📍 2012 Carion Ct., Pittsburg, Contra Costa County, 94565
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Pittsburg, Contra Costa County. The school has 738 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Danielle Winford. It is part of the Pittsburg Unified school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High enrolls 738 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% Hispanic or Latino, 19% Black or African American and 8.3% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 467 | 63% |
| Black or African American | 141 | 19% |
| Asian | 61 | 8.3% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 5% |
| White | 20 | 2.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 11 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
599 of the school's 738 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High is one of 13 schools in Pittsburg Unified, based in Pittsburg, California. The district serves 10,666 students district-wide and employs 484 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 738 students, Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High is close to the district average of about 820 students per school.
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