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Martin Luther King Leadership Academy Primary School
645 Logan St Se
Grand Rapids MI, 49503, Kent County
Phone: 616-819-2600
Ranking:
(2,128 out of 2,213, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8
School District: Grand Rapids Public Schools
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: | 23 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 24 | 26 | |||||||
Total Students: | 394 | 428 | 457 | 462 | 509 | 445 | 331 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Kindergarten: | 49 | 12.4% | 60 | 14.0% | 59 | 12.9% | 56 | 12.1% | 68 | 13.4% | 63 | 14.2% | 38 | 11.5% |
Grade 1: | 61 | 15.5% | 61 | 14.3% | 59 | 12.9% | 56 | 12.1% | 59 | 11.6% | 49 | 11.0% | 35 | 10.6% |
Grade 2: | 46 | 11.7% | 60 | 14.0% | 62 | 13.6% | 51 | 11.0% | 58 | 11.4% | 42 | 9.4% | 39 | 11.8% |
Grade 3: | 56 | 14.2% | 40 | 9.3% | 46 | 10.1% | 49 | 10.6% | 51 | 10.0% | 59 | 13.3% | 33 | 10.0% |
Grade 4: | 38 | 9.6% | 45 | 10.5% | 54 | 11.8% | 52 | 11.3% | 56 | 11.0% | 45 | 10.1% | 31 | 9.4% |
Grade 5: | 36 | 9.1% | 51 | 11.9% | 54 | 11.8% | 62 | 13.4% | 50 | 9.8% | 40 | 9.0% | 39 | 11.8% |
Grade 6: | 43 | 10.9% | 45 | 10.5% | 55 | 12.0% | 50 | 10.8% | 53 | 10.4% | 66 | 14.8% | 42 | 12.7% |
Grade 7: | 30 | 7.6% | 42 | 9.8% | 35 | 7.7% | 43 | 9.3% | 61 | 12.0% | 46 | 10.3% | 28 | 8.5% |
Grade 8: | 35 | 8.9% | 24 | 5.6% | 33 | 7.2% | 43 | 9.3% | 53 | 10.4% | 35 | 7.9% | 46 | 13.9% |
Ungraded: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 192 | 48.7% | 199 | 46.5% | 210 | 46.0% | 217 | 47.0% | 212 | 41.7% | 191 | 42.9% | 151 | 45.6% |
Female: | 202 | 51.3% | 229 | 53.5% | 247 | 54.0% | 245 | 53.0% | 221 | 43.4% | 214 | 48.1% | 155 | 46.8% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.7% | 7 | 1.5% | 10 | 2.2% | 20 | 3.9% | 14 | 3.1% | 4 | 1.2% |
Asian: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% |
Hispanic: | 49 | 12.4% | 47 | 11.0% | 52 | 11.4% | 46 | 10.0% | 8 | 1.6% | 34 | 7.6% | 23 | 6.9% |
Black: | 302 | 76.6% | 327 | 76.4% | 359 | 78.6% | 368 | 79.7% | 397 | 78.0% | 350 | 78.7% | 271 | 81.9% |
White: | 19 | 4.8% | 22 | 5.1% | 17 | 3.7% | 13 | 2.8% | 14 | 2.8% | 14 | 3.1% | 12 | 3.6% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 23 | 5.8% | 29 | 6.8% | 20 | 4.4% | 24 | 5.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 373 | 94.7% | 405 | 94.6% | 439 | 96.1% | 442 | 95.7% | 482 | 94.7% | 425 | 95.5% | 307 | 92.7% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 5 | 1.3% | 8 | 1.9% | 7 | 1.5% | 9 | 1.9% | 8 | 1.6% | 17 | 3.8% | 21 | 6.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.36 | 18.85 | 17.51 | 18.26 | 17.20 | 18.50 | 12.90 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
MEAP | ||||||
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52% | 64.2% | 87% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 73.3% | 87.9% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 77.2% | 90.2% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 79.8% | 91.3% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 88.2% | 94.8% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 87.9% | 95.3% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 0% | 18.8% | 36.3% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 0% | 18.1% | 40.9% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68% | 68.5% | 86.6% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 74.6% | 87.4% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 73.4% | 86.4% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 72.5% | 86.4% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.2% | 79.3% | 89.8% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44.9% | 70.9% | 86.8% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 14.3% | 40.9% | 62.4% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 44.6% | 66.5% |
2006 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 24% | 37.5% | 51.5% |
2007 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 38.3% | 42.8% | 51.8% |
2008 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52.8% | 43.2% | 57.4% |
2009 | Writing | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30.5% | 41.8% | 61.1% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 60% | 51.9% | 81.6% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 60.5% | 84.6% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71% | 69.3% | 85.8% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 71.2% | 87.9% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 81.6% | 92.3% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 79.7% | 91.5% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 7.8% | 20.1% | 39.9% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 9.5% | 24.8% | 44.9% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 60.1% | 83.2% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 67.9% | 84.9% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71% | 69.9% | 84.5% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.3% | 63.3% | 82.8% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.4% | 64.2% | 84.1% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 65.6% | 84.1% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 28% | 44.4% | 67.7% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 53.2% | 68.1% |
2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 60% | 33.5% | 54.8% |
2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 15.4% | 35.4% | 45.2% |
2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 22.6% | 28.2% | 44.5% |
2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 25.6% | 44.4% |
2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 30.6% | 47.2% |
2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 3.8% | 28.9% | 44.5% |
2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 24.4% | 30.7% | 46.7% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 41.8% | 73.4% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.9% | 48.5% | 75.9% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 51% | 74.2% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 59.8% | 76.8% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 62.7% | 79.5% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.5% | 60.2% | 79.9% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 9.8% | 20.9% | 39.6% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 8.5% | 23.8% | 45.7% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 58.1% | 80% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 65.7% | 84.1% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 55% | 62.4% | 81.6% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 65.7% | 81.5% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 66.6% | 85.2% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 67.2% | 85.1% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 34% | 45.8% | 68.8% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.3% | 50.4% | 70.4% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50% | 41.7% | 76.8% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.8% | 49.1% | 82.8% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 50% | 81.7% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 55% | 59.2% | 83.1% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.6% | 56.2% | 81% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.1% | 46.9% | 78.1% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 0% | 4.4% | 15.3% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 0% | 3.1% | 13.1% |
