Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 415 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACRAMENTO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063384009430
Martin Luther King Jr.
480 Little River Way, Sacramento, CA 95831 · (916) 395-4645 · Sacramento County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
221 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 137% larger than its 6th grade class (35).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
31.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.4pp since 2014
Math
26.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.6% | 19.8% | 23.8% | 44.8% |
| Math | 9.3% | 17.3% | 23.7% | 49.7% |
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 | 31.4% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 27.8% | 24.1% |
| 2022-23 | 25.4% | 25.1% |
| 2021-22 | 28.3% | 16.3% |
| 2018-19 | 36.2% | 26.6% |
| 2017-18 | 30.6% | 24.9% |
| 2016-17 | 28.2% | 18.4% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
26.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s state test result (26.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. this school | 357 | 61.9% | 26.8% |
| Parks (Rosa) Elementary San Francisco | 326 | 62.6% | 34.2% |
| Angier Elementary San Diego | 398 | 64.1% | 52.5% |
| Chapman Elementary Gardena | 406 | 63.1% | 60.5% |
| East Avenue Elementary Hayward | 407 | 66.8% | 28.6% |
| Tara Hills Elementary San Pablo | 317 | 67.5% | 19.0% |
Matched among California elementary 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. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sacramento County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,886 of 5,151 | #140 of 217 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #3,596 of 5,172 ▲ 129 | #124 of 217 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #3,833 of 5,172 ▲ 200 | #141 of 217 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #1,203 of 5,116 | #43 of 213 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #4,216 of 5,915 | #181 of 238 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,510 of 5,352 | #33 of 227 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.9% | #68 of 5,354 | #26 of 227 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #3,383 of 5,625 | #141 of 235 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #1,191 of 3,837 | #27 of 145 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
357
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 667
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 357 | 17 | 21.0:1 | 62% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 15.8 | 20.8:1 | 71% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 17 | 20.1:1 | 78% (267) |
| 2020-21 | 353 | 20 | 17.6:1 | 81% (285) |
| 2017-18 | 458 | 21.5 | 21.3:1 | 80% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 19 | 25.5:1 | 77% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | N/A | N/A | 55% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 29 | 23.7:1 | 28% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 667 | 25 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Jr..
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (458 to 357); teachers down 21% (21.5 to 17).
About Martin Luther King Jr.
At 480 Little River Way in Sacramento, California, Martin Luther King Jr. operates as a small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 357 students in kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 23% below average.
Martin Luther King Jr. is among 73 schools run by Sacramento City Unified, which serves 37,657 students.
Of every 100 students at Martin Luther King Jr., about 38 are Hispanic, the largest group. Smaller groups are 18% Black, 17% Asian, 15% White, and 10% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Sacramento County is roughly 24% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 76, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, Martin Luther King Jr. has a ratio of 21.0:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.3 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 62%. The figure for public schools in Sacramento County is close, at 63%.
Martin Luther King Jr. earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools.
Martin Luther King Jr. is in the bottom 10% of California schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.3%. The school's actual rate is 26.8%, 16.5 points lower.
The county, Sacramento County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $92,175, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county's public schools total 387, with about 259,342 students.
School of Engineering & Sciences is the nearest public school to Martin Luther King Jr., about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 26.8% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The school's size has been steady, with 353 students in 2020-21 and 357 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.6 to 21.0 over 4 years.
The discussion board for Martin Luther King Jr. is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sacramento County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,594,006
Census ACS
Median income
$92,175
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
387
259,342 students
Quick facts
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Other Martin Luther King Junior schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Martin Luther King Junior. Martin Luther King Jr. is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Martin Luther King Jr SchoolNashville, TN · 1,280 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. SchoolJERSEY CITY, NJ · 752 students
- Martin Luther King Jr.Cambridge, MA · 340 students
Nearby schools
- School of Engineering & Sciences0.5 mi · 542
- Matsuyama Elementary0.6 mi · 435
- Yav Pem Suab Academy - Preparing for the Future Charter0.9 mi · 480
- John F. Kennedy High1.1 mi · 1,652
- Caroline Wenzel Elementary1.4 mi · 211
- Genevieve Didion1.4 mi · 609
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr.How large is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Martin Luther King Jr. enrolls approximately 357 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Martin Luther King Jr. serve?
Martin Luther King Jr. serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Martin Luther King Jr. have?
Martin Luther King Jr. employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Martin Luther King Jr.?
Student demographics at Martin Luther King Jr. are roughly 15% White, 38% Hispanic, 18% Black, 17% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Martin Luther King Jr. in?
Martin Luther King Jr. is part of Sacramento City Unified.
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