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What's the biggest difference between Martin Luther King Middle and what you expected?
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Enrollment
851
Middle
DISTRICT 636 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BERKELEY UNIFIED·NCES 060474000443
Martin Luther King Middle
1781 Rose St., Berkeley, CA 94703 · (510) 644-6280 · Alameda County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL851 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
277 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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 6 | 279 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 299 | 35% |
Student demographics
73%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Martin Luther King Middle→Berkeley High
Based on grade levels within Berkeley Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
72.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.3pp since 2014
Math
65.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 38.8% | 33.5% | 14.6% | 13.1% |
| Math | 41.6% | 24.2% | 17.5% | 16.7% |
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 | 72.3% | 65.8% |
| 2023-24 | 72.6% | 65.3% |
| 2022-23 | 74.3% | 64.6% |
| 2021-22 | 71.8% | 61.6% |
| 2018-19 | 73.5% | 70.3% |
| 2017-18 | 76.3% | 68.8% |
| 2016-17 | 70.3% | 68.6% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 66.0% |
| 2014-15 | 63.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
69.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Middle
Martin Luther King Middle's state test result (69.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Middle this school | 851 | 32.5% | 69.0% |
| Willard Middle Berkeley | 596 | 27.5% | 75.2% |
| Lincoln Middle Santa Monica | 914 | 29.5% | 71.4% |
| Rogers Middle Long Beach | 773 | 32.0% | 59.3% |
| Pershing Middle San Diego | 980 | 35.8% | 58.2% |
| Miwok Middle Sacramento | 1,181 | 32.9% | 63.1% |
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 Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #134 of 1,224 | #11 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #127 of 1,227 ▼ 14 | #12 of 46 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #156 of 1,227 ▼ 19 | #12 of 46 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #576 of 1,214 | #14 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 851 | #365 of 1,377 | #20 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #211 of 1,279 | #13 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.3% | #46 of 1,278 | #8 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.5% | #1,123 of 1,329 | #35 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #448 of 930 | #14 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
851
-107 (-11%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 851 | 47.2 | 18.0:1 | 33% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 866 | 44.3 | 19.6:1 | 28% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 871 | 49.5 | 17.6:1 | 20% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 958 | 48 | 20.0:1 | 20% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 1,024 | 47 | 21.8:1 | 27% (279) |
| 2015-16 | 1,027 | 48 | 21.4:1 | 35% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 965 | N/A | N/A | 45% (436) |
| 2000-01 | 843 | 49 | 17.2:1 | 49% (412) |
| 1990-91 | 573 | 30 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (1,024 to 851); teachers unchanged (47 to 47.2).
About Martin Luther King Middle
Martin Luther King Middle is the name of a medium-sized middle school in Berkeley, California. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 851 students. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 29% higher.
Martin Luther King Middle is part of Berkeley Unified, where 17 schools serve 9,116 students.
Martin Luther King Middle has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 42%. Other reported shares: 20% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, 11% Black, and 11% Asian. That compares with about 30% White among all Alameda County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Martin Luther King Middle operates with 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 18.0:1. On average, middle schools in California have 20.7:1, compared with 18.0:1 here. Martin Luther King Middle reports 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 16 points below the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County.
Martin Luther King Middle is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of California public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Martin Luther King Middle would score about 60.5%. It scores 69.0%, 8.5 points above that figure.
According to the American Community Survey, in Alameda County, the median household income is $129,367, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 52%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Martin Luther King Middle is one of 394 public schools in the county.
Ruth Acty Elementary is located about 0.5 miles from Martin Luther King Middle. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 69.0% is below the 69.5% average for nearby schools.
Martin Luther King Middle is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 851, an 11% decrease from 958 in 2020-21. The school's ratio fell from 20.0:1 to 18.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Martin Luther King Middle community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Berkeley Unified
- Berkeley HighHigh · 3,218 students
- Willard MiddleMiddle · 596 students
- Malcolm X ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Longfellow Arts and Technology MiddleMiddle · 462 students
- Ruth Acty ElementaryElementary · 410 students
- Berkeley Arts Magnet at WhittierElementary · 407 students
Other schools in Berkeley
- Berkeley HighHigh · 3,218 students
- Willard MiddleMiddle · 596 students
- Malcolm X ElementaryElementary · 469 students
- Longfellow Arts and Technology MiddleMiddle · 462 students
- Ruth Acty ElementaryElementary · 410 students
- Berkeley Arts Magnet at WhittierElementary · 407 students
Other Martin Luther King Middle schools
One other US public school is named Martin Luther King Middle. Martin Luther King Middle is the largest of the 2.
- MARTIN LUTHER KING MIDDLE SCHOOLMILTON, FL · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Ruth Acty Elementary0.5 mi · 410
- Berkeley Arts Magnet at Whittier0.5 mi · 407
- Marin Elementary0.7 mi · 524
- Thousand Oaks Elementary0.8 mi · 337
- Berkeley High1.0 mi · 3,218
- Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle1.0 mi · 462
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Martin Luther King Middle?
Martin Luther King Middle enrolls approximately 851 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Martin Luther King Middle serve?
Martin Luther King Middle serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Middle is approximately 18.0:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin Luther King Middle?
At Martin Luther King Middle, the student body is approximately 42% White, 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% Asian, 16% Two or more.
What district is Martin Luther King Middle in?
Martin Luther King Middle is part of Berkeley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.