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Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Jacksonville, Duval County. The school has 355 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Duval school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School enrolls 355 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Black or African American, 3.1% White and 1.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 337 | 95% |
| White | 11 | 3.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 355 students (85%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 303 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
The school's NCES locale classification is City, Large. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-5, state senate district 6, state house district 14.
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is one of 209 schools in DUVAL, based in JACKSONVILLE, Florida. The district serves 130,054 students district-wide and employs 7,048 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 355 students, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 622 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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