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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