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Enrollment
841
Middle
DISTRICT 888 · STATE 764
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240048001417
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
13737 Wisteria Dr, Germantown, MD 20874 · (240) 740-6350 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL841 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% of Maryland public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 Maryland public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
455 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 284 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 277 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 280 | 33% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 73% · 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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
52.8%
MD avg 50.6% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
MD avg 34.8% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.8% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 22.4% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
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. Middle
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle's state test result (35.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle this school | 841 | 54.1% | 35.7% |
| Roberto W. Clemente Middle Germantown | 888 | 55.0% | 34.1% |
| Neelsville Middle Germantown | 781 | 55.1% | 27.7% |
| Francis Scott Key Middle Silver Spring | 950 | 63.3% | 27.3% |
| Eastern Middle Silver Spring | 963 | 52.4% | 43.4% |
| Briggs Chaney Middle Silver Spring | 858 | 62.0% | 32.5% |
Matched among Maryland middle 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. Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #113 of 223 | #26 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #90 of 223 ▲ 15 | #20 of 40 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #100 of 223 ▲ 53 | #22 of 40 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 841 | #83 of 230 | #24 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #65 of 225 | #12 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #50 of 225 | #17 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.1% | #106 of 227 | #13 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.1% | #5 of 95 | #1 of 19 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
841
-47 (-5%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 841 | 63.6 | 13.2:1 | 54% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 858 | 61.4 | 14.0:1 | 60% (514) |
| 2022-23 | 890 | 59.8 | 14.9:1 | 63% (558) |
| 2020-21 | 888 | 57 | 15.6:1 | 50% (442) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 49% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 48% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 600 | 40 | 15.0:1 | 39% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 918 | 56 | 16.4:1 | 20% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 727 | 47 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (596 to 841); teachers up 45% (44 to 63.6).
About Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Maryland, with an address in Germantown. The school counts 841 students across grades 6 through 8.
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle sits within Montgomery County Public Schools, which has 208 schools and 159,181 students.
The most common group at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is Hispanic students, at 37%. The school is also 36% Black, 13% White, 11% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 21%. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 63.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 14.3:1 average for middle schools in Maryland. Eligible students account for 54% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 40% for public schools in Montgomery County.
The allk12 Grade for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is B-. Compared with Maryland public middle schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is 42.2%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 35.7%.
Across Montgomery County, the median household income is $132,450, about 61% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Montgomery County has 211 public schools and roughly 159,181 students.
The shortest distance from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Lake Seneca Elementary. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is 6th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 5% enrollment decrease, from 888 in 2020-21 to 841 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.6:1 to 13.2:1.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,065,949
Census ACS
Median income
$132,450
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
61%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
211
159,181 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Montgomery County Public Schools
- Montgomery Blair HighHigh · 3,266 students
- Walter Johnson HighHigh · 3,016 students
- Wheaton HighHigh · 2,794 students
- Gaithersburg HighHigh · 2,441 students
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase HighHigh · 2,377 students
Other schools in Germantown
- Seneca Valley HighHigh · 2,409 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 2,300 students
- Kingsview MiddleMiddle · 908 students
- Roberto W. Clemente MiddleMiddle · 888 students
- Neelsville MiddleMiddle · 781 students
- Waters Landing ElementaryElementary · 735 students
Other Martin Luther King Junior Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 4 states are named Martin Luther King Junior Middle. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleBeltsville, MD · 605 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleOceanside, CA · 1,098 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMadera, CA · 865 students
- Martin Luther King Jr MiddleCharlotte, NC · 844 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleHayward, CA · 669 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Seneca Elementary0.2 mi · 437
- Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary0.8 mi · 673
- Germantown Elementary0.9 mi · 314
- Kingsview Middle1.0 mi · 908
- Waters Landing Elementary1.0 mi · 735
- Seneca Valley High1.2 mi · 2,409
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle enrolls approximately 841 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Martin Luther King Jr. Middle serve?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
At Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, the student body is approximately 13% White, 37% Hispanic, 36% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle in?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is part of Montgomery County Public Schools.
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