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If you could change one rule at King Martin Luther HS, what would it be?
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Enrollment
527
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PHILADELPHIA CITY SD·NCES 421899006675
King Martin Luther High School
6100 Stenton Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19138 · (215) 400-3500 · Philadelphia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
527 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 148 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 162 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 111 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 106 | 20% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 59% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
19.7%
PA avg 51.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
2.9%
PA avg 43.0% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.7% | 2.9% |
| 2023-24 | 15.9% | 1.5% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Pennsylvania 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 King Martin Luther High School
King Martin Luther High School's state test result (8.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| King Martin Luther High School this school | 527 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
| School of the Future Philadelphia | 569 | 98.4% | 12.9% |
| Philadelphia Electrical & Technology CHS Philadelphia | 629 | 97.8% | 22.2% |
| KIPP DuBois CS Philadelphia | 523 | 99.4% | 22.9% |
| Sayre William L Middle School Philadelphia | 447 | 94.9% | 13.5% |
| Universal Audenried CS Philadelphia | 588 | 99.1% | 32.2% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high 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 King Martin Luther High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Philadelphia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #568 of 576 | #55 of 57 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.9% | #602 of 626 ▲ 12 | #62 of 67 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #599 of 626 ▲ 10 | #61 of 67 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #391 of 713 | #41 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #444 of 601 | #21 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #377 of 604 | #48 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #110 of 619 | #19 of 67 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #64 of 373 | #10 of 35 |
Ranked against other public high 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
527
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-79% since 1990-91, when it was 2,570
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 527 | 34.1 | 15.4:1 | 100% (527) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 43.1 | 12.2:1 | 100% (527) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 44.3 | 11.2:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2020-21 | 521 | 43 | 12.1:1 | 99% (518) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 47.9 | 13.4:1 | 99% (636) |
| 2015-16 | 901 | 59 | 15.3:1 | 100% (901) |
| 2010-11 | 1,087 | 82 | 13.3:1 | 100% (1,084) |
| 2000-01 | 1,744 | 92 | 19.0:1 | 70% (1,217) |
| 1990-91 | 2,570 | 125 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for King Martin Luther High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (641 to 527); teachers down 29% (47.9 to 34.1).
About King Martin Luther High School
King Martin Luther High School is a high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. The school enrolls 527 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 738 students for high schools in Pennsylvania.
The district, Philadelphia City SD, operates 220 schools serving 116,230 students.
The share of Black students at King Martin Luther High School is 89%. The remaining shares are 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Philadelphia County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, King Martin Luther High School scores 20%.
There are 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at King Martin Luther High School, giving a ratio of 15.4:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.8:1. A total of 527 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Pennsylvania public high schools, King Martin Luther High School outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
King Martin Luther High School scores 26.2 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 8.5% actual versus 34.7% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Philadelphia County, median household income comes to about $61,953, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. The county has 309 public schools and about 182,005 students.
Parkway Northwest, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 17.7%; King Martin Luther High School's is 8.5%, ranking 8th of 8.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 521 in 2020-21 and 527 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 12.1:1 to 15.4:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at King Martin Luther High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Philadelphia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,579,706
Census ACS
Median income
$61,953
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
309
182,005 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Philadelphia City SD
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Other schools in Philadelphia
- Northeast High SchoolHigh · 3,463 students
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- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,472 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,329 students
- MaST Community CS IICombined · 1,875 students
- First Philadelphia Preparatory CSCombined · 1,831 students
Nearby schools
- Parkway Northwest0.2 mi · 238
- West Oak Lane CS0.2 mi · 955
- Day Anna B School0.4 mi · 314
- Building 210.5 mi · 371
- Mastery CS-Francis D. Pastorius Elementary0.6 mi · 647
- Imhotep Institute CHS0.6 mi · 603
Frequently asked questions
About King Martin Luther High SchoolHow large is King Martin Luther High School?
King Martin Luther High School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does King Martin Luther High School serve?
King Martin Luther High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does King Martin Luther High School have?
King Martin Luther High School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at King Martin Luther High School?
Student demographics at King Martin Luther High School are roughly 1% White, 6% Hispanic, 89% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is King Martin Luther High School in?
King Martin Luther High School is part of Philadelphia City SD.
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