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Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex

Regular School · Atlantic City, NJ

Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex is a regular school school in Atlantic City, New Jersey, serving grades PK–08 with 544 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 10.3:1.

Level
Elementary
Grades
PK – 08
Enrollment
544
Teachers (FTE)
52.8
Student–Teacher Ratio
10.3:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Black or African American 362 67%
Hispanic/Latino 155 28%
Two or more races 15 3%
Asian 8 1%
White 4 1%
Total enrollment 544 284M / 260F

English Language Learners: 30 (6% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 3.0% -22.6pp 25.6% 316
Reading Proficiency 20.0% -26.8pp 46.8% 326
Science Proficiency <=5% 106

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.49 grade levels
Math
+0.03 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
67 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
108
19.9% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
175
32.2% of enrollment · SY 2019–20
Additional Targeted Support (ATSI)

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 544 100%

Contact & Location

1700 Marmora Avenue

Atlantic City, NJ 08401

Phone: (609)343-7380

http://www.acboe.org/mlk

District

Atlantic City School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $36,858

District enrollment: 6,346

NCES ID

340096000032

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD