Martin Luther King Elem School

As an average-sized elementary school in ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Martin Luther King Elem School instructs 511 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Ann Arbor Public Schools. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 369 students each, so Martin Luther King Elem School sits 38% above that benchmark.

Within Ann Arbor Public Schools, which oversees 32 schools and 16,551 students, Martin Luther King Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Martin Luther King Elem School logs that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 28% White, 18% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Washtenaw County as a whole is about 9% Asian, so the school skews meaningfully more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Washtenaw County's rate of about 34%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Martin Luther King Elem School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 62.3%; this one delivers 80.9%, a residual of +18.6 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Washtenaw County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,180 per year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Washtenaw County's 104 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,861 students), Martin Luther King Elem School is one campus in the mix.

Huron High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Martin Luther King Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Martin Luther King Elem School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 69.2%.

Martin Luther King Elem School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Martin Luther King Elem School has stayed largely flat, going from 504 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 36% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.