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Enrollment
706
Middle
DISTRICT 804 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURG UNIFIED·NCES 063060013016
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High
2012 Carion Ct., Pittsburg, CA 94565 · (925) 473-2500 · Contra Costa County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL706 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of California public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
596 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 220 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 218 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 268 | 38% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
34.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.9pp since 2014
Math
13.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady 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 | 8.3% | 26.6% | 28.1% | 37.0% |
| Math | 4.0% | 9.4% | 22.6% | 63.9% |
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 | 34.9% | 13.5% |
| 2023-24 | 33.4% | 13.2% |
| 2022-23 | 35.3% | 12.2% |
| 2021-22 | 35.8% | 13.7% |
| 2018-19 | 35.1% | 16.1% |
| 2017-18 | 27.6% | 15.5% |
| 2016-17 | 26.8% | 13.8% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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. Junior High
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High this school | 706 | 84.4% | 23.8% |
| Rancho Cucamonga Middle Rancho Cucamonga | 770 | 82.2% | 25.6% |
| Imogene Garner Hook Junior High Victorville | 665 | 82.4% | 17.3% |
| Vista Verde Middle Moreno Valley | 900 | 82.8% | 29.4% |
| Andrew Carnegie Middle Carson | 843 | 84.9% | 36.6% |
| Gifford C. Cole Middle Lancaster | 697 | 82.1% | 16.1% |
Matched among California middle 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. Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Contra Costa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #945 of 1,224 | #26 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #1,051 of 1,227 ▼ 31 | #31 of 42 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #856 of 1,227 ▼ 25 | #27 of 42 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.6pp | #324 of 1,214 | #9 of 42 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 706 | #595 of 1,377 | #26 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #629 of 1,279 | #9 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.6% | #508 of 1,278 | #33 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.4% | #427 of 1,329 | #5 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #843 of 930 | #31 of 35 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
706
+16 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 706 | 33.6 | 21.0:1 | 84% (596) |
| 2023-24 | 701 | 34.5 | 20.3:1 | 82% (578) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 32.9 | 22.4:1 | 81% (599) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 33 | 20.9:1 | 79% (548) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 34.5 | 21.2:1 | 78% (569) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 34 | 21.8:1 | 82% (604) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (732 to 706); teachers down 3% (34.5 to 33.6).
About Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High is a medium-sized middle school serving families in Pittsburg, California. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 706 students in grades 6 through 8.
Pittsburg Unified oversees Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High and 12 other schools, with 10,633 students in total.
Roughly 62% of students at Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High are Hispanic. Other groups make up 21% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% White. County-wide, 28% of Contra Costa County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 21.0 students per teacher. That is close to the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 84% of students. That is 39 points above the 45% average for public schools in Contra Costa County.
allk12 grades Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 30.1% for Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High. The school posts 23.8%, 6.3 points below the prediction.
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High is located in Contra Costa County, where the median household income is $127,229, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 45%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Besides Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High, Contra Costa County has 279 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Pittsburg Senior High. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 22.0% proficiency; Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High posts 23.8%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High enrolled 690; in 2024-25, 706.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Pittsburg Unified
- Pittsburg Senior HighHigh · 3,403 students
- Hillview Junior HighMiddle · 893 students
- Rancho Medanos Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Los Medanos ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Marina Vista ElementaryElementary · 612 students
- Stoneman ElementaryElementary · 602 students
Other schools in Pittsburg
- Pittsburg Senior HighHigh · 3,403 students
- Hillview Junior HighMiddle · 893 students
- Rancho Medanos Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Los Medanos ElementaryElementary · 665 students
- Delta View ElementaryElementary · 656 students
- Marina Vista ElementaryElementary · 612 students
Nearby schools
- Pittsburg Senior High0.7 mi · 3,403
- Black Diamond High (Continuation)0.8 mi · 205
- Stoneman Elementary0.8 mi · 602
- Golden Gate Community0.8 mi · 69
- Hillview Junior High1.3 mi · 893
- Marina Vista Elementary1.3 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr. Junior HighHow many students attend Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High?
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High enrolls approximately 706 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High serve?
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High is approximately 21.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High?
Student demographics at Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High are roughly 4% White, 62% Hispanic, 21% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High?
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High is overseen by Pittsburg Unified in Contra Costa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.