MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in UTICA, New York, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary-level community, operated by UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 303 students across grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 32% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 13 schools operated by UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 9,075 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 34% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 25% Asian, 24% Hispanic, 10% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Oneida County as a whole is about 6% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oneida County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 40.3%, a residual of -1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oneida County indicate median household income runs about $70,154, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Oneida County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 17%: 367 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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