📍 545 Hill St SE, Atlanta, Fulton County, 30312
Martin L. King Jr. Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Atlanta, Fulton County. The school has 818 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Atlanta Public Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 23% of students are proficient in reading. 16% are proficient in maths.
Martin L. King Jr. Middle School enrolls 818 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 61 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% Black or African American, 12% White and 9% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 610 | 75% |
| White | 97 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 74 | 9% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
818 of the school's 818 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 818 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.
Martin L. King Jr. Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: 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 GA-50, state senate district 36, state house district 59.
Martin L. King Jr. Middle School is one of 86 schools in Atlanta Public Schools, based in Atlanta, Georgia. The district serves 49,945 students district-wide and employs 3,979 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 818 students, Martin L. King Jr. Middle School is larger than the district average of about 581 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large
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