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Enrollment
500
Middle
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 750
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 510324001385
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
1000 Mosby St, Richmond, VA 23223 · (804) 780-8011 · Richmond city
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Virginia public middle 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 Virginia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
491 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 66%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 179 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 169 | 34% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 71% · 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
SOL 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
VA avg 74.2% . +12.0pp since 2022
Math
28.0%
VA avg 72.7% . +3.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the SOL, Virginia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Virginia schools, those numbers are about 74 and 73. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 3 points.
SOL results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: SOL. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of VA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on VA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Virginia 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 Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle's state test result (35.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle this school | 500 | 98.2% | 35.9% |
| Ruffner School Norfolk | 576 | 93.4% | 27.3% |
| Thomas H. Henderson Middle Richmond | 430 | 98.6% | 44.1% |
| Edward W. Wyatt Middle Emporia | 448 | 99.6% | 61.6% |
| Dogwood Middle Richmond | 371 | 98.9% | 51.5% |
| Huntington Middle Newport News | 292 | 99.0% | 33.6% |
Matched among Virginia middle 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 Martin Luther King Jr. Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Virginia | In Richmond city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #333 of 337 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #337 of 342 ▲ 1 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #332 of 342 ▲ 6 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #258 of 343 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #23 of 327 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.5% | #316 of 333 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #49 of 340 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #51 of 224 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
500
-111 (-18%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 776
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 500 | 48.6 | 10.3:1 | 98% (491) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 28.6 | 17.3:1 | 98% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 53.5 | 9.4:1 | 96% (480) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 47 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 40.7 | 15.0:1 | 98% (601) |
| 2015-16 | 691 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 100% (688) |
| 2010-11 | 731 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 100% (728) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 48 | 10.5:1 | 94% (475) |
| 1990-91 | 776 | 59 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (611 to 500); teachers up 19% (40.7 to 48.6).
About Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is a middle school located in Richmond, Virginia, in Richmond city. It reported 500 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Middle schools in Virginia have about 750 students on average; enrollment here is 33% lower.
Richmond City Public Schools runs Martin Luther King Jr. Middle along with 46 other schools, enrolling 20,962 students in total.
At Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, 92% of students are Black. Other students are 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 41% Black share among all Richmond city residents. The diversity index for Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is 10.3:1, based on 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Virginia average 13.1:1. Lunch program data show 98% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Richmond city is similar, at 99%.
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of Virginia public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is in the bottom 10% of Virginia schools: 35.9% actual against 61.4% predicted.
In Richmond city, median household income comes to about $64,587, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 61, with about 20,253 students.
Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool is less than a tenth of a mile from Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle enrolled 611 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 500. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.0:1 in 2020-21 to 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Richmond city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,359
Census ACS
Median income
$64,587
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
61
20,253 students
Quick facts
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- Armstrong HighHigh · 709 students
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- Hermitage HighHigh · 1,719 students
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- Monacan HighHigh · 1,644 students
- Huguenot HighHigh · 1,469 students
Other Martin Luther King Junior Middle schools
7 other US public schools in 4 states are named Martin Luther King Junior Middle. Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is the 8th largest of the 8.
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleOceanside, CA · 1,098 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleMadera, CA · 865 students
- Martin Luther King Jr MiddleCharlotte, NC · 844 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleGermantown, MD · 841 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleHayward, CA · 669 students
Nearby schools
- Martin Luther King Jr. Preschool0.1 mi · 185
- Henry Marsh III Elementary0.7 mi · 512
- Bellevue Elementary0.8 mi · 206
- Chimborazo Elementary0.9 mi · 403
- Woodville Elementary1.0 mi · 217
- Armstrong High1.1 mi · 709
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr. MiddleHow large is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle enrolls approximately 500 students in grades 06-08.
Is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle an elementary, middle, or high school?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is approximately 10.3:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle?
At Martin Luther King Jr. Middle, the student body is approximately 2% White, 4% Hispanic, 92% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Martin Luther King Jr. Middle public or private?
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richmond City Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.