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M L King Academy

Public Grades PK, KG-8
4590th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools
Better than 1% of Texas elementary schools
Summary

M L King Academy in San Antonio, TX, is a PK-8 school serving 532 students in a high-poverty area, with over 96% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. This school stands out for its unique grade span—unlike nearby Smith Elementary, Hirsch Elementary, or Cameron Elementary, which only go through 5th grade, M L King Academy serves students through 8th grade, allowing for a continuous educational experience. However, the school has faced persistent academic challenges, ranking in the bottom 1-4% of Texas elementary schools over the past decade, with a current 0-star rating.

One of the most interesting findings is a "bright spot" in advanced math: in the 2025-2026 school year, 77.78% of 8th graders taking Algebra I were proficient, far exceeding the district average of 42.23% and the state average of 54.03%. This success contrasts sharply with general math struggles—for example, 0% of 7th graders were proficient in math that same year. The school also shows extreme volatility in 8th-grade math scores, with proficiency rates swinging from 13.89% to 53.33% in recent years. Additionally, the school spends a relatively high $14,806 per student, more than nearby Highland Hills Elementary ($10,210) and even the higher-performing Idea Eastside Academy ($8,233), yet this investment hasn't translated into broad academic gains.

Compared to Idea Eastside Academy, a charter school just over a mile away serving a similarly high-poverty population, M L King Academy lags significantly—for instance, in 5th-grade reading, Idea Eastside had a 65% proficiency rate versus M L King's 17.5%. On a positive note, the school's dropout rate has improved, dropping from 5.4% in 2020-2021 to 0.0% in 2023-2024, indicating better student retention through middle school. For parents, M L King Academy offers a strong advanced math program for top students but faces systemic challenges in raising overall achievement, suggesting that deeper instructional changes may be needed to match the success of peers like Idea Najim Academy.

532
Students ?
14.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,999
Per pupil spending ?
96.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 510 Morningview Dr
       San Antonio, TX  78220-3299

(210) 978-7935

District: San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)


Students who attend M L King Academy usually attend:

