Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School

Set in Columbus, Georgia, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary school, one of the schools within Muscogee County. It caters to 487 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Muscogee County, which oversees 54 schools and 30,091 students, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Muscogee County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 25.7%; actual is 9.7%, a gap of -16.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Muscogee County) records that median household earnings sit near $58,073, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School is one of 57 public schools in Muscogee County (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students).

The closest other public school is Brewer Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 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 12.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 503 (now 487). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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