2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 54% | 62.9% |
2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 46.3% | 57.4% |
2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 35% | 37.1% | 58.8% |
2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 42.5% | 46.1% | 63.4% |
2006 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 17.5% | 33.2% | 65.1% |
2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 41% | 69% |
2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.8% | 47.6% | 72.7% |
2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 44.1% | 55.4% | 79.9% |
2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 58.7% | 65.2% | 82% |
2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 64.9% | 84.5% |
2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 0% | 16.8% | 37.1% |
2013 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 8.1% | 24.3% | 40.2% |
2006 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 75% | 58.9% | 79.6% |
2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 59% | 64.6% | 83.3% |
2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 67.6% | 63.2% | 81.8% |
2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 61% | 58.6% | 80.5% |
2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 78.9% | 87.7% |
2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 65.2% | 84% |
2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 32% | 41.8% | 67% |
2013 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 51.8% | 68.2% |
2010 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 37% | 42.2% | 73.4% |
2011 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 40.9% | 48.7% | 75.3% |
2012 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 0% | 9.5% | 27.7% |
2013 | Social Studies | 6th Grade | % met std | 2.4% | 12.1% | 29.7% |
2006 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 55% | 60.2% | 74.8% |
2007 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 57.9% | 62.7% | 74.1% |
2008 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 58.3% | 72.7% |
2009 | Writing | 6th Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 55.9% | 75.7% |
2006 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 17.9% | 29% | 59.6% |
2007 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 28.3% | 32.9% | 64.3% |
2008 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 27.3% | 43.9% | 72.7% |
2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 56.4% | 82.6% |
2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 59.8% | 82.2% |
2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 55% | 62.2% | 84.6% |
2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 0% | 12.9% | 37.2% |
2013 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 0% | 12.9% | 38.4% |
2006 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 60.7% | 53.7% | 75.8% |
2007 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 60.9% | 79.7% |
2008 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 18.2% | 49.1% | 72.5% |
2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 70% | 59.7% | 79.6% |
2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.8% | 59.1% | 82% |
2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 59.5% | 79% |
2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 37% | 59.7% |
2013 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 27% | 35.3% | 62% |
2006 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 46.5% | 66.7% |
2007 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 55.6% | 50.2% | 65.4% |
2008 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 50% | 61.9% | 76.6% |
2009 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 63.5% | 77.9% |
2011 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 27.5% | 30.4% | 47.8% |
2012 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.8% | 26.6% | 47.3% |
2013 | Writing | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 31.3% | 51.7% |
2006 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.7% | 34.1% | 63.2% |
2007 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 45.7% | 39.3% | 68.1% |
2008 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 46.9% | 71.6% |
2009 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 53.2% | 74.5% |
2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 46.7% | 70.3% |
2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 55.3% | 54.8% | 78% |
2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 3.6% | 10.8% | 29.4% |
2013 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 7.7% | 13.1% | 32.5% |
2006 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 40% | 45.5% | 72.9% |
2007 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 51.2% | 75.6% |
2008 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 61.5% | 77.1% |
2009 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 54.4% | 75.5% |
2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.8% | 63.6% | 83.4% |
2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 71.1% | 63.2% | 81.9% |
2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 38.4% | 60.5% |
2013 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 44.9% | 65.7% |
2006 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 53.3% | 42.1% | 76.8% |
2007 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 17.1% | 41.6% | 74.9% |
2008 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 26.8% | 53.1% | 79.2% |
2009 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 35.7% | 46.5% | 76.3% |
2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 28.9% | 47.8% | 75.9% |
2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 44.7% | 50.5% | 78.1% |
2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 0% | 4.7% | 16.5% |
2013 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 0% | 5.7% | 15.9% |
2006 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 40% | 36.7% | 64.7% |
2007 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 45.4% | 66.8% |
2008 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 39% | 50.7% | 69.8% |
2009 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 50% | 56.2% | 74.2% |
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* Martin Luther King Leadership Academy Primary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.