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King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2096^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 24% of California middle schools

Summary

King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle is a public school serving 367 students in grades 6-8 within the San Francisco Unified school district, and recent data shows it faces significant academic challenges, with its statewide ranking dropping from the 35th to the 24th percentile over two years.

The school's overall academic performance, particularly in math and English, is well below both district and state averages, and it struggles with a high rate of chronic student absenteeism at 30.9%. Interestingly, the school spends more per student than many higher-performing neighbors like Hoover (Herbert) Middle and Aptos Middle, which have much lower absenteeism and are ranked in the 80th percentiles. A notable comparison is Brown Junior (Willie L) Middle, located less than a mile away with similar resources and student demographics, yet it performs significantly better, ranking in the 62nd percentile.

Performance varies widely for different groups of students at the school; for instance, supports for English learners and students experiencing homelessness appear effective, while other student groups face much greater academic challenges. The school's recent sharp decline and the wide performance gaps compared to nearby schools suggest that factors beyond funding, such as instructional practices or school culture, are key areas for improvement and further investigation by school leadership.

367

Students ?

16.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$28,683

Per pupil spending ?

77.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

350 Girard St.
San Francisco, CA 94134-1469

(415) 330-1500

District: San Francisco Unified

Students who attend King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle usually attend:

High:	Academy (The)- SF @McAteer
	Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School
	Balboa High
	Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High
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	Galileo High
	Jordan (June) School for Equity
	Lincoln (Abraham) High
	Lowell High
	Marshall (Thurgood) High
	Mission High
	O'Connell (John) High
	S.F. International High
	Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High
	Washington (George) High

Feeder schools for King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle:

Elementary:	Hillcrest Elementary
	Malcolm X Academy
	Taylor (Edward R.) Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

43.3%

Asian:

32.7%

African American:

14.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 21st percentile in 2013 → 24th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg48%

California avg41%

2,096^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 29% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 13Middle Schools in the San Francisco Unified

679^th of 1,543San Francisco Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.1	2096 of 2761	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.3	1890 of 2783	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.9	1807 of 2781	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.5	1541 of 2740	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.6	1802 of 2715	33.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.8	1400 of 2480	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2017	43.8	1283 of 2508	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2016	33.3	1538 of 2497	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2015	26.9	1754 of 2477	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	24.5	1890 of 2379	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	28.8	1672 of 2259	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	24.4	1787 of 2236	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	29.9	1575 of 2179	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	30.9	1454 of 2063	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	32.1	1371 of 2005	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	43.6	1049 of 1999	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2006	40.5	996 of 1804	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2005	39.4	1005 of 1777	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2004	40.7	971 of 1769	45.1%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.2	543 of 609	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	548 of 627	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.0	549 of 613	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.7	631 of 637	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.1	624 of 643	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	27.0	454 of 600	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.2	570 of 739	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.0	585 of 743	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	613 of 715	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	582 of 733	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.7	636 of 745	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.0	547 of 700	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	26.1	1223 of 1531	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.2	1027 of 1491	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	39.7	708 of 1369	48.3%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	48.4	475 of 1478	67.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	41.5	716 of 1521	52.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	53.4	395 of 1540	74.4%	★★★★☆
2019	55.7	351 of 1442	75.7%	★★★★☆
2018	44.7	523 of 1364	61.7%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.8	2167 of 2533	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.5	1737 of 2551	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.1	1779 of 2531	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	39.2	1373 of 2509	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	27.8	1690 of 2380	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.9	1300 of 2262	42.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.2	2357 of 2395	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.1	2309 of 2388	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.6	2036 of 2374	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	2126 of 2359	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.3	2136 of 2213	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	1965 of 2072	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	60.9	137 of 477	71.3%	★★★★☆
2023	28.4	248 of 320	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.5	266 of 336	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.6	2006 of 2542	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.7	1510 of 2579	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.4	1566 of 2531	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	46.4	1125 of 2458	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.6	1283 of 2369	45.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	49.4	988 of 2230	55.7%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.4	1736 of 2534	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.1	1712 of 2552	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.8	1560 of 2538	38.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.8	1435 of 2527	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.9	1575 of 2407	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.4	1356 of 2273	40.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.9	1175 of 1566	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.5	1113 of 1552	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.4	1163 of 1531	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)71st percentile+47 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)68th percentile+36 vs school

Male (2025)31st percentile+7 vs school

Special Education (2025)25th percentile~ school

Asian (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)21st percentile-3 vs school

Disabled (2022)20th percentile-24 vs school

Female (2025)14th percentile-10 vs school

African American (2025)11th percentile-13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)2nd percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state

Mathematics19%-19 vs state

Science17%-15 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, March 1, 2010

I had to take my daughter from this school she's a good student and has never had a bad mark as a student or a referral. The school has quite a few disciplinary problems. And she did not feel comfortable there as a young african american girl trying to do well.. Close Quote

