Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SEATTLE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1·NCES 530771001143
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
6725 45 AVE S, SEATTLE, WA 98118 · (206) 252-6770 · King County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of Washington public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
211 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 51%
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 68% · 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
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Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
27.4%
WA avg 58.4% . -7.3pp since 2014
Math
29.1%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 29.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.4% | 28.9% |
| 2022-23 | 36.9% | 31.9% |
| 2021-22 | 37.5% | 31.7% |
| 2018-19 | 37.6% | 26.4% |
| 2017-18 | 32.8% | 28.5% |
| 2016-17 | 30.8% | 39.5% |
| 2015-16 | 35.3% | 35.3% |
| 2014-15 | 34.6% | 29.6% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
31.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 →
Schools most like Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School's state test result (31.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School this school | 289 | 73.0% | 31.6% |
| Wing Luke Elementary School SEATTLE | 334 | 71.6% | 33.8% |
| Impact | Salish Sea Elementary Seattle | 385 | 66.8% | 44.5% |
| Emerson Elementary School SEATTLE | 398 | 73.6% | 23.7% |
| Impact Public Schools Tukwila | 505 | 69.7% | 48.0% |
| Valley View Early Childhood Center SeaTac | 225 | 85.8% | N/A |
Matched among Washington elementary 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. Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In King County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #776 of 936 | #237 of 280 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #892 of 1,103 ▼ 19 | #238 of 281 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #987 of 1,102 ▼ 72 | #251 of 280 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.4pp | #108 of 928 | #34 of 274 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #982 of 1,268 | #259 of 299 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #102 of 1,085 | #31 of 280 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #317 of 1,088 | #161 of 281 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #210 of 1,169 | #33 of 292 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.3% | #185 of 257 | #36 of 54 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
289
-19 (-6%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 235
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 289 | 21.4 | 13.5:1 | 73% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 20.7 | 13.6:1 | 72% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 19.4 | 13.8:1 | 69% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 308 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 63% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 277 | 22.4 | 12.4:1 | 68% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 20 | 16.1:1 | 64% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 23 | 16.0:1 | 86% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 269 | 17 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 235 | 12 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (277 to 289); teachers down 5% (22.4 to 21.4).
About Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in SEATTLE, Washington. Its enrollment is 289 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Washington, the average enrollment is about 380.
Seattle School District No. 1 has 50,773 students spread across 107 schools.
Of every 100 students at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, about 49 are Black, the largest group. The school is also 18% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 6% White. That is higher than the 7% Black share among all King County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School has 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.5:1. Elementary schools in Washington have an average ratio of 17.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 73%. That is higher than the 38% average for public schools in King County.
Among Washington public elementary schools, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.6%, compared with a predicted 31.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, King County, median household income comes to about $124,746, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 544 public schools and about 278,492 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Rainier Valley Leadership Academy, is about 0.4 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is 7th among 8 schools close by.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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King County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,287,171
Census ACS
Median income
$124,746
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
544
278,492 students
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Other Martin Luther King Junior Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 9 states are named Martin Luther King Junior Elementary. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is the 13th largest of the 15.
- Martin Luther King Jr ElementaryYakima, WA · 485 students
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary SchoolMacon, GA · 675 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryHanford, CA · 624 students
- Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary SchoolHopkinsville, KY · 595 students
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 498 students
Nearby schools
- Rainier Valley Leadership Academy0.4 mi · 121
- Aki Kurose Middle School0.4 mi · 817
- Impact | Salish Sea Elementary0.4 mi · 385
- Graham Hill Elementary School0.5 mi · 266
- Wing Luke Elementary School0.9 mi · 334
- Orca K-8 School0.9 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary SchoolHow large is Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School enrolls approximately 289 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School serve?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School?
At Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 16% Hispanic, 49% Black, 18% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School?
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is overseen by Seattle School District No. 1 in King County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.