Martin Luther King Jr. School

Regular School · JERSEY CITY, NJ

Martin Luther King Jr. School is a regular school school in JERSEY CITY, New Jersey, serving grades PK–08 with 752 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 11.7:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

PK – 08

Enrollment

752

Teachers (FTE)

64.5

Student–Teacher Ratio

11.7:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
White	386	51%
Asian	153	20%
Hispanic/Latino	131	17%
Black or African American	61	8%
Two or more races	10	1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	7	1%
American Indian / Alaska Native	4	1%
Total enrollment	752	393M / 359F

English Language Learners: 192 (26% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	12.0% -13.6pp	25.6%	507
Reading Proficiency	38.0% -8.8pp	46.8%	506
Science Proficiency	10-14%	—	167

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)

+0.07 grade levels

Math

+0.08 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

138 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

0.3% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

130

17.3% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

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

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	752	100%

Contact & Location

886 BERGEN AVE

JERSEY CITY, NJ 07306

Phone: (201)915-6521

http://ps11.jcboe.org/

District

Jersey City Public Schools

Per-pupil expenditure: $35,851

District enrollment: 25,395

Other Schools in District

Alexander D. Sullivan School Elementary
Alfred Zampella School Elementary
Chaplain Charles Watters School Elementary
Charles E. Trefurt School Elementary
Christa McAuliffe School Elementary
Cornelia F. Bradford School Elementary
Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School Elementary
Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 07306) → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey population & income data → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

340783002792

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