Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6

Regular School · Passaic, NJ

Martin Luther King Jr. School No. 6 is a regular school school in Passaic, New Jersey, serving grades PK–08 with 754 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 10.5:1.

Level

Elementary

Grades

PK – 08

Enrollment

754

Teachers (FTE)

71.6

Student–Teacher Ratio

10.5:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Hispanic/Latino	697	92%
Black or African American	45	6%
White	5	1%
Two or more races	4	1%
Asian	1	0%
American Indian / Alaska Native	1	0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	1	0%
Total enrollment	754	368M / 386F

English Language Learners: 317 (42% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	2.0% -23.6pp	25.6%	458
Reading Proficiency	18.0% -28.8pp	46.8%	465
Science Proficiency	<=5%	—	141

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)

-0.43 grade levels

Math

+0.10 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

45 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

2.3% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

251

33.3% 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.)	754	100%

Contact & Location

85 Hamilton Ave.

Passaic, NJ 07055

Phone: (973)470-5506

http://passaicschools.org

District

Passaic City School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $38,105

District enrollment: 12,195

Other Schools in District

Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 19 Elementary
Mahatma Gandhi School Number 25 Elementary
Mario Drago School No. 3 Elementary
Sallie D. Gamble School No. 7 Elementary
Sonia Sotomayor School #21 Elementary
Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10 Elementary
Thomas Jefferson School No. 1 Elementary
Vincent Capuana School No. 15 Elementary

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 07055) → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey population & income data → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

341254004844

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