Martin Luther King Jr Elementary

Martin Luther King Jr Elementary operates as an average-sized primary school in Yakima, Washington, overseen by Yakima School District. Current enrollment sits at 485 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

Yakima School District comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 15,488 students; Martin Luther King Jr Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Other groups include 6% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Martin Luther King Jr Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 93% of students at Martin Luther King Jr Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Yakima County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 18.1%; this one delivers 21.7%.

In the broader community, Yakima County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,656, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Yakima County's 119 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students), Martin Luther King Jr Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Union Gap School, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Martin Luther King Jr Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Martin Luther King Jr Elementary's enrollment has declined 23% since 2018, when it stood at 626 (now 485). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

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