Martin Luther King Jr. High

Martin Luther King Jr. High is a high school in Riverside, CA that enrolls 2,901 students in grades 9-12, putting it among the larger public campuses in the Riverside Unified. That headcount is above the 820-student average for schools in the district.

EDFacts assessment data puts 57% of students at or above grade level in combined math and reading, a little above the national midpoint where roughly half of tested students clear the bar. That is 16 points above the 40% average for the Riverside Unified. Against the 45% California statewide average, the school sits 12 points higher.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 19 points. As a high school, it reports a 75% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 25.4 to 1, near the high end of the national distribution; NCES counts every certified teacher, so this figure includes specialists as well as classroom staff. 51% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a majority-low-income enrollment. It receives Title I federal funding, which flags a higher share of low-income students rather than measuring school quality.