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King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle	Public	6-8	350 Girard St.	San Francisco	94134	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 330-1500	367	23	16.0	77.9%	5 (1.4%)	52 (14.2%)	159 (43.3%)	120 (32.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.4%)	26 (7.1%)	23.1	2096^th of 2761 public middle schools	24.1%		28.3	1890^th of 2783 public middle schools	32.1%	206		17.3	17.3		20.9	32.5	32.8	29.6		11.1	21.8	20.8	18.6	$28,683	$2,299	$26,384
Brown Junior (Willie L) Middle	Public	6-8	2055 Silver Ave.	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 642-8901	363	26	14.0	53.4%	85 (23.4%)	74 (20.4%)	114 (31.4%)	22 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.3%)	56 (15.4%)	54.6	1049^th of 2761 public middle schools	62.0%		48.1	1212^th of 2783 public middle schools	56.4%	163		30.0	30.0		49.6	57.6	46.6	51.2		40.5	36.5	22.2	33.5	$28,300	$2,838	$25,462
KIPP Bayview Academy	Public, Charter	5-8	1060 Key Ave.	San Francisco	94124	San Francisco County	KIPP Bayview Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 467-2522	167	12	13.8	96.4%	2 (1.2%)	58 (34.7%)	83 (49.7%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (10.2%)	6 (3.6%)	31.6	1774^th of 2761 public middle schools	35.7%		19	2301^st of 2783 public middle schools	17.3%	527	9.1	17.0	14.7	18.2	35.3	15.8	36.5	28.8	13.6	31.4	20.5	32.1	26.7	$46,652	$5,316	$41,336
Visitacion Valley Middle	Public	6-8	1971 Visitacion Ave.	San Francisco	94134	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4590	333	18	18.0	80.8%	4 (1.2%)	21 (6.3%)	204 (61.3%)	60 (18.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.6%)	22 (6.6%)	11.9	2553^rd of 2761 public middle schools	7.5%		16	2437^th of 2783 public middle schools	12.4%	116		12.2	12.2		18.7	20.2	22.4	20.6		5.8	9.1	10.1	8.4	$30,722	$3,290	$27,432
Denman (James) Middle	Public	6-8	241 Oneida Ave.	San Francisco	94112	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4535	807	44	18.1	64.8%	61 (7.6%)	39 (4.8%)	430 (53.3%)	207 (25.7%)	1 (0.1%)	6 (0.7%)	63 (7.8%)	28.2	1892^nd of 2761 public middle schools	31.5%		29.4	1839^th of 2783 public middle schools	33.9%	53		17.4	17.4		29.1	36.7	31.2	32.3		20.6	28.1	23.5	24.0	$22,644	$2,664	$19,980
Lick (James) Middle	Public	6-8	1220 Noe St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 695-5675	479	29	16.4	61.8%	46 (9.6%)	32 (6.7%)	353 (73.7%)	12 (2.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (6.9%)	16.8	2362^nd of 2761 public middle schools	14.5%		15.7	2449^th of 2783 public middle schools	12.0%	87		12.5	12.5		30.7	13.9	26.4	23.6		20.9	10.8	13.0	14.9	$25,921	$2,573	$23,348
Everett Middle	Public	6-8	450 Church St.	San Francisco	94114	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 241-6344	401	26	15.3	68.1%	32 (8.0%)	23 (5.7%)	302 (75.3%)	11 (2.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (7.5%)	10.3	2602^nd of 2761 public middle schools	5.8%		11.9	2594^th of 2783 public middle schools	6.8%	8		12.5	12.5		19.3	8.1	12.8	12.9		10.8	4.2	10.0	8.4	$28,449	$3,211	$25,238
Lipman Middle	Public	6-8	1 Solano St.	Brisbane	94005	San Mateo County	Brisbane Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 467-9541	161	9	17.1	18.6%	29 (18.0%)	3 (1.9%)	43 (26.7%)	65 (40.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (13.0%)	78.6	507^th of 2761 public middle schools	81.6%		78.8	511^th of 2783 public middle schools	81.6%	4		28.9	28.9		51.0	69.5	67.3	63.1		63.3	57.6	53.9	58.1	$21,916	$98	$21,818
Aptos Middle	Public	6-8	105 Aptos Ave.	San Francisco	94127	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 469-4520	911	44	20.7	58.7%	110 (12.1%)	58 (6.4%)	223 (24.5%)	406 (44.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	113 (12.4%)	79.2	489^th of 2761 public middle schools	82.3%		80.6	466^th of 2783 public middle schools	83.3%	23		55.1	55.1		56.6	57.4	63.5	59.1		48.0	50.5	56.0	51.5	$20,478	$1,473	$19,005
Hoover (Herbert) Middle	Public	6-8	2290 14th Ave.	San Francisco	94116	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 759-2783	963	42	23.1	63.2%	72 (7.5%)	21 (2.2%)	286 (29.7%)	522 (54.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (6.4%)	76	564^th of 2761 public middle schools	79.6%		76.6	555^th of 2783 public middle schools	80.1%	9		40.9	40.9		59.1	57.4	60.4	58.9		48.2	51.4	51.0	50.2	$21,096	$2,298	$18,798

Frequently Asked Questions about King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle

Is King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle a good school?

King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle ranks in the bottom 24.1% of California middle schools.

How many students attend King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 367 students attended King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle.

What is the racial makeup of King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle?

Students at King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle are 43% Hispanic, 33% Asian, 14% African American, 7% Two or more races, 1% White, 1% Pacific Islander.

What district is King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle in?

San Francisco Unified

What high school do graduates of King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle attend?

Students who attend King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle usually go on to attend Academy (The)- SF @McAteer

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