📍 2000 S 18th St, Yakima, Yakima County, 98903
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Yakima, Yakima County. The school has 513 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yakima School District school district. It serves grades K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary enrolls 513 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 37.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 89% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 458 | 89% |
| White | 45 | 8.8% |
| Black or African American | 5 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
480 of the school's 513 students (94%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 455 qualify for free lunch and 25 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 Luther King Jr Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Midsize). 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 WA-40, state senate district 15, state house district 15.
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary is one of 29 schools in Yakima School District, based in YAKIMA, Washington. The district serves 15,488 students district-wide and employs 920 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 513 students, Martin Luther King Jr Elementary is close to the district average of about 534 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Midsize
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