Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is one of the modestly sized elementary campuss in SEATTLE, Washington, run under Seattle School District No. 1, with 289 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 380.

Across the 107 schools in Seattle School District No. 1 (50,773 students total), Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% White. By comparison, King County as a whole is about 7% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, King County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.2%; this one delivers 31.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for King County indicate median household income runs about $124,746, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across King County's 544 public schools (combined enrollment of about 278,492 students), Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Rainier Valley Leadership Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 277 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment shrank from 29% to 18% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.