Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High

As a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in Pittsburg, California, Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High instructs 706 students from grades 6 through 8, run under Pittsburg Unified.

Across the 13 schools in Pittsburg Unified (10,633 students total), Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High lists that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.3%.

In the broader community, Contra Costa County reports that median household income runs about $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pittsburg Senior High, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 732 students in 2018 compared to 706 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.