Enrollment
195
Middle
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ASBURY PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340093003742
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
1200 BANGS AVENUE, ASBURY PARK, NJ 07712 · (732) 776-2559 · Monmouth County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
151 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 41%
Community
0
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 7 | 102 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 93 | 48% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School→Asbury Park High School
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NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
12.6%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
8.2%
NJ avg 41.6% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.6% | 8.2% |
| 2023-24 | 8.3% | 3.2% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
6.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 6% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 24% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School's state test result (6.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School this school | 195 | 77.4% | 6.0% |
| Ezra L. Nolan School JERSEY CITY | 250 | 84.0% | 6.0% |
| Walter O. Krumbiegel Middle School HILLSIDE | 323 | 73.1% | 17.8% |
| Paulsboro Junior High School Paulsboro | 155 | 81.9% | 7.8% |
| Morgan Village Middle School Camden | 203 | 69.0% | 5.0% |
| Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School Trenton | 329 | 78.4% | 2.7% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Monmouth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.0% | #427 of 433 | #33 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #417 of 437 ▲ 16 | #35 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #425 of 437 ▲ 3 | #35 of 35 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #421 of 445 | #34 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.4% | #46 of 436 | #4 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.1% | #2 of 282 | #1 of 32 |
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
195
-175 (-47%) vs 2020
-75% since 1990-91, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
6.8:1
was 8.6:1
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 | 195 | 28.5 | 6.8:1 | 77% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 32.5 | 8.8:1 | 55% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 32.5 | 8.2:1 | 58% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 43 | 8.6:1 | 66% (244) |
| 2017-18 | 349 | 40 | 8.7:1 | 65% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 48 | 7.8:1 | 92% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 45 | 8.0:1 | 75% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 52 | 13.5:1 | 78% (546) |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 64 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (349 to 195); teachers down 29% (40 to 28.5).
About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Among the schools in ASBURY PARK, New Jersey, is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, a small middle school. Students in grades 7 through 8 attend, and enrollment is 195 students. The school's enrollment is 66% smaller than the 578 average for middle schools in New Jersey.
Asbury Park School District, which runs Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, has 4 schools and 1,362 students.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 50%. Smaller groups are 48% Black and 3% White. County-wide, 13% of Monmouth County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 6.8:1, with 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School is 77%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Monmouth County is 29%.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School is a bottom-10% school in New Jersey on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 6.0% against a predicted 23.8%.
Monmouth County has these Census figures: the median household income is $124,845, about 51% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Monmouth County has 186 public schools and roughly 91,053 students.
The closest public school to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School is Bradley Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The 2020-21 count was 370 students and the 2024-25 count was 195. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. Students per teacher fell from 8.6 in 2020-21 to 6.8 in 2024-25.
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Monmouth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
645,353
Census ACS
Median income
$124,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
51%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
91,053 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Asbury Park School District
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Asbury Park High SchoolHigh · 379 students
- Bradley Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
Other schools in ASBURY PARK
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Asbury Park High SchoolHigh · 379 students
- Bradley Elementary SchoolElementary · 345 students
- Hope Academy Charter SchoolElementary · 309 students
Nearby schools
- Bradley Elementary School0.5 mi · 345
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School0.5 mi · 443
- Midtown Community Elementary School0.5 mi · 437
- Hope Academy Charter School0.6 mi · 309
- Asbury Park High School0.8 mi · 379
- Neptune High School1.0 mi · 1,129
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle SchoolHow many students attend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School enrolls approximately 195 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School serve?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School is approximately 6.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School?
At Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 50% Hispanic, 48% Black.
What district is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School is part of Asbury Park School District.
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