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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 376 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANN ARBOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 260282004034
Martin Luther King Elem School
3800 WALDENWOOD DR, ANN ARBOR, MI 48105 · (734) 994-1940 · Washtenaw County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Michigan public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
46 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 55%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 56% · 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
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
76.1%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
85.2%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Michigan schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Michigan's top 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 Elem School
Martin Luther King Elem School's state test result (80.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Elem School this school | 511 | 9.0% | 80.9% |
| Village Oaks Elementary School NOVI | 499 | 13.6% | 63.9% |
| Hamilton Elementary School TROY | 460 | 9.3% | 77.7% |
| Longacre Elementary School FARMINGTON | 443 | 13.5% | 52.5% |
| Schroeder Elementary School TROY | 423 | 6.9% | 70.0% |
| Leonard Elementary School TROY | 400 | 8.0% | 72.5% |
Matched among Michigan elementary 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 Elem School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In Washtenaw County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.9% | #9 of 1,085 | #1 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.2% | #6 of 1,072 | #2 of 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #27 of 1,139 | #3 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #257 of 1,630 | #7 of 53 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #594 of 1,424 | #27 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #78 of 1,424 | #8 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.0% | #1,524 of 1,563 | #49 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #398 of 440 | #11 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
511
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 511 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 9% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 32.7 | 15.7:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 29.1 | 17.5:1 | 10% (51) |
| 2020-21 | 488 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 504 | 29.1 | 17.3:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 23 | 21.0:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 404 | 19 | 21.3:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 23 | 19.3:1 | 7% (31) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Elem School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (504 to 511); teachers up 13% (29.1 to 33).
About Martin Luther King Elem School
At 3800 WALDENWOOD DR in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Martin Luther King Elem School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It had 511 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Michigan enroll about 369 students on average.
Martin Luther King Elem School sits within Ann Arbor Public Schools, which has 32 schools and 16,551 students.
The student body at Martin Luther King Elem School has no majority group. Asian students lead at 43%. Next come 28% White, 18% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Black. The county population is about 9% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 70, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Elem School is 15.5:1, based on 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.8:1 average for elementary schools in Michigan is close to this figure. Lunch program data show 9% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Washtenaw County, the average eligibility rate is 34%.
Martin Luther King Elem School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of Michigan public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 80.9%, is 18.6 points above the 62.3% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Michigan schools.
For the population of Washtenaw County, median household income comes to about $89,180, roughly 59% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Washtenaw County's 104 public schools enroll about 42,861 students and include Martin Luther King Elem School.
Huron High School is about 0.9 miles from Martin Luther King Elem School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Martin Luther King Elem School is 1st on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Martin Luther King Elem School inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
The school grew from 488 students in 2020-21 to 511 in 2024-25.
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Washtenaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
369,822
Census ACS
Median income
$89,180
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
104
42,861 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ann Arbor Public Schools
- Huron High SchoolHigh · 1,696 students
- Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Slauson Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Clague Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- Tappan Middle SchoolMiddle · 695 students
Other schools in ANN ARBOR
- Huron High SchoolHigh · 1,696 students
- Pioneer High SchoolHigh · 1,671 students
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 1,237 students
- Washtenaw Technical Middle CollegeHigh · 821 students
- Slauson Middle SchoolMiddle · 729 students
- Clague Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
Other Martin Luther King Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Martin Luther King Elementary. Martin Luther King Elem School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Martin Luther King Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 591 students
- MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWYANDANCH, NY · 538 students
- Martin Luther King ElementaryVANCOUVER, WA · 514 students
- Martin Luther King Elementary SchoolPISCATAWAY, NJ · 488 students
- Martin Luther King ElementaryCompton, CA · 336 students
Nearby schools
- Huron High School0.9 mi · 1,696
- Thurston Elementary School1.7 mi · 506
- Washtenaw Technical Middle College1.8 mi · 821
- Clague Middle School2.0 mi · 696
- Correctional Services2.1 mi · 3
- Washtenaw County Youth Center Educational Programs2.2 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Elem SchoolHow many students attend Martin Luther King Elem School?
Martin Luther King Elem School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades KG-05.
Is Martin Luther King Elem School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Martin Luther King Elem School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Martin Luther King Elem School have?
Martin Luther King Elem School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Martin Luther King Elem School?
Student demographics at Martin Luther King Elem School are roughly 28% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black, 43% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Martin Luther King Elem School?
Martin Luther King Elem School is overseen by Ann Arbor Public Schools in Washtenaw County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.