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Enrollment
537
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGHERTY COUNTY·NCES 130183002316
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School
3125 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Albany, GA 31701 · (229) 438-3502 · Dougherty County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL537 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
537 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 74%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
14.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.2pp since 2021
Math
17.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
537
-77 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.1:1
% White
1%
was 3%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
96%
was 95%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is an elementary school of medium-sized scale in Albany, Georgia, overseen by Dougherty County, enrolling 537 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within Dougherty County, which oversees 22 schools and 13,241 students, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School reports that nearly all students (96%) are Black. Beyond that, the school logs 2% multiracial. By comparison, Dougherty County as a whole is about 71% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 15.1%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Dougherty County shows median household income runs about $49,044, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is one of 22 public schools in Dougherty County (combined enrollment of about 13,241 students).
Nearest neighbor: Lamar Reese School of the Arts, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 614 students in 2018 compared to 537 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.
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Dougherty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,091
Census ACS
Median income
$49,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
13,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dougherty County
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Albany
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Nearby schools
- Lamar Reese School of the Arts0.6 mi · 368
- Radium Springs Middle School2.1 mi · 747
- Radium Springs Elementary School2.2 mi · 682
- Monroe High School2.6 mi · 1,189
- Alice Coachman Elementary School2.7 mi · 448
- Morningside Elementary School2.7 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary SchoolHow large is Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School?
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School enrolls approximately 537 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School serve?
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School?
Student demographics at Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School?
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is overseen by Dougherty County in Dougherty County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.