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Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1000 Mosby St
Richmond, VA 23223
Phone
(804) 780-8011
District
RICHMOND CITY PBLC SCHS
County
RICHMOND CITY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
514
Classroom Teachers
45

* According to NeighborhoodScout’s research of school performance, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School ranks as one of the bottom 100 worst public schools in America.

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Virginia

1

(10 is best)

Better than 0.1% of all VA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
14%
63%
17%
70%
10%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
17%
63%
29%
72%
4%
54%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
17%
64%
28%
71%
5%
56%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
11
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 173 33.7%
Grade 7 156 30.4%
Grade 8 185 36.0%
Total 514 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 1.4% 11.0% 49.0%
Black 96.4% 64.5% 23.4%
Hispanic 1.0% 23.5% 19.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.8% 0.8% 7.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 99.4% 88.5% 45.9%
Free lunch eligible 99.4% 88.5% 40.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 5.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 225,676 8,683,619
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 3,612.9 216
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.3% 18.9%
20-44 YEARS OLD 42.6% 33.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.2% 25.8%
65 OR OLDER 13.2% 16.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 98,821 3,289,776
Single Parent Households With Children 8.6% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 87.7% 91.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 43.1% 41.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 12.8% 26.0%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.7% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.3% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.4% 15.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.2% 12.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.5% 9.0%
$15,000 or less 14.1% 7.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,210 $206,982,310 53.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $856 $21,580,616 5.5%
Staff $1,800 $45,379,800 11.6%
General Administration $48 $1,210,128 0.3%
School Administration $764 $19,261,204 4.9%
Operation $1,115 $28,110,265 7.2%
Transportation $591 $14,899,701 3.8%
Other $334 $8,420,474 2.2%
Total Support $5,509 $138,887,399 35.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,736 $43,766,296 11.2%
Total Expenditures $15,456 $389,661,216 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,122 $10,150,830,466 54.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $719 $899,115,816 4.8%
Staff $956 $1,195,311,652 6.4%
General Administration $235 $293,181,354 1.6%
School Administration $785 $981,688,258 5.3%
Operation $1,172 $1,464,732,040 7.8%
Transportation $669 $836,467,381 4.5%
Other $242 $303,024,403 1.6%
Total Support $4,780 $5,973,544,662 32.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,052 $2,564,076,445 13.7%
Total Expenditures $14,953 $18,688,464,433 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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