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What's the most underrated thing about Martin Luther King- Jr. High School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,370
High
DISTRICT 1,183 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 130174002479
Martin Luther King- Jr. High School
3991 Snapfinger Rd, Lithonia, GA 30038 · (678) 874-5402 · DeKalb County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,370 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Georgia public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,370 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 360 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 370 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 344 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 296 | 22% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from DeKalb County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
20.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +17.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 17 points since 2023.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.1% |
| 2023-24 | 2.9% |
% 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
11.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% 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. High School
Martin Luther King- Jr. High School's state test result (11.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King- Jr. High School this school | 1,370 | 100.0% | 11.7% |
| Southwest DeKalb High School Decatur | 1,237 | 99.4% | 22.7% |
| Benjamin E. Mays High School Atlanta | 1,338 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Dougherty Comprehensive High School Albany | 1,191 | 100.0% | 25.0% |
| Monroe High School Albany | 1,189 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
| Frederick Douglass High School Atlanta | 1,296 | 100.0% | 22.6% |
Matched among Georgia high 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. High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #382 of 411 | #24 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #333 of 417 ▲ 62 | #19 of 25 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,370 | #165 of 480 | #10 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #232 of 413 | #17 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.9% | #391 of 413 | #20 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #38 of 425 | #9 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #67 of 168 | #7 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,370
-21 (-2%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 1,659
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 1,370 | 84 | 16.3:1 | 100% (1,370) |
| 2023-24 | 1,431 | 87.1 | 16.4:1 | 81% (1,159) |
| 2022-23 | 1,440 | 74.1 | 19.4:1 | 100% (1,440) |
| 2020-21 | 1,391 | 88 | 15.8:1 | 66% (923) |
| 2017-18 | 1,544 | 96 | 16.1:1 | 73% (1,128) |
| 2015-16 | 1,655 | 95 | 17.4:1 | 70% (1,157) |
| 2010-11 | 1,659 | 113 | 14.7:1 | 67% (1,108) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King- Jr. High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,544 to 1,370); teachers down 12% (96 to 84).
About Martin Luther King- Jr. High School
Families in Lithonia, Georgia, are served by Martin Luther King- Jr. High School, a medium-sized high school. The student body numbers 1,370 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Georgia) has about 1,120 students.
DeKalb County runs 131 schools with a combined 92,088 students. Martin Luther King- Jr. High School is one of them.
At Martin Luther King- Jr. High School, Black students make up 92% of the student body. Other students are 5% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. By comparison, DeKalb County residents are about 51% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Martin Luther King- Jr. High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1 at Martin Luther King- Jr. High School, with 84 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among high schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 15.2:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. Across public schools in DeKalb County, the average is 77%.
The allk12 Grade for Martin Luther King- Jr. High School is D. Compared with Georgia public high schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Martin Luther King- Jr. High School scores 14.0 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests: 11.7% actual versus 25.7% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
DeKalb County has these Census figures: median household income is about $80,644, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Martin Luther King- Jr. High School is among the 154 public schools in DeKalb County.
The nearest public school is Browns Mill Elementary School, at about 1.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Martin Luther King- Jr. High School ranks 9th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (1,391) to 2024-25 (1,370).
The Martin Luther King- Jr. High School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
765,351
Census ACS
Median income
$80,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
154
102,960 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Lakeside High SchoolHigh · 2,234 students
- Dunwoody High SchoolHigh · 2,012 students
- Chamblee High SchoolHigh · 1,867 students
- Cross Keys High SchoolHigh · 1,748 students
- Sequoyah Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,713 students
- Tucker High SchoolHigh · 1,614 students
Other schools in Lithonia
- Lithonia High SchoolHigh · 1,547 students
- Arabia Mountain High School - Academy of Engineering- MedicHigh · 1,224 students
- Miller Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,073 students
- Lithonia Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Flat Rock Elementary SchoolElementary · 977 students
- Salem Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
Nearby schools
- Browns Mill Elementary School1.2 mi · 411
- Chapel Hill Middle School1.6 mi · 614
- Narvie Harris Elementary School1.6 mi · 535
- Chapel Hill Elementary School1.7 mi · 495
- Salem Middle School1.9 mi · 827
- Edward L. Bouie- Sr. Elementary School2.1 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King- Jr. High SchoolHow large is Martin Luther King- Jr. High School?
Martin Luther King- Jr. High School enrolls approximately 1,370 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Martin Luther King- Jr. High School serve?
Martin Luther King- Jr. High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Martin Luther King- Jr. High School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at Martin Luther King- Jr. High School.
How diverse is Martin Luther King- Jr. High School?
Martin Luther King- Jr. High School reports a student body of 1% White, 5% Hispanic, 92% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Martin Luther King- Jr. High School public or private?
Martin Luther King- Jr. High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.