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Enrollment
675
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIBB COUNTY·NCES 130042004198
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School
1307 Shurling Dr, Macon, GA 31211 · (478) 779-2100 · Bibb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
16.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
536 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 54 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
16.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.1pp since 2021
Math
20.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.4pp 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 21 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.4% | 20.5% |
| 2023-24 | 16.2% | 16.7% |
| 2022-23 | 16.8% | 13.2% |
| 2021-22 | 11.3% | 9.1% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 (21.6% 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 | 675 | 79.4% | 21.6% |
| John Robert Lewis Elementary School Macon | 712 | 78.9% | 11.2% |
| DeKalb Arts Academy Avondale Estates | 768 | 76.0% | 54.5% |
| Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School Lithonia | 599 | 87.0% | 44.5% |
| Chattahoochee Hills Charter School Fairburn | 536 | 83.0% | 29.5% |
| Wynbrooke Elementary School Stone Mountain | 546 | 84.4% | 51.2% |
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 Bibb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,004 of 1,208 | #11 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #1,057 of 1,215 ▲ 48 | #12 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #1,097 of 1,215 ▲ 19 | #13 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.3pp | #201 of 1,183 | #5 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #422 of 1,324 | #3 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #1,234 of 1,301 | #21 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #1,239 of 1,301 | #20 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.4% | #725 of 1,312 | #4 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #665 of 854 | #11 of 17 |
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
675
+94 (+16%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 675 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 79% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 639 | 38 | 16.8:1 | 84% (534) |
| 2022-23 | 631 | 37.2 | 17.0:1 | 100% (631) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 100% (581) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 46.5 | 15.5:1 | 99% (713) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 99% (678) |
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 6% (720 to 675); teachers down 10% (46.5 to 42).
About Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school found in Macon, Georgia. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 675 students.
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is in Bibb County, a district with 21,334 students across 35 schools.
Most students at Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School are Black: 92% of enrollment. The remaining students are 3% White, 3% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Census figures show Bibb County is about 55% Black. By the diversity index, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School comes in at 15%.
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School's 42 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 79%. That is higher than the 61% average for public schools in Bibb County.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in Georgia with Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 36.3%. Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School scores 21.6%.
Census estimates describe Bibb County this way: median household income is about $51,234, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 20% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Bibb County number 41 and enroll about 23,725.
The school nearest to Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is Burdell Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 675 was 16% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 581. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.5:1 to 16.1:1.
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Bibb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,578
Census ACS
Median income
$51,234
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
23,725 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bibb County
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 892 students
Other schools in Macon
- Academy For Classical EducationCombined · 1,808 students
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 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 largest of the 15.
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryHanford, CA · 624 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary SchoolHopkinsville, KY · 595 students
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 498 students
- Martin Luther King Jr ElementaryYakima, WA · 485 students
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary SchoolHuntsville, AL · 458 students
Nearby schools
- Burdell Elementary School0.8 mi · 433
- Northeast High School1.3 mi · 794
- Appling Middle School1.4 mi · 677
- Clifton Ridge Middle School1.9 mi · 482
- VIP Academy (Virtual)2.5 mi · 398
- Williams Elementary School2.9 mi · 294
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 675 students in grades PK-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 PK-05.
How many teachers does Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School have?
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School?
Student demographics at Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 3% Hispanic, 92% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School in?
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is part of Bibb County.
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