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Martin Luther King Jr Elementary Primary School
2000 South 18th St
Yakima WA, 98903, Yakima County
Phone: 509-573-1101
Ranking: 
(1,473 out of 1,485, bottom 1%)*
(1,473 out of 1,485, bottom 1%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Yakima 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: | NA | NA | 32 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 33 | 33 | ||||||
| Total Students: | 577 | 586 | 588 | 568 | 565 | 520 | 469 | |||||||
| Kindergarten: | 102 | 17.7% | 104 | 17.7% | 108 | 18.4% | 97 | 17.1% | 110 | 19.5% | 101 | 19.4% | 87 | 18.6% |
| Grade 1: | 99 | 17.2% | 107 | 18.3% | 102 | 17.3% | 105 | 18.5% | 104 | 18.4% | 99 | 19.0% | 77 | 16.4% |
| Grade 2: | 106 | 18.4% | 100 | 17.1% | 104 | 17.7% | 100 | 17.6% | 94 | 16.6% | 92 | 17.7% | 84 | 17.9% |
| Grade 3: | 94 | 16.3% | 103 | 17.6% | 97 | 16.5% | 95 | 16.7% | 105 | 18.6% | 81 | 15.6% | 75 | 16.0% |
| Grade 4: | 90 | 15.6% | 88 | 15.0% | 87 | 14.8% | 88 | 15.5% | 81 | 14.3% | 78 | 15.0% | 67 | 14.3% |
| Grade 5: | 84 | 14.6% | 80 | 13.7% | 89 | 15.1% | 80 | 14.1% | 71 | 12.6% | 69 | 13.3% | 79 | 16.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 300 | 52.0% | 301 | 51.4% | 302 | 51.4% | 294 | 51.8% | 277 | 49.0% | 263 | 50.6% | 242 | 51.6% |
| Female: | 277 | 48.0% | 285 | 48.6% | 286 | 48.6% | 274 | 48.2% | 280 | 49.6% | 249 | 47.9% | 223 | 47.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 1.2% | 6 | 1.1% | 13 | 2.3% | 12 | 2.3% | 10 | 2.1% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic: | 521 | 90.3% | 525 | 89.6% | 521 | 88.6% | 498 | 87.7% | 482 | 85.3% | 426 | 81.9% | 377 | 80.4% |
| Black: | 7 | 1.2% | 5 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.7% | 8 | 1.4% | 12 | 2.1% | 13 | 2.5% | 12 | 2.6% |
| White: | 40 | 6.9% | 46 | 7.8% | 49 | 8.3% | 48 | 8.5% | 58 | 10.3% | 68 | 13.1% | 69 | 14.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 5 | 0.9% | 9 | 1.5% | 7 | 1.2% | 8 | 1.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 516 | 89.4% | 530 | 90.4% | 518 | 88.1% | 454 | 79.9% | 520 | 92.0% | 456 | 87.7% | 397 | 84.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 40 | 6.9% | 42 | 7.2% | 36 | 6.1% | 25 | 4.4% | 30 | 5.3% | 43 | 8.3% | 40 | 8.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 18.05 | 17.93 | 17.63 | 18.45 | 16.00 | 14.40 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| MSP | ||||||
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29.4% | 35.3% | 61.7% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 27.2% | 35.2% | 61.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 38.7% | 65.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 42.7% | 42.1% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 33.7% | 53.2% | 72% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.5% | 53.9% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 44.6% | 68.7% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.8% | 54.3% | 73.0% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 15.9% | 25.3% | 53.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 30.6% | 29.8% | 59.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 34.8% | 59.3% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.2% | 46.3% | 62.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 53.1% | 67.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 22.4% | 42.3% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 52.4% | 48.6% | 71.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 30.2% | 50.0% | 72.4% |
| 2010 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 32.9% | 47% | 61% |
| 2011 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 42.4% | 51.7% | 61.4% |
| 2012 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 38.1% | 49% | 61.3% |
| 2013 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 30.2% | 48.3% | 62.1% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.4% | 30.1% | 53.6% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 26.3% | 32.1% | 61.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.3% | 36.7% | 63.7% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.8% | 42.3% | 62.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.3% | 49.8% | 69.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 31.6% | 43.4% | 67.6% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 22.2% | 46.2% | 71% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.3% | 46.2% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 4.3% | 10.8% | 34% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.1% | 28.7% | 55.6% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 12.2% | 33.1% | 66.1% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.4% | 34.4% | 66.5% |
| WASL | ||||||
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 20.3% | 38.2% | 64.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 34.2% | 49.7% | 69.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45.2% | 53.4% | 68.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 45.5% | 66.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 28.8% | 51.2% | 68.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.4% | 57.4% | 70.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.2% | 56.1% | 70.4% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63% | 58.3% | 71.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.7% | 39.4% | 59.9% |
| 2005 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 15.7% | 38.7% | 60.8% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 32.3% | 39.7% | 58.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.2% | 34% | 57.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 14.5% | 27.7% | 53.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 15.2% | 28% | 52.3% |
| 2004 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 49.4% | 56.1% | 74.4% |
| 2005 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 50% | 65.9% | 79.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 72.5% | 81.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 63.2% | 76.4% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 46.4% | 60.3% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 61.8% | 73.5% |
| 2004 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 19.3% | 29.1% | 55.8% |
| 2005 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 40% | 49.7% | 57.7% |
| 2006 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 49.2% | 50.6% | 60.3% |
| 2007 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 42.5% | 60.1% |
| 2008 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 40.6% | 51% | 62.1% |
| 2009 | Writing | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 55.5% | 60.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.2% | 33.2% | 55.8% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 38.3% | 59.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.8% | 33.8% | 61% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 14.5% | 38.5% | 61.9% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 36.9% | 64.1% | 76.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 60.9% | 71.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 57.9% | 75.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 34.8% | 58.6% | 73.9% |
| 2004 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 5.9% | 8.3% | 28.2% |
| 2005 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 2.7% | 14.6% | 35.6% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.3% | 16.4% | 35.7% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 11.3% | 17.1% | 36.4% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 7.5% | 18.4% | 42.9% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 14.5% | 20.9% | 44.9% |
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* Martin Luther King Jr Elementary 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.