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Enrollment
650
Middle
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRENTON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341629006142
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School
401-411 Brunswick Ave, Trenton, NJ 08638 · (609) 656-4900 · Mercer County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of New Jersey public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 New Jersey public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
493 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 | 291 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 359 | 55% |
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
11.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
3.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.0% | 3.3% |
| 2023-24 | 8.7% | 3.5% |
% 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
6.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 7% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 25% 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 Middle School
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School's state test result (6.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School this school | 650 | 75.8% | 6.6% |
| Rosa Parks Community School ORANGE | 593 | 84.1% | 29.1% |
| Pleasantville Middle School PLEASANTVILLE | 847 | 82.6% | 16.0% |
| Joseph E. Soehl Middle School Linden | 710 | 75.2% | 22.1% |
| Dr. Leroy McCloud Elementary School ENGLEWOOD | 489 | 80.2% | 25.6% |
| Lindenwold Middle School LINDENWOLD | 896 | 86.3% | 10.4% |
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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Mercer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 6.6% | #424 of 433 | #14 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 3.3% | #435 of 437 ▼ 3 | #18 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #429 of 437 ▼ 3 | #13 of 20 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 650 | #151 of 445 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #377 of 417 | #14 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.0% | #284 of 419 | #14 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.8% | #54 of 436 | #9 of 21 |
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.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 650 | 49.5 | 13.1:1 | 76% (493) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 47 | 13.0:1 | 57% (350) |
| 2022-23 | 568 | 45 | 12.6:1 | 57% (322) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School.
About Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in Trenton, New Jersey. It educates 650 students in grades 7 through 8.
Enrollment across the 25 schools in Trenton Public School District totals 13,549 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School, at 66%. The next largest groups are 32% Black. In Mercer County overall, about 23% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Dividing enrollment by its 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.1:1. That is 2.2 students per teacher above the 10.9:1 average for middle schools in New Jersey. Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School reports 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Mercer County report 48%.
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of New Jersey public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School is 24.6%. It actually posts 6.6%, which is 18.1 points lower and in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
Federal survey data for Mercer County show that the median household income is $100,645, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 110 public schools in Mercer County, enrolling about 58,647 students in all.
Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School is located about 0.4 miles from Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School. The five-mile area around Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School comes in 3rd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
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Mercer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
385,864
Census ACS
Median income
$100,645
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
58,647 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Trenton Public School District
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
- Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyHigh · 890 students
- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
- Grant Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 610 students
Other schools in Trenton
- Trenton Central High School - Main CampusHigh · 2,097 students
- Foundation Academy Charter SchoolCombined · 1,155 students
- Trenton Central High School-9th Grade AcademyHigh · 890 students
- Capital City High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Grace A Dunn Middle SchoolMiddle · 703 students
- Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Luis Munoz-Rivera Elementary School0.4 mi · 468
- Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy0.4 mi · 890
- Grant Intermediate School0.5 mi · 610
- Battle Monument Intermediate School0.6 mi · 499
- Paul Robeson Charter School for the Humanities0.6 mi · 545
- Capital City High School0.7 mi · 756
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Martin Luther King Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School?
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School enrolls approximately 650 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School serve?
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School is approximately 13.1:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School?
Student demographics at Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School are roughly 1% White, 66% Hispanic, 32% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School public or private?
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Trenton Public School District.
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