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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School?
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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
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Georgia public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- AThree-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 Georgia public elementary schools
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
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 65 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 71% · 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
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.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.4% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 10.5% | 14.9% |
| 2022-23 | 8.3% | 15.3% |
| 2021-22 | 7.2% | 4.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
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 →
Schools most like Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School's state test result (15.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School this school | 537 | 100.0% | 15.1% |
| DeKalb Preparatory Academy Charter Decatur | 537 | 100.0% | 18.7% |
| Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School Atlanta | 559 | 100.0% | 14.5% |
| W.S. Hornsby Elementary School Augusta | 508 | 100.0% | 7.8% |
| KIPP Soul Primary Atlanta | 505 | 100.0% | 20.2% |
| KIPP Vision Primary Charter School Atlanta | 562 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Georgia | In Dougherty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #1,146 of 1,208 | #12 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #1,110 of 1,215 ▲ 15 | #11 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.4% | #1,143 of 1,215 ▲ 52 | #12 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.4pp | #114 of 1,183 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 537 | #774 of 1,324 | #4 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,250 of 1,301 | #12 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #1,288 of 1,301 | #12 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #204 of 1,312 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #453 of 854 | #8 of 10 |
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
537
+115 (+27%) vs 2020
-7% since 2000-01, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 537 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 100% (537) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 24.4 | 18.4:1 | 100% (450) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 100% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 31 | 13.6:1 | 100% (422) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 33.9 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 33 | 18.2:1 | 100% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 23 | 18.7:1 | 96% (414) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 33 | 17.4:1 | 90% (519) |
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 13% (614 to 537); teachers down 3% (33.9 to 33).
About Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is an elementary school in Albany, Georgia, and it is part of Dougherty County. Enrollment totals 537 students across pre-K through 5.
Dougherty County is responsible for 22 schools, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School included, with 13,241 students in all.
At Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School, 96% of students are Black. It is also 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Dougherty County is roughly 71% Black. The diversity index for Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School, there are about 16.3 students; the school has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 100%. The figure for public schools in Dougherty County is close, at 98%.
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is -10.6 points: 15.1% actual, 25.7% predicted.
Dougherty County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $49,044, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. There are 22 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,241, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School among them.
Lamar Reese School of the Arts is about 0.6 miles from Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 24.8% proficiency; Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School posts 15.1%.
The federal government classifies Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School's location as Rural: Fringe.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 27%, from 422 to 537. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.6:1 to 16.3:1 over the same years.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Martin Luther King- Junior Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Martin Luther King- Junior Elementary. Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary SchoolCollege Park, GA · 516 students
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary SchoolColumbus, GA · 487 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.
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