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Enrollment
669
Middle
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYWARD UNIFIED·NCES 061674002107
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
26890 Holly Hill Ave., Hayward, CA 94545 · (510) 723-3120 · Alameda County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.2:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
554 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 7 | 328 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 341 | 51% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
40.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.3pp since 2014
Math
26.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.8% | 26.0% | 27.2% | 32.0% |
| Math | 18.3% | 7.8% | 18.4% | 55.5% |
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 | 40.8% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 24.1% |
| 2022-23 | 44.3% | 25.9% |
| 2021-22 | 46.1% | 27.9% |
| 2018-19 | 49.2% | 35.8% |
| 2017-18 | 46.4% | 37.1% |
| 2016-17 | 47.6% | 35.1% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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. Middle
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle this school | 669 | 82.8% | 33.3% |
| El Capitan Middle Fresno | 738 | 87.4% | 27.9% |
| Monte Vista Middle Tracy | 738 | 82.1% | 31.5% |
| Corona Fundamental Intermediate Corona | 754 | 80.1% | 50.4% |
| Hollencrest Middle West Covina | 737 | 80.9% | 42.8% |
| Rudolph Rivera Middle Merced | 608 | 81.7% | 26.0% |
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. Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #666 of 1,224 | #28 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #693 of 1,227 ▼ 11 | #29 of 46 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #700 of 1,227 ▼ 92 | #29 of 46 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.6pp | #124 of 1,214 | #5 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #651 of 1,377 | #25 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.4:1 | #881 of 1,279 | #31 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #665 of 1,278 | #37 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #464 of 1,329 | #13 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #707 of 930 | #22 of 29 |
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
669
-62 (-8%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 627
Student : Teacher
22.4:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 669 | 29.8 | 22.4:1 | 83% (554) |
| 2023-24 | 703 | 31.2 | 22.5:1 | 87% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 711 | 31.6 | 22.5:1 | 72% (511) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | 31 | 23.6:1 | 62% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 30.8 | 23.8:1 | 70% (511) |
| 2015-16 | 817 | 36 | 22.7:1 | 82% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 616 | N/A | N/A | 72% (441) |
| 2000-01 | 695 | 31 | 22.4:1 | 53% (365) |
| 1990-91 | 627 | 29 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (732 to 669); teachers down 3% (30.8 to 29.8).
About Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school in Hayward, California, one of the schools in Hayward Unified. It enrolls 669 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 7 through 8.
Hayward Unified counts 28 schools and 17,273 students, including Martin Luther King Jr. Middle.
At Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, 68% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 17% Asian, 5% Black, 4% Pacific Islander, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Alameda County is roughly 23% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle scores 50%.
Classroom staffing at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle totals 29.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.4:1. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Federal data show 83% of students (554) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Alameda County report 49%.
Among California public middle schools, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle outscored 47%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is +2.2 points: 33.3% actual, 31.0% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Alameda County show that median household income comes to about $129,367, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 394, with about 210,511 students.
Southgate Elementary, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is 4th among 8 schools close by.
The NCES locale for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle enrolled 731 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 669. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.6:1 to 22.4:1.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hayward Unified
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Harder ElementaryElementary · 671 students
Other schools in Hayward
- Mt. Eden HighHigh · 1,865 students
- Hayward HighHigh · 1,580 students
- Tennyson HighHigh · 1,511 students
- Cherryland ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Burbank ElementaryElementary · 800 students
- Impact Academy of Arts & TechnologyHigh · 716 students
Other Martin Luther King Junior Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 4 states are named Martin Luther King Junior Middle. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleOceanside, CA · 1,098 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMadera, CA · 865 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleSan Bernardino, CA · 581 students
- Martin Luther King Jr MiddleCharlotte, NC · 844 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleGermantown, MD · 841 students
Nearby schools
- Southgate Elementary0.3 mi · 581
- Eldridge Elementary0.3 mi · 281
- Schafer Park Elementary0.6 mi · 606
- Palma Ceia Elementary0.6 mi · 484
- Impact Academy of Arts & Technology0.7 mi · 716
- Mt. Eden High0.7 mi · 1,865
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle enrolls approximately 669 students in grades 07-08.
Is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
Approximately 22.4:1 students per teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle.
How diverse is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle reports a student body of 2% White, 68% Hispanic, 5% Black, 17% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle in?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is part of Hayward Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.