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Martin Luther King 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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
1781 Rose St.
Berkeley, CA 94703
Phone
(510) 644-6280
District
BERKELEY UNIFIED
County
ALAMEDA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
958
Classroom Teachers
49

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

9

(10 is best)

Better than 88.8% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

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

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
68%
44%
69%
49%
67%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
74%
44%
76%
51%
71%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
74%
42%
75%
49%
72%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
19
23
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 305 31.8%
Grade 7 325 33.9%
Grade 8 328 34.2%
Total 958 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 57.8% 48.2% 23.3%
Black 12.4% 14.8% 5.4%
Hispanic 19.5% 25.8% 57.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 10.0% 10.7% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.5% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 20.5% 25.8% 58.7%
Free lunch eligible 19.2% 23.8% 52.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 1.3% 2.0% 6.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 123,065 39,237,836
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 11,704.4 248
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 3.4% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.8% 19.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 43.8% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 19.5% 25.0%
65 OR OLDER 15.5% 14.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 45,884 13,217,586
Single Parent Households With Children 5.4% 8.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.5% 84.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 73.1% 35.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 32.4% 25.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.7% 17.5%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.2% 12.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 12.0% 14.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.4% 12.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.9% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 11.3% 8.2%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,571 $103,289,241 50.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $920 $8,989,320 4.4%
Staff $1,308 $12,780,468 6.3%
General Administration $327 $3,195,117 1.6%
School Administration $784 $7,660,464 3.8%
Operation $1,784 $17,431,464 8.6%
Transportation $413 $4,035,423 2.0%
Other $907 $8,862,297 4.4%
Total Support $6,443 $62,954,553 31.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,743 $36,572,853 18.0%
Total Expenditures $20,757 $202,816,647 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,356 $50,163,077,615 48.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $884 $5,306,242,206 5.2%
Staff $863 $5,178,254,236 5.0%
General Administration $215 $1,291,487,537 1.3%
School Administration $923 $5,541,916,109 5.4%
Operation $1,311 $7,872,234,116 7.7%
Transportation $303 $1,818,082,742 1.8%
Other $665 $3,989,805,237 3.9%
Total Support $5,163 $30,997,440,957 30.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,580 $21,494,994,026 20.9%
Total Expenditures $17,099 $102,656,107,113 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%