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Enrollment
581
Middle
DISTRICT 696 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417008185
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
1250 North Medical Center Dr., San Bernardino, CA 92411 · (909) 388-6350 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL581 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of California public middle schools
- FTest 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.
- 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
19.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
564 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 306 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 275 | 47% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
20.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
9.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 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 | 3.4% | 17.0% | 28.3% | 51.3% |
| Math | 2.5% | 6.8% | 19.6% | 71.1% |
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 | 20.4% | 9.3% |
| 2023-24 | 15.8% | 6.1% |
| 2022-23 | 14.6% | 7.4% |
| 2021-22 | 23.2% | 11.5% |
| 2018-19 | 24.8% | 19.1% |
| 2017-18 | 27.4% | 24.3% |
| 2016-17 | 24.1% | 20.1% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
12.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 (12.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle this school | 581 | 97.1% | 12.9% |
| Paramount Park Middle Paramount | 551 | 96.2% | 31.0% |
| William Jefferson Clinton Middle Los Angeles | 622 | 98.4% | 25.2% |
| George Washington Carver Middle Los Angeles | 635 | 98.3% | 19.5% |
| Dr. Julian Nava Learning Academy Los Angeles | 572 | 98.6% | 21.6% |
| Berendo Middle Los Angeles | 552 | 96.6% | 23.6% |
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 San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #1,178 of 1,224 | #71 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #1,159 of 1,227 ▲ 35 | #70 of 76 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #1,161 of 1,227 ▲ 29 | #70 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #168 of 1,214 | #8 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 581 | #801 of 1,377 | #61 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #427 of 1,279 | #23 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #1,062 of 1,278 | #63 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #45 of 1,329 | #2 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #637 of 930 | #43 of 56 |
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
581
-31 (-5%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 936
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 19.1:1
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 | 581 | 29.5 | 19.7:1 | 97% (564) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 33.2 | 17.8:1 | 97% (569) |
| 2022-23 | 635 | 30.9 | 20.6:1 | 94% (599) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 32 | 19.1:1 | 97% (594) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 26 | 25.0:1 | 96% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 695 | 27 | 25.7:1 | 96% (664) |
| 2010-11 | 941 | N/A | N/A | 95% (893) |
| 2000-01 | 1,250 | 47 | 26.6:1 | 87% (1,085) |
| 1990-91 | 936 | 37 | 25.3:1 | 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 10% (649 to 581); teachers up 13% (26 to 29.5).
About Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
At 1250 North Medical Center Dr. in San Bernardino, California, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle operates as a medium-sized middle school. The school enrolls 581 students, from grades 7 through 8.
San Bernardino City Unified is responsible for 72 schools, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle included, with 44,080 students in all.
Most students at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle are Hispanic: 90% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% Black. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle comes in at 19%.
Teacher staffing is 29.5 full-time equivalents, or about 19.7 students per teacher. Among middle schools in California, the typical ratio is 20.7:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is 97%. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in San Bernardino County.
Measured against California public middle schools, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is -9.7 points: 12.9% actual, 22.7% predicted.
Federal survey data for San Bernardino County show that median household income is about $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 583 public schools operate in San Bernardino County, serving about 393,648 students.
The nearest other public school, Woodward Leadership Academy, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 22.6%; Martin Luther King Jr. Middle's is 12.9%, ranking 8th of 8.
The NCES locale for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 612 to 581.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
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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 7th 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. MiddleHayward, CA · 669 students
- Martin Luther King Jr MiddleCharlotte, NC · 844 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleGermantown, MD · 841 students
Nearby schools
- Woodward Leadership Academy0.2 mi · 69
- Graciano Gomez Elementary0.4 mi · 481
- Arroyo Valley High0.4 mi · 2,692
- Rio Vista Elementary0.5 mi · 412
- Howard Inghram Elementary0.6 mi · 264
- Dr. Mildred Dalton Henry Elementary0.6 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleHow large is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle enrolls approximately 581 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Martin Luther King Jr. Middle serve?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is approximately 19.7:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
Student demographics at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle are roughly 1% White, 90% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle in?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is part of San Bernardino City Unified.
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