Martin Luther King Academy for Boys Elementary School

Located at 1300 Forest Ave, in Toledo, Ohio, Martin Luther King Academy for Boys Elementary School is a tiny K-5 school that serves 152 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Toledo City. Compared to the state average of about 404 students per school, that is 62% leaner than typical.

Toledo City runs 57 schools in total, collectively educating 21,181 students. Martin Luther King Academy for Boys Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Martin Luther King Academy for Boys Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (89%); the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Lucas County reports that median household income runs about $62,224, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Martin Luther King Academy for Boys Elementary School is one of 143 public schools in Lucas County (combined enrollment of about 73,839 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pickett Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Martin Luther King Academy for Boys Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 172 (now 152). Class-load math has fell: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.