Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool

Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool is a tiny elementary campus in Richmond, Virginia, operated by Richmond City Public Schools. The school serves 185 students in grade pre-K. Enrollment runs roughly 63% leaner than the state mean of about 499.

Richmond City Public Schools runs 47 schools in total, collectively educating 20,962 students. Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%); the rest reads as 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 41% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool logs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Richmond city indicate median household income runs about $64,587, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Richmond city runs 61 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,253 students), of which Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool is one.

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool's enrollment has ticked up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 176 (now 185). The Black share of enrollment declined from 99% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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