Martin Luther King Jr. Middle

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is an average-sized junior high in Germantown, Maryland, operated by Montgomery County Public Schools. The school instructs 841 students in grades 6 through 8.

Montgomery County Public Schools comprises 208 schools with combined enrollment of 159,181 students; Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 36% Black, 13% White, 11% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Montgomery County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.3:1 average. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Montgomery County (around 40%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 35.7%.

Around the school, census data for Montgomery County shows median household earnings sit near $132,450, about 61% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is one of 211 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 159,181 students).

Lake Seneca Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Martin Luther King Jr. Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle's enrollment has ticked up 41% since 2018, when it stood at 596 (now 841).

On the community side, members of the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.