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Martin Luther King- Jr. High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3991 Snapfinger Rd

Lithonia GA, 30038, Dekalb County

Phone: 678-874-5402

Ranking:

(306 out of 392, bottom 22%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: DeKalb County School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	99		95		100		114		118		116		117
Total Students:	1,571		1,669		1,510		1,659		1,833		2,034		2,155
Grade 9:	542	34.5%	578	34.6%	463	30.7%	551	33.2%	589	32.1%	641	31.5%	692	32.1%
Grade 10:	371	23.6%	386	23.1%	388	25.7%	346	20.9%	394	21.5%	506	24.9%	512	23.8%
Grade 11:	301	19.2%	361	21.6%	343	22.7%	353	21.3%	434	23.7%	438	21.5%	492	22.8%
Grade 12:	357	22.7%	344	20.6%	316	20.9%	409	24.7%	416	22.7%	449	22.1%	459	21.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	865	55.1%	929	55.7%	820	54.3%	876	52.8%	935	51.0%	1,010	49.7%	1,048	48.6%
Female:	706	44.9%	740	44.3%	690	45.7%	783	47.2%	898	49.0%	992	48.8%	1,073	49.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	0.4%	8	0.5%	5	0.3%	3	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	1	0.0%
Asian:	2	0.1%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	3	0.2%	0	0.0%	5	0.2%	4	0.2%
Hispanic:	29	1.8%	31	1.9%	18	1.2%	18	1.1%	2	0.1%	6	0.3%	14	0.6%
Black:	1,512	96.2%	1,603	96.0%	1,468	97.2%	1,614	97.3%	1,826	99.6%	1,996	98.1%	2,103	97.6%
White:	2	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%	3	0.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	19	1.2%	23	1.4%	18	1.2%	21	1.3%	4	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,041	66.3%	1,038	62.2%	941	62.3%	969	58.4%	980	53.5%	984	48.4%	1,031	47.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	109	6.9%	129	7.7%	139	9.2%	139	8.4%	195	10.6%	283	13.9%	291	13.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.95		17.57		15.10		14.62		15.60		17.60		18.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOCT
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	27%	33%	64%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	31.2%	34.8%	65%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	28.5%	43.9%	55%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	26.8%	30.2%	40%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	31.3%	63.6%	62.8%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	9.5%	18.2%	29.9%
2006	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	77%	74%	81%
2007	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	75.5%	77.6%	81%
2008	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	77.9%	79.8%	84%
2009	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	83.8%	83.7%	86%
2010	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	81%	81.4%	86.1%
2011	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	90.1%	85.3%	88.1%
2012	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	87.9%	87.1%	89.2%
2013	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	86.1%	86.2%	N/A
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	30%	38%	57%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	34.7%	43.7%	58%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	45.9%	48.6%	62%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	43.2%	51.2%	64%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	52.2%	56.2%	66.1%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	55.1%	58.6%	69.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	55.3%	62%	72.7%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	54.4%	63%	N/A
2013	Coordinate Algebra	End of course	% met std	15.5%	25.8%	36.9%
2006	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	49%	47%	58%
2007	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	62.9%	64.8%	66%
2008	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	67.3%	64.6%	68%
2009	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	74.3%	68.1%	68%
2010	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	58.9%	70.6%	70.3%
2011	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	78.2%	71%	72.2%
2012	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	80.5%	76.4%	77.3%
2013	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	82.1%	77.9%	78.9%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	26%	33%	62%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	34.1%	38.6%	63%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	35.6%	41.9%	61%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	20.8%	28.3%	47%
2010	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	56.7%	59.3%	64.4%
2011	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	37.5%	54.4%	61.3%
2012	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	54.5%	54%	65.2%
2013	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	27.5%	50.9%	N/A
2010	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	20.9%	44.4%	52.3%
2011	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	46.7%	49.1%	54.8%
2012	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	51.4%	48.6%	53.9%
2013	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	46.7%	50.5%	59.1%
2006	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	48%	51%	65%
2007	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	53.4%	56.2%	68%
2008	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	61.3%	63.2%	73%
2009	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	73.2%	69.4%	76%
2010	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	68.1%	70.4%	79.4%
2011	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	68.6%	72.4%	82.3%
2012	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	77.9%	75.1%	84.1%
2013	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	76.9%	76.5%	85.7%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	45%	44%	61%
2007	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	48.7%	46.8%	62%
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	38.4%	49.9%	63%
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	54.7%	54.9%	67%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	56.5%	62.1%	72.2%
2011	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	68.8%	65.9%	76.2%
2012	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	50.5%	59.6%	77.5%
2013	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	58.9%	66.7%	82.7%
2006	United States History	End of course	% met std	63%	64%	71%
2007	United States History	End of course	% met std	64.3%	66.3%	71%
2008	United States History	End of course	% met std	41.7%	54.4%	59%
2009	United States History	End of course	% met std	36%	54.6%	60%
2010	United States History	End of course	% met std	32.9%	55.2%	61.8%
2011	United States History	End of course	% met std	63.4%	65.4%	66.2%
2012	United States History	End of course	% met std	53.1%	65.6%	68.3%
2013	United States History	End of course	% met std	61.6%	69.7%	72.6%
GHSGT (GPS)
2008	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	86.3%	86.8%	90%
2009	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	87.06%	87.2%	89.98%
2010	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	89.5%	87.1%	90.1%
2011	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	89%	87%	91%
2011	Math	End of course	% met std	70%	75%	84%
2008	Science	End of course	% met std	76.3%	81.6%	86.2%
2009	Science	End of course	% met std	77.19%	82.7%	87.85%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	82.6%	85.8%	90%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	90%	88%	93%
2010	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	60.5%	72.6%	77.9%
2011	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	77%	75%	80%
GHSGT (QCC)
2006	English	End of course	% met std	95%	93%	96%
2007	English	End of course	% met std	94.8%	94.7%	96.2%
2006	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	88%	86%	92%
2007	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	85.6%	86.5%	91.7%
2008	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	86%	88%	92%
2009	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	88.45%	90%	93.51%
2010	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	83%	88%	91%
2006	Science	End of course	% met std	60%	62%	73%
2007	Science	End of course	% met std	61.9%	66%	73.6%
2006	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	82%	80%	86%
2007	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	84.2%	83.2%	87.1%
2008	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	76%	82%	86%
2009	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	80.05%	84%	87.24%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Martin Luther King- Jr. High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.