Martin Luther King Jr Elementary

Among the schools in BENTON HARBOR, Michigan, is Martin Luther King Jr Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school. It reported 229 students in grades 1 through 3 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 369 students for elementary schools in Michigan.

Besides Martin Luther King Jr Elementary, Benton Harbor Area Schools runs 5 other schools. The district enrolls 1,227 students.

At Martin Luther King Jr Elementary, 86% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Berrien County is roughly 13% Black. The diversity index for Martin Luther King Jr Elementary is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

Martin Luther King Jr Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1, with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Michigan, 15.8:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 89% at Martin Luther King Jr Elementary. Across public schools in Berrien County, the average is 55%.

The school is in Berrien County, where the median household earns about $65,425 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Martin Luther King Jr Elementary shares Berrien County with 74 other public schools.

Of the public schools around it, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary is closest to Discovery Enrichment Center, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

For locale, NCES codes Martin Luther King Jr Elementary as Suburb: Small.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 32%, from 335 to 229. Students per teacher dropped from 23.9 in 2020-21 to 10.4 in 2024-25.

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