Enrollment
312
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTLAND SD 1J·NCES 411004000911
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School
4906 NE 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97211 · (503) 916-6456 · Multnomah County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL312 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
112%
348 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.3%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
34.5%
OR avg 31.8% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
312
-57 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.4:1
% White
26%
was 13%
% Hispanic
21%
was 29%
% Black
31%
was 39%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School
Set in Portland, Oregon, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School is a reasonably sized primary school, operated by Portland SD 1J. It caters to 312 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Portland SD 1J comprises 86 schools with combined enrollment of 41,894 students; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School is among them.
Demographically, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School logs that the most-represented group is Black (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% White, 21% Hispanic, 18% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Multnomah County as a whole is about 6% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. Roughly 112% of students at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Multnomah County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
Across the wider county, census data for Multnomah County shows the typical household earns roughly $88,766 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Multnomah County's 169 public schools (combined enrollment of about 81,096 students), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Jefferson High School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 15%: 369 students in 2018 compared to 312 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 13% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.
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Multnomah County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
801,477
Census ACS
Median income
$88,766
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
169
81,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Portland SD 1J
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
- Ida B. Wells-Barnett High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 1,611 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 1,450 students
Other schools in Portland
- David Douglas High SchoolHigh · 2,756 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 2,423 students
- Grant High SchoolHigh · 2,149 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 1,812 students
- Franklin High SchoolHigh · 1,807 students
- Leodis V. McDaniel High SchoolHigh · 1,681 students
Nearby schools
- Jefferson High School0.6 mi · 456
- Sabin Elementary School0.7 mi · 293
- Kairos PDX0.7 mi · 226
- Vernon Elementary School0.8 mi · 564
- Boise-Eliot Elementary School1.0 mi · 313
- The Ivy School1.1 mi · 273
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. SchoolHow many students attend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School enrolls approximately 312 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School serve?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School.
How diverse is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School reports a student body of 26% White, 21% Hispanic, 31% Black, 3% Asian, 18% Two or more.
What district is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School in?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School is part of Portland SD 1J.
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