Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy

Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy operates as a close-knit 6-8 campus in Sacramento, California, one of the schools within Twin Rivers Unified. Current enrollment sits at 503 students spanning grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

Within Twin Rivers Unified, which oversees 44 schools and 24,770 students, Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Asian, 14% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Sacramento County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 21.5%; actual is 6.8%, a gap of -14.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $92,175 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy is one.

Las Palmas Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.5%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy's enrollment has climbed 11% since 2018, when it stood at 454 (now 503). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 23% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Martin Luther King Jr. Technology Academy typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.