Martin Luther King- Jr. High School

As an average-sized 9-12 campus in Lithonia, Georgia, Martin Luther King- Jr. High School caters to 1,370 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within DeKalb County. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Within DeKalb County, which oversees 131 schools and 92,088 students, Martin Luther King- Jr. High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Martin Luther King- Jr. High School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%); the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 51% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against DeKalb County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Martin Luther King- Jr. High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 25.7%; actual is 11.7%, a gap of -14.0 points.

In the surrounding community, DeKalb County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,644, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Martin Luther King- Jr. High School is one of 154 public schools in DeKalb County (combined enrollment of about 102,960 students).

The closest other public school is Browns Mill Elementary School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Martin Luther King- Jr. High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.7%.

Martin Luther King- Jr. High School operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Martin Luther King- Jr. High School's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,544 (now 1,370). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 96% to 92%.

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