Martin Luther King Jr. Middle

Located at 4545 Ammendale Rd, in Beltsville, Maryland, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is a modestly sized junior high that caters to 605 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Prince George's County Public Schools. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 764 students.

Prince George's County Public Schools comprises 199 schools with combined enrollment of 132,693 students; Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is among them.

On the student-mix side, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle lists that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 59% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages about 14.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Prince George's County runs at roughly 79%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.8%; this one delivers 26.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Prince George's County indicate the typical household earns roughly $101,798 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is one of 203 public schools in Prince George's County (combined enrollment of about 132,693 students).

The closest other public school is Beltsville Academy, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Martin Luther King Jr. Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Martin Luther King Jr. Middle at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.3%.

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle's enrollment has declined 21% since 2018, when it stood at 762 (now 605). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 29% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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