Martin Luther King Junior High School

Martin Luther King Junior High School is a 6-8 campus of modestly sized scale in Monroe, Louisiana, overseen by City of Monroe School District, enrolling 350 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 440 students per school, that is 20% smaller than typical.

Martin Luther King Junior High School is one of 19 schools operated by City of Monroe School District, a district that works with 8,033 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Martin Luther King Junior High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). By comparison, Ouachita Parish as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. The state averages around 41.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at Martin Luther King Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Ouachita Parish (around 67%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Martin Luther King Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 18.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Ouachita Parish put median household earnings sit near $54,688, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Martin Luther King Junior High School is one of 59 public schools in Ouachita Parish (combined enrollment of about 25,952 students).

Nearest neighbor: Minnie Ruffin Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Martin Luther King Junior High School comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 11.6%.

Martin Luther King Junior High School operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Martin Luther King Junior High School's enrollment has climbed 15% since 2018, when it stood at 304 (now 350). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.