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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WIDEFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT 3·NCES 080648001121
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School
6910 DEFOE AVENUE, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911 · (719) 391-3455 · El Paso County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Colorado public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Colorado public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
229 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
CMAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
49.4%
CO avg 44.9% . -7.9pp since 2023
Math
50.4%
CO avg 36.1% . -0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the CMAS, Colorado's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Colorado schools, those numbers are about 45 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
CMAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 50.4% |
| 2023-24 | 57.3% | 51.0% |
% Met or Exceeded Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CMAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.8%
based on CO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Colorado schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Colorado's top 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 Elementary School
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School this school | 498 | 46.0% | 52.4% |
| McAuliffe Elementary COLORADO SPRINGS | 448 | 45.3% | 24.0% |
| Scott Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 458 | 44.1% | 53.1% |
| Remington Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 534 | 44.4% | 46.5% |
| Ridgeview Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 626 | 44.6% | 51.2% |
| French Elementary School COLORADO SPRINGS | 491 | 48.5% | 38.8% |
Matched among Colorado 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Colorado | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #259 of 931 | #28 of 128 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #265 of 940 ▼ 38 | #34 of 126 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #382 of 946 ▼ 126 | #50 of 127 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #237 of 1,056 | #34 of 137 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #603 of 896 | #91 of 122 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #89 of 896 | #29 of 122 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #518 of 983 | #68 of 134 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #114 of 664 | #26 of 100 |
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
498
+58 (+13%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 498 | 30.3 | 16.5:1 | 46% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 32.5 | 15.9:1 | 51% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 30 | 17.3:1 | 37% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 45% (199) |
| 2017-18 | 708 | 35.5 | 19.9:1 | 38% (268) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 30 | 21.5:1 | 47% (306) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 28 | 15.2:1 | 52% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 31 | 17.6:1 | 32% (174) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 23 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (708 to 498); teachers down 15% (35.5 to 30.3).
About Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 498 students. Against the 379-student average for elementary schools in Colorado, enrollment here is 31% higher.
Widefield School District 3 counts 18 schools and 9,290 students, including Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School.
At Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 48%. The school is also 30% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, and 8% Black. That is lower than the 70% White share among all El Paso County residents. Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.5:1. That matches the 16.6:1 average for elementary schools in Colorado fairly closely. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 46%.
Measured against Colorado public elementary schools, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations places Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School in the top 10% of Colorado schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 13.5 points above it (52.4% actual, 38.8% predicted).
Across El Paso County, the median household income is $90,363, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, El Paso County has 245 public schools and roughly 114,356 students.
Sunrise Elementary School is the closest public school, about 0.8 miles away in a straight line. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School. By average proficiency, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is 1st among 9 schools close by.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School's enrollment climbed from 440 in 2020-21 to 498 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,999
Census ACS
Median income
$90,363
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
114,356 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Widefield School District 3
- Mesa Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,304 students
- Widefield High SchoolHigh · 1,193 students
- Grand Mountain SchoolElementary · 1,044 students
- Janitell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 658 students
- Webster Elementary SchoolElementary · 582 students
- Sunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · 506 students
Other schools in COLORADO SPRINGS
- The Classical Academy CharterElementary · 1,909 students
- Pine Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,875 students
- Doherty High SchoolHigh · 1,715 students
- Banning Lewis Ranch AcademyCombined · 1,697 students
- Liberty High SchoolHigh · 1,526 students
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,473 students
Other Martin Luther King Junior Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 9 states are named Martin Luther King Junior Elementary. Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 15.
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary SchoolMacon, GA · 675 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryHanford, CA · 624 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary SchoolHopkinsville, KY · 595 students
- Martin Luther King Jr ElementaryYakima, WA · 485 students
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary SchoolHuntsville, AL · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Sunrise Elementary School0.8 mi · 506
- Janitell Junior High School1.0 mi · 658
- Webster Elementary School1.0 mi · 582
- Mesa Ridge High School1.1 mi · 1,304
- Talbott STEAM Innovation School1.1 mi · 324
- James Madison Charter Academy School1.1 mi · 72
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School?
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades KG-05.
Is Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School have?
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School?
Student demographics at Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School are roughly 48% White, 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School in?
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is part of Widefield School District 3.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.