Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52 is an intimate elementary school in ELIZABETH, New Jersey, one of the schools within Elizabeth Public Schools. The school instructs 301 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 26% smaller than the state mean of about 405.

Elizabeth Public Schools comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 27,580 students; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52 is among them.

Looking at the student body, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52 logs that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 13% Black, 3% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Union County reports that the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52 is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

Benjamin Franklin School No. 13 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.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52 operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Childhood Center No 52's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 305 (now 301). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 78% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.