High:    Houston High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
76.1%
African American:
22.2%
Two or more races:
0.9%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2016 → 1st in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (19% vs 48% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)
!Reading scores 37 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school19%
District avg32%
Texas avg48%
Elementary school
4,590th of 4,627
Texas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 1%▼ down 4 pts since 2016
From bottom 4% (2016) to bottom 1% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
2,165th of 2,335
Texas public middle schools ?
Bottom 7%▼ down 10 pts since 2016
From bottom 18% (2016) to bottom 7% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Texas Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
44th of 46Elementary Schools in the San Antonio Independent School District (Isd)
776th of 951San Antonio Independent School District (Isd) among Texas 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20264.74590 of 46270.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.54555 of 46512.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.84602 of 47102.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.94467 of 46473.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20229.74422 of 45813.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.24539 of 45780.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.34306 of 44793.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.94292 of 43591.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20177.04272 of 43291.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20169.64095 of 42864.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201523.43638 of 432015.8%★☆☆☆☆
20149.64134 of 42603.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20137.64134 of 42212.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201221.73791 of 42069.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201157.41973 of 409551.8%★★★☆☆
201017.93658 of 39377.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200918.73578 of 38847.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20088.93675 of 37682.5%☆☆☆☆☆
200730.63051 of 372418.1%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202613.12334 of 24063.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202534.21336 of 190529.9%★☆☆☆☆
202445.11284 of 244347.4%★★☆☆☆
202324.82068 of 244315.3%★☆☆☆☆
202234.31717 of 242129.1%★☆☆☆☆
202118.72271 of 24447.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.42165 of 251513.9%★☆☆☆☆
201821.62203 of 248311.3%★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202214.44299 of 44613.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202111.84309 of 43310.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.74086 of 42954.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.34011 of 42405.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202518.82642 of 29189.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20264.04559 of 45750.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.63612 of 37443.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.14476 of 46583.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202313.74326 of 45885.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.14183 of 45618.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202110.34427 of 44991.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.94010 of 43487.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.84169 of 43063.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20191.43177 of 31840.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20267.84361 of 44131.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.13490 of 36444.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.84387 of 44651.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.94223 of 44014.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20228.14332 of 43761.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.74315 of 43290.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.13972 of 41885.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.94083 of 41682.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20266.34487 of 45200.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202514.23531 of 37054.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.84355 of 45945.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202315.74262 of 45215.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.34361 of 44772.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.24437 of 44510.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.34095 of 43095.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.54203 of 42641.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20267.24518 of 45821.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.13590 of 37394.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.64417 of 46474.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.94448 of 45853.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.84507 of 45631.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20218.04476 of 44980.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.24242 of 43572.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20186.74284 of 43190.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202625.33716 of 430113.6%★☆☆☆☆
202545.31838 of 354948.2%★★☆☆☆
202431.33190 of 429225.7%★☆☆☆☆
202317.03915 of 40864.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202231.52914 of 395226.3%★☆☆☆☆
202139.82063 of 379945.7%★★☆☆☆
201925.73142 of 368414.7%★☆☆☆☆
201814.93525 of 35580.9%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202614.62165 of 23357.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.62264 of 23443.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.01957 of 237217.5%★☆☆☆☆
202320.01985 of 233014.8%★☆☆☆☆
202215.92022 of 225410.3%★☆☆☆☆
20219.62178 of 22523.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201924.41773 of 219319.2%★☆☆☆☆
201818.01858 of 208010.7%★☆☆☆☆
201719.11783 of 202712.0%★☆☆☆☆
201625.61636 of 198717.7%★☆☆☆☆
201528.81605 of 204321.4%★☆☆☆☆
201430.71508 of 198724.1%★☆☆☆☆
201331.61530 of 197322.5%★☆☆☆☆
201238.31314 of 195132.6%★★☆☆☆
201159.2800 of 189557.8%★★★☆☆
201045.51201 of 180333.4%★★☆☆☆
200923.81561 of 176311.5%★☆☆☆☆
200827.31469 of 171814.5%★☆☆☆☆
200730.01356 of 168419.5%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202628.21007 of 129522.2%★☆☆☆☆
202522.6859 of 99713.8%★☆☆☆☆
202440.5730 of 128043.0%★★☆☆☆
202343.2662 of 127348.0%★★☆☆☆
202235.2814 of 125134.9%★★☆☆☆
202119.81116 of 12138.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201942.5630 of 119347.2%★★☆☆☆
201832.3799 of 116731.5%★★☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202218.12044 of 21826.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202115.52073 of 21182.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201939.61223 of 205840.6%★★☆☆☆
201838.81213 of 200839.6%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202616.51337 of 13903.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201970.7237 of 144583.6%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202616.82058 of 22408.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20258.91783 of 18252.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.21931 of 224213.9%★☆☆☆☆
202330.81662 of 224125.8%★☆☆☆☆
202220.31925 of 222113.3%★☆☆☆☆
202113.12025 of 21515.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.01598 of 204721.9%★☆☆☆☆
201814.01907 of 20085.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202617.11993 of 21416.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.11688 of 17312.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202433.61480 of 211930.2%★★☆☆☆
202315.41956 of 21167.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202218.41874 of 20779.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.21943 of 20434.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201923.71660 of 193514.2%★☆☆☆☆
201821.61682 of 189511.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202618.12084 of 22537.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202512.51756 of 18203.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202427.61793 of 223519.8%★☆☆☆☆
202329.21737 of 225122.8%★☆☆☆☆
202220.81954 of 222012.0%★☆☆☆☆
202112.82094 of 21723.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201932.51545 of 207325.5%★☆☆☆☆
201825.21742 of 203914.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202614.32112 of 22536.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.11752 of 18183.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202429.71649 of 224626.6%★☆☆☆☆
202315.62036 of 22459.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.62094 of 22286.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20217.62142 of 21681.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201921.41774 of 206914.3%★☆☆☆☆
201824.41669 of 203017.8%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202624.81753 of 195610.4%★☆☆☆☆
202524.61345 of 156814.2%★☆☆☆☆
202442.41073 of 189143.3%★★☆☆☆
202338.31069 of 181541.1%★★☆☆☆
202251.6610 of 175765.3%★★★☆☆
202140.2908 of 171247.0%★★☆☆☆
201921.51485 of 16268.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.71498 of 15976.2%☆☆☆☆☆
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
Special Education (2026)14th percentile+13 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)9th percentile+7 vs school
At Risk (2022)4th percentile~ school
African American (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2026)1st percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)1st percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school
Female (2026)<1st percentile~ school
Gifted and Talented (2019)<1st percentile-4 vs school
Middle school
African American (2026)22nd percentile+15 vs school
Special Education (2026)10th percentile+3 vs school
Female (2026)8th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)8th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)7th percentile~ school
At Risk (2022)6th percentile-4 vs school
Male (2026)6th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2026)4th percentile-3 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
Algebra I78%+24 vs state
Mathematics20%-24 vs state
Reading18%-37 vs state
Social Studies3%-28 vs state

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Students at M L King Academy are 76% Hispanic, 22% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 532 students attended M L King Academy.

Students who attend M L King Academy usually go on to attend:

High : Houston High School

M L King Academy ranks in the bottom 0.8% of Texas elementary schools.


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