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Martin Luther King, Jr.
480 Little River Way
Sacramento, CA 95831

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  • School Type: Elementary School
  • District: Sacramento City Unified
  • Ranking compared to similar schools: 2
  • Achieved API growth target: No
  • API Score to meet growth target: 759
  • School Schedule: Standard
  • Grades: K-8
  • K-3 Class Size: 23
  • Grades 4-6 Class Size: 25
  • Core Academic Courses: 23
Demographic Information:
  • GATE students: 13%
  • English learners: 13%
  • Reclassified as English proficient: 8%
  • Migrant education program participants: 0%
  • Eligible for free/reduced price lunch: 60%
  • Special education within past two years: 17%
Parent's Education:
  • Overall Average Education4: 2.95
(based on the 60% who responded)
Graduate School
 15%
College Graduate
 16%
Some College
 30%
High School
Graduate
 29%
Not a High School
Graduate
 11%

State Rank: 3 out of 101
API Score:
(2011) 		7542
Student Ethnicity:
Hispanic/Latino
 29%
African American
 29%
Asian
 17%
White
 16%
Filipino
 3%
Two or More
 3%
American Indian
 2%
Pacific Islander
 1%

Median Home Price (Zindex) for zip code 95831:

Related Schools:
Alice Birney Waldorf-Inspired K-8 rank: 2 in Sacramento
Caroline Wenzel Elementary rank: 4 in Sacramento
Freeport Elementary rank: 1 in Sacramento
Genevieve Didion rank: 9 in Sacramento
John Bidwell Elementary rank: 6 in Sacramento
John Cabrillo Elementary rank: 1 in Sacramento
John D. Sloat Elementary rank: 3 in Sacramento
John F. Kennedy High rank: 6 in Sacramento
John Morse Therapeutic Center rank: C in Sacramento
Martin Luther King, Jr. rank: 3 in Sacramento
Matsuyama Elementary rank: 8 in Sacramento
New Technology High rank: 3 in Sacramento
Pony Express Elementary rank: 8 in Sacramento
School of Engineering & Sciences rank: 8 in Sacramento
Sol Aureus College Preparatory rank: 8 in Sacramento
Yav Pem Suab Academy - Preparing for the Future Charter rank: 3 in Sacramento

Notes:
  1. The State Rank is determined by a school's API Score in comparison to all other schools in California. (1 is the worst, 10 is the best). An equal number of schools occupy each rank. * This rank comes from the 2011 California Academic Performance Index (API) Base report.
  2. The API Score is a number between 200 and 1000 that reflects a school's performance on statewide student assessments administered in 2011.
  3. Alternative Schools receive APIs but do not receive ranks
  4. Parent Education is the average of all responses where "1" represents "Not a high school graduate" and "5" represents "Graduate school."
  5. More information: 2011 Base API Information Guide (PDF; 512KB; 77pp.)



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