Martin Luther King
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 4.8% |
| Met Standard | 12.5% |
| Below Standard | 82.7% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "17% proficient" for Martin Luther King and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
4.8% of students exceeded standard while 12.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 16.2 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 9.5 points below the Monterey Peninsula Unified district average of 14.3%. The 4 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 11.4% exceeded — 6.6 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Students here improve by 1.4 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.
Chronic absenteeism is 16.8%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 84 | 3.6% | 10.7% | 14.3% |
| 4th | 86 | 9.3% | 5.8% | 15.1% |
| 5th | 80 | 1.3% | 22.5% | 23.8% |
| 6th | 82 | 7.3% | 31.7% | 39.0% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 85 | 2.4% | 9.4% | 11.8% |
| 4th | 86 | 4.7% | 11.6% | 16.3% |
| 5th | 80 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 5.0% |
| 6th | 82 | 7.3% | 6.1% | 13.4% |
Nearby schools
4 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 38.2