Is Martin Luther King a good school?

Martin Luther King ranks in the bottom 3.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Martin Luther King?

In the 2023-24 school year, 572 students attended Martin Luther King.

What is the racial makeup of Martin Luther King?

Students at Martin Luther King are 83% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% Asian, 3% African American, 2% Pacific Islander, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Martin Luther King attend?

Students who attend Martin Luther King usually go on to attend: Middle : Seaside Middle High : Seaside High

Martin Luther King

Summary:

Martin Luther King Elementary is a public elementary school located in Seaside, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 564 students. The school is part of the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, which is ranked 917 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger.

Martin Luther King Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 5-10% of California elementary schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics are significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels, with only 15.48% of students proficient or better in ELA in 2023-2024, compared to 38.89% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school's performance on the CAST science assessment is also very low, with only 8.24% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to 22.8% for the district and 30.7% for the state. Additionally, Martin Luther King has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 12.1% in 2017-2018 to 37.1% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Comparing Martin Luther King to nearby schools, such as Monte Vista, J.C. Crumpton Elementary, La Mesa, George C. Marshall Elementary, and Ord Terrace Elementary, highlights the disparities in educational opportunities and outcomes. These nearby schools generally perform better academically, with higher proficiency rates in ELA, Mathematics, and Science, as well as lower chronic absenteeism rates and a lower percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. The nearby schools, such as Robert Down Elementary and Bay View Academy, which are in different districts, significantly outperform Martin Luther King and the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District as a whole.

Detail:

Public K-6

1713 Broadway
Seaside, CA 93955-4609

(831) 392-3970

District: Monterey Peninsula Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5686^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,599

Students who attend Martin Luther King usually attend:

Middle:	Seaside Middle
High:	Seaside High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.9

Number of students: 572

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

83.4%

White:

5.1%

Asian:

4.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 84.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Martin Luther King ranks worse than 97% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 10 ranked elementary schools in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9.85. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (83.4%), White (5.1%), Asian (4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 84.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Martin Luther King is 20.9, which is the 5^th best among 10 elementary schools in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Martin Luther King employs 27.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Martin Luther King is $6,599, which is the 2^nd highest among 10 elementary schools in the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Martin Luther King:

SchoolDigger ranks Martin Luther King 5686^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Martin Luther King in the ranking list.)

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Monterey Peninsula Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Monterey Peninsula Unified 917^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Martin Luther King

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Rank History for all students at Martin Luther King

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2005	24.58	3652^nd	4822	24.3%
2006	20.67	3949^th	4818	18.0%
2007	17.96	4445^th	5113	13.1%
2008	15.05	4662^nd	5113	8.8%
2009	3.98	5168^th	5193	0.5%
2010	2.86	5301^st	5314	0.2%
2011	6.38	5314^th	5377	1.2%
2012	7.00	5296^th	5390	1.7%
2013	2.85	5504^th	5530	0.5%
2015	9.91	5479^th	5611	2.4%
2016	11.90	5309^th	5614	5.4%
2017	11.72	5383^rd	5692	5.4%
2018	9.47	5469^th	5662	3.4%
2019	7.85	5668^th	5789	2.1%
2022	9.16	5775^th	5883	1.8%
2023	9.13	5752^nd	5874	2.1%
2024	9.85	5686^th	5862	3.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Martin Luther King

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.16	3036^th	3246	6.5%
2019	21.25	3119^th	3275	4.8%
2022	22.23	3095^th	3311	6.5%
2023	24.12	2944^th	3250	9.4%
2024	19.72	3081^st	3160	2.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Martin Luther King

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	24.22	1943^rd	2420	19.7%
2024	18.21	2483^rd	2634	5.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Martin Luther King

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.64	4929^th	5084	3.0%
2019	8.78	5078^th	5173	1.8%
2022	10.52	5165^th	5264	1.9%
2023	10.59	5265^th	5374	2.0%
2024	11.21	5340^th	5511	3.1%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Martin Luther King

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	17.00	341^st	356	4.2%
2023	21.90	309^th	336	8.0%
2024	28.42	292^nd	364	19.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Martin Luther King

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.40	5213^th	5413	3.7%
2019	8.56	5377^th	5492	2.1%
2022	9.37	5561^st	5635	1.3%
2023	10.12	5500^th	5617	2.1%
2024	11.63	5378^th	5605	4.0%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Martin Luther King

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	16.64	2548^th	2585	1.4%
2022	21.16	1969^th	2227	11.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Martin Luther King

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.27	5259^th	5431	3.2%
2019	8.64	5398^th	5510	2.0%
2022	10.62	5521^st	5663	2.5%
2023	9.90	5528^th	5650	2.2%
2024	9.95	5486^th	5636	2.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Martin Luther King

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.83	4704^th	4830	2.6%
2019	9.10	4879^th	4963	1.7%
2022	11.36	4974^th	5084	2.2%
2023	9.68	5031^st	5098	1.3%
2024	11.09	4962^nd	5102	2.7%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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by a student on FaceBook
Monday, November 30, 2009

I loved attending school here. They were the best years of my young life! Class of '93! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Martin Luther King

