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Martin Luther King Jr. School
886 Bergen Ave Jersey City NJ, 07306, Hudson County Phone: 201-915-6521 Ranking: ![]() Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8 School District: Jersey City 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: | 64 | 66 | 71 | 53 | 55 | 72 | 68 | |||||||
Total Students: | 814 | 813 | 791 | 774 | 787 | 794 | 806 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 59 | 7.2% | 59 | 7.3% | 60 | 7.6% | 60 | 7.8% | 59 | 7.5% | 58 | 7.3% | 59 | 7.3% |
Kindergarten: | 96 | 11.8% | 105 | 12.9% | 99 | 12.5% | 90 | 11.6% | 75 | 9.5% | 91 | 11.5% | 92 | 11.4% |
Grade 1: | 109 | 13.4% | 105 | 12.9% | 94 | 11.9% | 76 | 9.8% | 94 | 11.9% | 103 | 13.0% | 95 | 11.8% |
Grade 2: | 101 | 12.4% | 90 | 11.1% | 78 | 9.9% | 99 | 12.8% | 100 | 12.7% | 89 | 11.2% | 80 | 9.9% |
Grade 3: | 92 | 11.3% | 85 | 10.5% | 94 | 11.9% | 90 | 11.6% | 95 | 12.1% | 71 | 8.9% | 92 | 11.4% |
Grade 4: | 78 | 9.6% | 92 | 11.3% | 84 | 10.6% | 101 | 13.0% | 72 | 9.1% | 94 | 11.8% | 79 | 9.8% |
Grade 5: | 87 | 10.7% | 93 | 11.4% | 97 | 12.3% | 74 | 9.6% | 87 | 11.1% | 80 | 10.1% | 76 | 9.4% |
Grade 6: | 80 | 9.8% | 53 | 6.5% | 60 | 7.6% | 68 | 8.8% | 64 | 8.1% | 64 | 8.1% | 77 | 9.6% |
Grade 7: | 41 | 5.0% | 56 | 6.9% | 58 | 7.3% | 57 | 7.4% | 54 | 6.9% | 75 | 9.4% | 60 | 7.4% |
Grade 8: | 58 | 7.1% | 61 | 7.5% | 55 | 7.0% | 59 | 7.6% | 79 | 10.0% | 59 | 7.4% | 83 | 10.3% |
Ungraded: | 13 | 1.6% | 14 | 1.7% | 12 | 1.5% | NA | NA | 8 | 1.0% | 10 | 1.3% | 13 | 1.6% |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 429 | 52.7% | 416 | 51.2% | 426 | 53.9% | 405 | 52.3% | 409 | 52.0% | 421 | 53.0% | 405 | 50.2% |
Female: | 385 | 47.3% | 397 | 48.8% | 365 | 46.1% | 369 | 47.7% | 378 | 48.0% | 373 | 47.0% | 397 | 49.3% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.8% | 4 | 0.5% |
Asian: | 201 | 24.7% | 223 | 27.4% | 231 | 29.2% | 240 | 31.0% | 236 | 30.0% | 253 | 31.9% | 261 | 32.4% |
Hispanic: | 232 | 28.5% | 223 | 27.4% | 214 | 27.1% | 205 | 26.5% | 209 | 26.6% | 206 | 25.9% | 218 | 27.0% |
Black: | 74 | 9.1% | 80 | 9.8% | 82 | 10.4% | 86 | 11.1% | 94 | 11.9% | 87 | 11.0% | 86 | 10.7% |
White: | 297 | 36.5% | 281 | 34.6% | 262 | 33.1% | 238 | 30.7% | 244 | 31.0% | 242 | 30.5% | 237 | 29.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 4 | 0.5% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 590 | 72.5% | 626 | 77.0% | 603 | 76.2% | 578 | 74.7% | 581 | 73.8% | 554 | 69.8% | 557 | 69.1% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 65 | 8.0% | 66 | 8.1% | 53 | 6.7% | 58 | 7.5% | 89 | 11.3% | 98 | 12.3% | 99 | 12.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 12.72 | 12.32 | 11.09 | 14.60 | 14.31 | 9.10 | 11.90 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
ASK | ||||||
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 66.0% | 63.6% | 79.4% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 77.5% | 73.8% | 83.2% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 72.2% | 66.6% | 82.4% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 68.7% | 69.9% | 83.4% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 75.6% | 72.4% | 86.1% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 40.6% | 62.9% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 43.3% | 59.8% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 55.3% | 47.4% | 63.0% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 63.7% | 53.4% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 55.4% | 53.3% | 66.4% |
2004 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 52.1% | 52.9% | 76.6% |
2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 72.6% | 68.8% | 82.5% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 87.8% | 76.6% | 86.8% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 76.4% | 75.8% | 87.3% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 85.7% | 71% | 86.8% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 76.7% | 61.0% | 75.4% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 69.3% | 64.4% | 78.3% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 69.4% | 63.6% | 78.9% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 73.2% | 65.6% | 78.4% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % proficient | 70.9% | 67.3% | 77.7% |
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 58.2% | 58.4% | 77.6% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 71.8% | 66.1% | 82.2% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.3% | 71.7% | 81.6% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.1% | 63.5% | 80.0% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 65.7% | 62.0% | 80.6% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.9% | 68.4% | 82.7% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 51.2% | 37.6% | 63.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 53.1% | 35.2% | 59.7% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 44.1% | 42.2% | 62.7% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 39.1% | 39.5% | 58.5% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 4th Grade | % proficient | 47.8% | 41.0% | 59.4% |
2003 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 44.9% | 44.9% | 68.0% |
2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 68.8% | 55.8% | 72.1% |
2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 54.3% | 63.2% | 80.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 70.2% | 69.9% | 82.3% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 71.1% | 72.0% | 84.7% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.7% | 69.1% | 84.9% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 65.6% | 55.1% | 73.1% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.9% | 61.7% | 77.2% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 69.8% | 63.7% | 79.3% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 75.5% | 63.1% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % proficient | 80.4% | 72.9% | 78.3% |
