Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 9.7% |
| Met Standard | 21.3% |
| Below Standard | 69.0% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "31% proficient" for Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
9.7% of students exceeded standard while 21.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 11.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 3.4 points below the El Centro Elementary district average of 13.1%. The 11 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 15.0% exceeded — 5.3 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 6.0 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 23.7%, above the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 51 | 13.7% | 21.6% | 35.3% |
| 4th | 51 | 13.7% | 13.7% | 27.4% |
| 5th | 60 | 16.7% | 23.3% | 40.0% |
| 6th | 66 | 10.6% | 33.3% | 43.9% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 51 | 5.9% | 27.4% | 33.3% |
| 4th | 51 | 5.9% | 19.6% | 25.5% |
| 5th | 60 | 6.7% | 10.0% | 16.7% |
| 6th | 66 | 4.5% | 21.2% | 25.8% |
Nearby schools
11 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 43.7