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Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6

Public Grades PK, KG-8

1279^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools

Better than 5% of New Jersey elementary schools

Summary

Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6 is an elementary school located in Passaic, New Jersey, serving grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 720 students. The school is part of the Passaic City School District, which is ranked 540 out of 609 districts in New Jersey and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6 consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools, with poor performance on NJSLA assessments that are significantly below the state and district averages. For example, in 2024-2025, only 8.8% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 44.9% statewide and 21.6% in the Passaic City School District. The school's performance in mathematics is even lower, with only 1.7% of 6th graders and 5% of 7th graders proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to 39.8% and 38.8% statewide, respectively. Additionally, the school has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 14.9% to 25.9% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.

The nearby schools within the Passaic City School District, such as William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11, Sonia Sotomayor School #21, and Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10, also perform poorly on academic assessments and have high rates of chronic absenteeism. However, some schools outside the Passaic City School District, such as School #17 in Clifton and Abraham Lincoln School #6 in Garfield, demonstrate significantly higher academic performance, lower chronic absenteeism, and lower rates of free/reduced-price lunch eligibility.

754

Students ?

10.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,342

Per pupil spending ?

99.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

85 Hamilton Ave.
Passaic, NJ 07055-5215

(973) 470-5506

District: Passaic City School District

Students who attend Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6 usually attend:

High:

Passaic High School No. 12

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

92.4%

African American:

6.0%

White:

0.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 10th percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 10 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (13% vs 45% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 5 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school13%

District avg22%

New Jersey avg45%

Elementary school

1,279^th of 1,347

New Jersey public elementary schools ?

Bottom 5%▼ down 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 10% (2015) to bottom 5% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

709^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 6%▲ up 5 pts since 2019

From bottom 1% (2019) to bottom 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Passaic City School District

540^th of 609Passaic City School District among New Jersey districts

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

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	8.3	1279 of 1347	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.1	1298 of 1338	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.8	1306 of 1342	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.3	1261 of 1345	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	11.3	1184 of 1317	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.5	1300 of 1360	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.8	1264 of 1353	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	9.3	1237 of 1352	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	8.7	1240 of 1346	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	12.0	1217 of 1357	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	10.2	1232 of 1363	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	16.3	1183 of 1367	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	7.2	1269 of 1363	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	8.4	1253 of 1360	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	10.0	1237 of 1354	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	13.3	1198 of 1346	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	10.4	1222 of 1338	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	8.8	1222 of 1329	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	3.6	1251 of 1314	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	5.9	1226 of 1303	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	8.0	1195 of 1298	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2003	1.5	1164 of 1204	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2019	10.2	514 of 522	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	22.3	401 of 517	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	22.8	501 of 597	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	519 of 559	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.5	444 of 499	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.5	402 of 489	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.8	274 of 411	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	24.5	356 of 463	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.9	310 of 434	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	9.5	1222 of 1326	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.6	1215 of 1317	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.0	1259 of 1318	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.2	1202 of 1326	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	10.3	1209 of 1290	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.5	1225 of 1331	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.7	1225 of 1333	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	27.8	759 of 1032	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.9	903 of 989	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	883 of 982	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.0	849 of 953	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.4	779 of 896	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.6	749 of 899	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	728 of 870	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	15.8	946 of 1023	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	28.8	639 of 839	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.1	835 of 942	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	8.6	1234 of 1318	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.5	1267 of 1313	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.3	1246 of 1315	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.4	1204 of 1324	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.5	1092 of 1297	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	4.9	1278 of 1335	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.8	1225 of 1334	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	14.4	940 of 1023	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.2	890 of 989	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.0	874 of 958	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.7	862 of 949	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.2	798 of 868	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.3	961 of 1007	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	788 of 1001	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.1	709 of 752	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.4	734 of 743	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.7	723 of 748	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.4	695 of 745	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.7	578 of 652	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	3.1	743 of 745	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	27.1	271 of 343	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.6	304 of 320	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.0	229 of 288	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.6	192 of 270	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.1	136 of 197	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	17.5	208 of 227	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	14.0	645 of 728	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	11.2	676 of 717	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.9	695 of 720	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	619 of 726	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.4	544 of 625	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	6.1	681 of 703	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	23.4	493 of 608	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	8.5	582 of 589	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.8	548 of 587	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	549 of 591	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	23.7	398 of 480	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	18.8	547 of 613	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.1	350 of 467	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	11.4	679 of 726	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.7	708 of 719	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.9	652 of 718	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	688 of 730	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.2	563 of 635	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	3.5	696 of 697	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	23.7	417 of 507	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.1	501 of 510	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.3	502 of 505	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	22.3	462 of 535	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.9	360 of 401	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.4	490 of 492	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Hispanic (2025)26th percentile+21 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)16th percentile+11 vs school

Special Education (2025)8th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)8th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile~ school

Male (2025)6th percentile~ school

African American (2019)2nd percentile-3 vs school

Middle school

English Language Learner (2025)21st percentile+15 vs school

Hispanic (2025)19th percentile+13 vs school

Special Education (2025)18th percentile+12 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)6th percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts22%-31 vs state