2005 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 65.0% | 63.5% | 81.1% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.1% | 64.5% | 82.3% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 67.5% | 66.4% | 83.1% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 79.5% | 67.5% | 85.1% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 79.2% | 80% | 91.1% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 95.4% | 87.4% | 93.5% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 87.5% | 80.7% | 90.0% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 83.9% | 82.0% | 91.3% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % proficient | 86.6% | 80.8% | 89.5% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 75.0% | 72.6% | 88.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 37.4% | 31.9% | 60.0% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 48.1% | 40.3% | 66.2% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 56.1% | 42% | 63.3% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 61.8% | 37.6% | 60.9% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 47.4% | 43.1% | 62.1% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 5th Grade | % proficient | 52.7% | 44.0% | 61.3% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 57% | 57.8% | 84.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 65.0% | 58.0% | 76.6% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 82.1% | 64% | 77.6% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 87.2% | 66.3% | 79.0% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 86.3% | 66.5% | 80.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 80.8% | 73.9% | 83.3% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % proficient | 78.2% | 72.8% | 79.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 45.2% | 48.9% | 75.8% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 19% | 29.6% | 57.3% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 62.5% | 46.9% | 70.1% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 55.9% | 43.6% | 65.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 44.8% | 47.2% | 66.7% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 6th Grade | % proficient | 54.5% | 47.4% | 66.2% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 50.0% | 51.9% | 79% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 62.2% | 44.3% | 72.2% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 70.4% | 44.3% | 71.2% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 78.3% | 47.8% | 72.1% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 51.3% | 58.7% | 77.4% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % proficient | 75.0% | 67.4% | 78.9% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 64.7% | 57.1% | 80.1% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 45.0% | 47.1% | 70.5% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 43.1% | 50.1% | 72.4% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 68.5% | 52.0% | 69.5% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 50.7% | 42.4% | 63.3% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 32.7% | 42.1% | 61.0% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 7th Grade | % proficient | 41.4% | 47.5% | 65.2% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 63.0% | 40.2% | 66.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 44.5% | 41.9% | 64.5% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 43.4% | 40.8% | 66.8% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 69.5% | 40.5% | 64.6% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 66.7% | 46.2% | 65.7% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 51.5% | 43.3% | 63.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % proficient | 48.4% | 43.0% | 63.5% |
2008 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 70.2% | 59.9% | 81.4% |
2009 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 70.5% | 61.9% | 82.5% |
2010 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.3% | 62.0% | 82.9% |
2011 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 78.4% | 65.2% | 82.1% |
2012 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 78.3% | 66.7% | 82.2% |
2013 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 61.5% | 64.0% | 81.9% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 63.6% | 43.1% | 67.7% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 52.3% | 46.9% | 71.8% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 55.8% | 41.4% | 69.0% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 75.8% | 52.7% | 71.5% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 80.0% | 55.5% | 71.6% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 67.1% | 54.7% | 69.3% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 76.1% | 63.7% | 84.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 64.6% | 63.8% | 84.6% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 65.1% | 59.7% | 83.3% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 79.1% | 61.3% | 81.2% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 70.0% | 61.1% | 81.9% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 67.2% | 56.6% | 79.0% |
GEPA | ||||||
2003 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 53.9% | 56.1% | 73.8% |
2004 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 45.1% | 49.9% | 71.8% |
2005 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 50.6% | 56.0% | 72.3% |
2006 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 43% | 53% | 74.2% |
2007 | Language Arts Literacy | 8th Grade | % proficient | 48.8% | 51.6% | 73.7% |
2003 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 52.5% | 36.5% | 56.7% |
2004 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 52.2% | 42.7% | 61.7% |
2005 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 45.3% | 42.9% | 62.4% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 33.7% | 42.6% | 64.5% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % proficient | 49.4% | 47.1% | 68.4% |
2003 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 46.1% | 44.1% | 72.9% |
2004 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 47.9% | 46.7% | 74.7% |
2005 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 56.8% | 53.3% | 76.8% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 65% | 58.3% | 79.0% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % proficient | 52.9% | 56.3% | 78.9% |
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* Martin Luther King Jr. School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.