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Enrollment
516
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123002836
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School
5745 W Lees Mill Rd, College Park, GA 30349 · (770) 991-4651 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL516 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% 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.
- 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 Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
516 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
15.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.2pp since 2021
Math
18.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.6% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 12.8% | 12.9% |
| 2022-23 | 15.3% | 17.6% |
| 2021-22 | 17.8% | 13.0% |
% 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
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
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 (14.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School this school | 516 | 100.0% | 14.6% |
| Redan Elementary School Lithonia | 525 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| Rock Chapel Elementary School Lithonia | 524 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
| Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts Jonesboro | 518 | 100.0% | 39.7% |
| Panola Way Elementary School Lithonia | 550 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Cedar Grove Elementary School Ellenwood | 531 | 100.0% | 19.4% |
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 Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #1,154 of 1,208 | #33 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #1,090 of 1,215 ▲ 72 | #28 of 37 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.6% | #1,116 of 1,215 ▲ 50 | #32 of 37 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #622 of 1,183 | #32 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 516 | #820 of 1,324 | #26 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #493 of 1,301 | #8 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.5% | #1,104 of 1,301 | #37 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #105 of 1,312 | #30 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #183 of 854 | #18 of 34 |
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
516
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
-46% since 2010-11, when it was 961
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 516 | 40 | 12.9:1 | 100% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 541 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 100% (541) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 90% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 558 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 93% (519) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 99% (664) |
| 2015-16 | 1,048 | 57 | 18.4:1 | 100% (1,043) |
| 2010-11 | 961 | 56 | 17.2:1 | 91% (878) |
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 23% (668 to 516); teachers down 13% (46 to 40).
About Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in College Park, Georgia. Its 516 students are spread across pre-K through 5.
Clayton County has 68 schools and 51,326 students, and Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is 85% Black. It is also 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Clayton County's residents are about 69% Black, 15 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 40 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.9:1. That matches the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia fairly closely. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 100%.
allk12 grades Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is 11.1 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 14.6% actual, 25.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Clayton County has these Census figures: the median household income is $59,806, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. In all, Clayton County has 73 public schools and roughly 63,156 students.
The closest public school, West Clayton Elementary School, is about 1.1 miles from Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment decrease, from 558 in 2020-21 to 516 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 14.3 in 2020-21 to 12.9 in 2024-25.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in College Park
- Banneker High SchoolHigh · 1,695 students
- North Clayton High SchoolHigh · 1,124 students
- Main Street Charter AcademyElementary · 817 students
- North Clayton Middle SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Nolan Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- McNair Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 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 2nd largest of the 3.
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary SchoolAlbany, GA · 537 students
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary SchoolColumbus, GA · 487 students
Nearby schools
- West Clayton Elementary School1.1 mi · 464
- Charles R. Drew High School1.3 mi · 1,708
- Dubois Integrity Academy1.4 mi · 1,341
- Riverdale Elementary School1.5 mi · 559
- North Clayton High School1.7 mi · 1,124
- North Clayton Middle School2.1 mi · 817
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School?
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School enrolls approximately 516 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.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School?
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 8% Hispanic, 85% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School public or private?
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.