Algebra I7%-38 vs state

Mathematics7%-37 vs state

Science4%-20 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)						NJSLA Mathematics (2025)					NJSLA Algebra I (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 3rd Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6	Public	PK, KG-8	85 Hamilton Ave.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5506	754	72	10.5	99.5%	5 (0.7%)	45 (6.0%)	697 (92.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	8.3	1279^th of 1347 public elementary schools	5.0%		6.1	1298^th of 1338 public elementary schools	3.0%	19	6.8	0.0	8.8	14.1	21.8	42.1	20.7	27.4	8.8	7.7	10.0	1.7	5.0	7.4	7.4	$10,342	$836	$9,506
Sonia Sotomayor School #21	Public	K-8	225 Madison Street	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5500	499	48	10.3	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.4%)	480 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	6.8	1294^th of 1347 public elementary schools	3.9%		8.1	1268^th of 1338 public elementary schools	5.2%	26	9.8	0.0	4.5	13.6	22.4	21.4	9.6	23.9	4.4	10.0	14.0	6.8	1.8	10.6	10.6
Mahatma Gandhi School Number 25	Public	K-3	64 Parker Ave	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(973) 470-5500	903	51	17.7	99.1%	7 (0.8%)	21 (2.3%)	854 (94.6%)	2 (0.2%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (1.6%)	3.4	1341^st of 1347 public elementary schools	0.4%		4.2	1329^th of 1338 public elementary schools	0.7%	12			8.9						6.3
Theodore Roosevelt School No. 10	Public	K-6	151 Harrison St.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5510	369	32	11.5	100.0%	4 (1.1%)	6 (1.6%)	355 (96.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	7.7	1288^th of 1347 public elementary schools	4.4%		6.2	1294^th of 1338 public elementary schools	3.3%	6	7.7		8.3	19.4	17.9	19.4			13.5	12.9	17.9	8.4				$10,200	$692	$9,508
William B. Cruise Memorial School No. 11	Public	K-8	390 Gregory Ave.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5511	805	71	11.4	99.6%	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.5%)	784 (97.4%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	10	1253^rd of 1347 public elementary schools	7.0%		11.8	1212^th of 1338 public elementary schools	9.4%	41	7.0	0.0	7.6	33.1	28.4	26.9	37.7	33.3	3.6	19.8	10.7	9.7	7.5	6.0	6.0	$9,572	$759	$8,813
Sallie D. Gamble School No. 7	Public	PK-K	155 Summer St.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-5507	289	24	12.0	100.0%	7 (2.4%)	4 (1.4%)	274 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)								(n/a)																$7,390	$721	$6,669
Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 19	Public	1-8	320 Highland Ave.	Passaic	07055	Passaic County	Passaic City School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 779-4219	590	53	11.1	99.8%	5 (0.8%)	22 (3.7%)	560 (94.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11.9	1212^th of 1347 public elementary schools	10.0%		13.6	1172^nd of 1338 public elementary schools	12.4%	40	5.7	8.6	18.8	22.5	22.1	21.8	32.8	53.2	13.8	30.4	24.4	12.2	7.0	14.6	14.6	$9,378	$661	$8,717
School #17	Public	PK, KG-5	361 Lexington Avenue	Clifton	07011	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 458-6017	501	57	8.7	83.8%	59 (11.8%)	15 (3.0%)	412 (82.2%)	11 (2.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	25	1021^st of 1347 public elementary schools	24.2%		28.6	958^th of 1338 public elementary schools	28.4%	63	9.1		46.3	32.3	39.1				40.8	26.7	23.6					$12,646	$594	$12,052
Abraham Lincoln School #6	Public	PK, KG-5	111 Palisade Ave	Garfield	07026	Bergen County	Garfield Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 340-5036	385	37	10.3	67.8%	85 (22.1%)	28 (7.3%)	263 (68.3%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	34.9	882^nd of 1347 public elementary schools	34.5%		21.6	1049^th of 1338 public elementary schools	21.6%	167	19.6		22.5	57.4	56.9				34.1	39.6	25.5					$12,925	$220	$12,705
School #12	Public	PK, KG-5	165 Clifton Avenue	Clifton	07011	Passaic County	Clifton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(973) 470-2404	560	55	10.2	86.1%	67 (12.0%)	6 (1.1%)	473 (84.5%)	6 (1.1%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	21.6	1071^st of 1347 public elementary schools	20.5%		18.2	1103^rd of 1338 public elementary schools	17.6%	32	7.3		22.2	42.6	38.1				35.5	33.0	23.3					$13,219	$1,304	$11,915

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Students who attend Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6 usually go on to attend:

High : Passaic High School No. 12

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Passaic City School District

What is the racial makeup of Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6?

Students at Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6 are 92% Hispanic, 6% African American.

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Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6 ranks in the bottom 5.0% of New Jersey elementary schools.

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In the 2024-25 school year, 754 students attended Martin Luther King Junior School No. 6.

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