Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool

In Richmond, Virginia, Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool is a small elementary school. Enrollment is 185 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K. The average for elementary schools in Virginia is about 499 students, so this school is 63% smaller than average.

Richmond City Public Schools has 47 schools and 20,962 students, and Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool is one of those schools.

Black students make up 90% of enrollment at Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool. The next largest groups are 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. In Richmond city overall, about 41% of residents are Black. The school's diversity index is 19%, meaning two students picked at random have a 19% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Staffing totals 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.2:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Virginia average 13.8:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 99%. For comparison, public schools in Richmond city average 99%.

Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool is located in Richmond city, where the median household income is $64,587, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool is one of 61 public schools in the county.

The nearest other public school, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, is less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.

The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).

The school enrolled 185 students in 2024-25, 17 more than the 168 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.0:1 in 2020-21 to 14.2:1 in 2024-25.

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