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	253	195	105	70	6	n/a	n/a	0	629
1989	246	195	125	84	5	n/a	n/a	0	655
1990	210	192	128	84	4	n/a	n/a	0	618
1991	198	203	128	87	4	n/a	n/a	0	620
1992	201	201	136	94	3	n/a	n/a	0	635
1993	211	207	182	183	2	n/a	n/a	0	785
1994	191	216	200	236	3	n/a	n/a	0	846
1995	134	188	131	259	1	n/a	n/a	0	713
1996	134	188	131	259	1	n/a	n/a	0	713
1997	160	173	111	261	1	n/a	n/a	0	706
1998	129	150	101	276	2	n/a	n/a	0	658
1999	123	134	98	287	4	n/a	n/a	0	646
2000	114	126	111	309	4	n/a	n/a	0	664
2001	97	104	102	312	2	n/a	n/a	0	617
2002	91	77	69	364	5	n/a	n/a	3	609
2003	91	77	69	364	5	n/a	n/a	3	609
2004	69	69	74	401	3	n/a	n/a	0	616
2005	59	128	125	619	4	n/a	n/a	5	940
2006	43	115	117	556	2	n/a	n/a	21	854
2007	26	109	103	552	1	n/a	n/a	15	806
2008	19	95	93	536	1	n/a	n/a	0	744
2009	19	78	69	509	0	24	29	0	728
2010	18	64	69	563	1	27	14	0	756
2011	10	34	37	248	3	6	11	0	349
2012	14	29	40	291	3	8	11	0	396
2013	18	23	35	357	2	10	9	0	454
2014	21	22	38	376	1	14	14	0	486
2015	10	17	39	387	1	11	11	0	476
2016	11	14	37	367	1	12	11	0	453
2017	16	10	36	376	0	12	8	0	458
2018	11	5	30	353	0	9	7	0	415
2019	16	6	31	330	0	7	12	0	402
2020	15	17	28	330	0	10	1	0	401
2021	14	14	24	314	0	10	5	0	381
2022	18	10	28	380	0	12	6	0	454
2023	18	13	29	476	1	17	9	1	564
2024	29	18	23	477	1	14	10	0	572

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Martin Luther King

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	629	32.7	19.2	n/a
1989	655	33.9	19.3	n/a
1990	618	32.9	18.7	n/a
1991	620	33.1	18.7	n/a
1992	635	33.6	18.8	46.9
1993	785	39.1	20.1	64.8
1994	846	42.5	19.9	58.9
1995	713	32.5	21.9	56.8
1996	713	32.5	21.9	56.8
1997	706	33.0	21.4	68.1
1998	658	32.3	20.4	63.1
1999	646	30.5	21.2	63.6
2000	664	30.4	21.8	65.2
2001	617	28.5	21.6	61.4
2002	609	27.0	22.6	68.8
2003	609	27.0	22.6	68.8
2004	616	30.0	20.5	76
2005	940	29.0	32.4	85.3
2006	854	47.8	17.9	87.5
2007	806	39.2	20.6	86
2008	744	45.2	16.5	87.9
2009	728	39.5	17.0	83.2
2010	756	30.0	25.2	84.8
2011	349	n/a	n/a	86.2
2012	396	18.5	21.4	n/a
2013	454	22.5	20.1	93.8
2014	486	20.5	23.7	88.3
2015	476	21.0	22.6	94.1
2016	453	22.0	20.5	94.7
2017	458	21.0	21.8	87.6
2018	415	19.0	21.8	69.4
2019	402	18.0	22.3	88.6
2020	401	n/a	n/a	88.3
2021	381	17.2	22.1	90.3
2022	454	19.3	23.4	87
2023	564	29.2	19.2	91.1
2024	572	27.3	20.9	84.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Martin Luther King

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	629	32.7	19.2	n/a
1989	655	33.9	19.3	n/a
1990	618	32.9	18.7	n/a
1991	620	33.1	18.7	n/a
1992	635	33.6	18.8	46.9
1993	785	39.1	20.1	64.8
1994	846	42.5	19.9	58.9
1995	713	32.5	21.9	56.8
1996	713	32.5	21.9	56.8
1997	706	33.0	21.4	68.1
1998	658	32.3	20.4	63.1
1999	646	30.5	21.2	63.6
2000	664	30.4	21.8	65.2
2001	617	28.5	21.6	61.4
2002	609	27.0	22.6	68.8
2003	609	27.0	22.6	68.8
2004	616	30.0	20.5	76
2005	940	29.0	32.4	85.3
2006	854	47.8	17.9	87.5
2007	806	39.2	20.6	86
2008	744	45.2	16.5	87.9
2009	728	39.5	17.0	83.2
2010	756	30.0	25.2	84.8
2011	349	n/a	n/a	86.2
2012	396	18.5	21.4	n/a
2013	454	22.5	20.1	93.8
2014	486	20.5	23.7	88.3
2015	476	21.0	22.6	94.1
2016	453	22.0	20.5	94.7
2017	458	21.0	21.8	87.6
2018	415	19.0	21.8	69.4
2019	402	18.0	22.3	88.6
2020	401	n/a	n/a	88.3
2021	381	17.2	22.1	90.3
2022	454	19.3	23.4	87
2023	564	29.2	19.2	91.1
2024	572	27.3	20.9	84.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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