Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6

Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6, a heavily attended elementary-level community in Passaic, New Jersey, operated by Passaic City School District, works with 754 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 86% above typical.

Within Passaic City School District, which oversees 19 schools and 11,877 students, Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6 is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6 shows that nearly all students (92%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Passaic County's rate of about 61%.

After controlling for student poverty, Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 11.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 10.3%.

Around the school, Passaic County reports that median household earnings sit near $87,522, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Passaic County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 83,237 students), of which Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6 is one.

Sonia Sotomayor School #21 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6 ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 22.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 34%: 1,136 students in 2018 compared to 754 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.