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Enrollment
538
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363180004234
MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
792 MOUNT AVE, WYANDANCH, NY 11798 · (631) 870-0555 · Suffolk County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL538 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
420 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 147 | 27% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 229 | 43% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 2% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 72% · 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
Based on grade levels within WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
28.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
28.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 30.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
25.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 46% typical for New York 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 MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (25.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 538 | 78.1% | 25.4% |
| LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WYANDANCH | 538 | 75.5% | N/A |
| SCHOOL 9-DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ROCHESTER | 614 | 81.1% | 10.6% |
| SCHOOL 17-ENRICO FERMI ROCHESTER | 525 | 75.6% | 4.3% |
| FRANCIS J O'NEILL SCHOOL CENTRAL ISLIP | 600 | 75.2% | 36.8% |
| SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL-BUSHWICK BROOKLYN | 558 | 77.8% | 97.8% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Suffolk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #2,146 of 2,335 | #164 of 168 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,141 of 2,342 ▼ 116 | #166 of 169 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,165 of 2,343 ▼ 170 | #162 of 169 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 538 | #681 of 2,585 | #62 of 209 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #1,599 of 2,338 | #143 of 196 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #1,587 of 2,388 | #149 of 197 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #828 of 2,534 | #9 of 200 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #667 of 1,757 | #25 of 137 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
538
-78 (-13%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 815
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 538 | 41.7 | 12.9:1 | 78% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 614 | 42.8 | 14.3:1 | 83% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 621 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 89% (555) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 87% (535) |
| 2017-18 | 663 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 84% (558) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 92% (597) |
| 2010-11 | 496 | 39 | 12.7:1 | 63% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 1,103 | 79 | 14.0:1 | 86% (949) |
| 1990-91 | 815 | 43 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A mid-sized elementary school in WYANDANCH, New York, MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school has 538 students in 2024-25 across grades 3 through 5. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 4 schools; together they serve 2,472 students.
The student body at MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 72% Hispanic. Other reported shares: 27% Black. Suffolk County's residents are about 23% Hispanic, 50 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school had 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 78%. The 39% average for public schools in Suffolk County is 39 points lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a bottom-10% school in New York on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 25.4% against a predicted 46.3%.
For the population of Suffolk County, median household income comes to about $130,686, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Suffolk County counts 343 public schools with about 222,439 students.
LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 538, from 616 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.4:1 in 2020-21, and 12.9:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Suffolk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,530,146
Census ACS
Median income
$130,686
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
343
222,439 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WYANDANCH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 850 students
- MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 546 students
- LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 538 students
Other schools in WYANDANCH
- WYANDANCH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 850 students
- MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 546 students
- LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 538 students
- ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)Elementary · 468 students
Other Martin Luther King Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Martin Luther King Elementary. MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Martin Luther King Elementary SchoolEDISON, NJ · 591 students
- Martin Luther King ElementaryVANCOUVER, WA · 514 students
- Martin Luther King Elem SchoolANN ARBOR, MI · 511 students
- Martin Luther King Elementary SchoolPISCATAWAY, NJ · 488 students
- Martin Luther King ElementaryCompton, CA · 336 students
Nearby schools
- LAFRANCIS HARDIMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 538
- ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL 2 (THE)0.5 mi · 468
- WYANDANCH MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 850
- MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 546
- BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 375
- MAY MOORE PRIMARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 538 students in grades 03-05.
Is MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 72% Hispanic, 27% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MARTIN LUTHER KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WYANDANCH UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.