M L King Jr Elem School

M L King Jr Elem School operates as a close-knit primary school in Urbana, Illinois, run under Urbana SD 116. Current enrollment sits at 322 students spanning grades K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Urbana SD 116 (4,658 students total), M L King Jr Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, M L King Jr Elem School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Asian, 12% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Champaign County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting M L King Jr Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Champaign County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), M L King Jr Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Champaign County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $63,683 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Champaign County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students), of which M L King Jr Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Washington Elem School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around M L King Jr Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts M L King Jr Elem School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 25.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. M L King Jr Elem School's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 307 (now 322). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 61% to 55%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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