Luther King Jr. High is overseen by Riverside Unified in Riverside County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.