Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN ANTONIO ISD·NCES 483873010425
M L KING ACADEMY
510 MORNINGVIEW DR, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78220 · (210) 978-7935 · Bexar County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
511 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
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
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
27.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
532
+167 (+46%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.0:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
76%
was 53%
% Black
22%
was 46%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About M L KING ACADEMY
As a moderately sized elementary school in SAN ANTONIO, Texas, M L KING ACADEMY caters to 532 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD.
Within SAN ANTONIO ISD, which oversees 100 schools and 47,623 students, M L KING ACADEMY is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, M L KING ACADEMY shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Black. The wider county runs roughly 60% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, M L KING ACADEMY has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.
After controlling for student poverty, M L KING ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.9%; this one delivers 22.7%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,341, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bexar County runs 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), of which M L KING ACADEMY is one.
Nearest neighbor: GATES EL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around M L KING ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts M L KING ACADEMY at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.8%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Five-year trend. M L KING ACADEMY's enrollment has rose 46% since 2018, when it stood at 365 (now 532). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 46% to 22%. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.
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Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO ISD
- JEFFERSON H SHigh · 1,706 students
- LANIER H SHigh · 1,620 students
- BRACKENRIDGE H SHigh · 1,593 students
- HIGHLANDS H SHigh · 1,478 students
- BURBANK H SHigh · 1,405 students
- EDISON H SHigh · 1,360 students
Other schools in SAN ANTONIO
- REAGAN H SHigh · 3,403 students
- EAST CENTRAL H SHigh · 3,362 students
- JOHNSON H SHigh · 3,196 students
- BRENNAN H SHigh · 2,965 students
- HARLAN H SHigh · 2,778 students
- CLARK H SHigh · 2,750 students
Nearby schools
- GATES EL0.0 mi · 158
- DORIE MILLER EL0.6 mi · 314
- CARROLL EARLY CHILDHOOD CAMPUS0.9 mi · 364
- DEMOCRACY PREP AT STEWART ACADEMY0.9 mi · 645
- IDEA EASTSIDE ACADEMY1.0 mi · 392
- IDEA EASTSIDE COLLEGE PREPARATORY1.0 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About M L KING ACADEMYHow many students attend M L KING ACADEMY?
M L KING ACADEMY enrolls approximately 532 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does M L KING ACADEMY serve?
M L KING ACADEMY serves grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at M L KING ACADEMY?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at M L KING ACADEMY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at M L KING ACADEMY?
At M L KING ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 1% White, 76% Hispanic, 22% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is M L KING ACADEMY public or private?
M L KING ACADEMY is a public K-12 school, overseen by SAN ANTONIO ISD.
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