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Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School

Q: Is Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School a good school?

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School ranks in the bottom 0.6% of Alabama elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 458 students attended Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School?

Students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School are 68% African American, 17% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% Two or more races.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

682^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 686 Alabama Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of Alabama elementary schools

Summary

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School is a PK-5 school in the Huntsville City district, serving 458 students in a densely populated area of Huntsville, AL.

This school is facing significant academic challenges. Its state ranking has fallen to the bottom 1% of Alabama elementary schools, a sharp decline from even a few years ago. Proficiency rates in both math and reading are dramatically below district and state averages across every grade level. For example, only 1.61% of 5th graders were proficient in math recently, compared to nearly 34% district-wide and 39% statewide. This gap is systemic, affecting all subjects and student groups. The school's performance is also notably lower than nearby schools with similar demographics, such as Sonnie Hereford Elementary School, which serves a similar high-poverty population but posts higher proficiency rates. The contrast with a higher-performing neighbor like Monte Sano Elementary School (97th percentile) is stark, with a 68-point gap in 5th-grade math proficiency.

There is one positive trend: chronic absenteeism has been cut by more than half, dropping from 30.4% to 12.7%, now in line with the state average. However, this improvement in attendance has not yet translated into academic gains, suggesting that while more students are coming to school, the instructional support they receive is not yet meeting their needs. For parents considering this school, it's important to understand that while the school community is working on engagement, the academic performance is critically low and declining, requiring serious attention and likely additional support for students to succeed.

458

Students ?

16.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,541

Per pupil spending ?

79.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3112 Meridian St N
Huntsville, AL 35811-1539

(256) 428-7100

District: Huntsville City

Students who attend Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Chapman Middle School
High:	Lee High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

67.7%

Hispanic:

16.8%

White:

8.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 9th percentile in 2016 → 1st in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Alabama average (17% vs 53% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 8 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school17%

District avg49%

Alabama avg53%

682^nd of 686

Alabama public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▼ down 9 pts since 2016

From bottom 9% (2016) to bottom 1% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

23^rd of 23Elementary Schools in the Huntsville City

78^th of 140Huntsville City among Alabama 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	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	4.8	682 of 686	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.8	668 of 680	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.3	624 of 684	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.4	603 of 680	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	589 of 687	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	12.4	624 of 692	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.7	645 of 681	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.9	654 of 680	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	13.6	611 of 688	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	11.5	628 of 691	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	15.7	608 of 691	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	14.7	629 of 695	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	15.3	665 of 696	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	33.8	552 of 696	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	20.5	636 of 709	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	8.5	682 of 704	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	9.5	680 of 696	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	11.2	675 of 698	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	6.7	679 of 698	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	9.1	676 of 689	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	14.3	646 of 688	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	10.3	602 of 623	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	10.5	422 of 428	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	12.6	416 of 427	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.7	379 of 420	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.8	362 of 427	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.2	341 of 426	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.7	392 of 426	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.1	410 of 426	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	14.3	405 of 423	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	20.6	303 of 336	9.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	32.5	105 of 143	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	5.4	649 of 651	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.9	623 of 649	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.3	619 of 650	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.5	605 of 645	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.9	536 of 656	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.6	595 of 656	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.2	625 of 646	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.8	624 of 640	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	18.1	547 of 639	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	19.2	186 of 206	9.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	37.3	124 of 196	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	6.7	660 of 667	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	7.8	650 of 660	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.7	603 of 670	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	579 of 623	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.7	552 of 651	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.5	609 of 653	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.7	614 of 649	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.5	638 of 651	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	16.8	492 of 567	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	5.6	653 of 659	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.2	641 of 651	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.3	569 of 655	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	547 of 649	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.0	612 of 669	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.3	614 of 669	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.7	607 of 650	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	8.4	620 of 650	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	11.6	588 of 639	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	11.3	180 of 193	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2026	18.3	375 of 403	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	18.7	368 of 403	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	36.1	252 of 395	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.7	149 of 373	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	13.4	334 of 345	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.5	387 of 398	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	16.5	371 of 392	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.4	341 of 344	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	29.8	204 of 280	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Alabama percentile	Rating
2025	4.9	522 of 532	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	15.8	492 of 535	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	3.9	521 of 528	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.9	470 of 529	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2026)27th percentile+26 vs school

Hispanic (2025)10th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2026)7th percentile+6 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)7th percentile+6 vs school

White (2025)2nd percentile~ school

African American (2026)1st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile~ school

Male (2026)1st percentile~ school

Female (2026)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs Alabama (2025-2026) ?

English26%-39 vs state

Science16%-34 vs state

Mathematics8%-34 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Summative Assessment Mathematics (2026)				Summative Assessment Science (2026)	Summative Assessment English (2026)				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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Summative Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Summative Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Summative Assessment Science 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 3rd Grade	Summative Assessment English 4th Grade	Summative Assessment English 5th Grade	Summative Assessment English 6th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3112 Meridian St N	Huntsville	35811	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 428-7100	458	27	16.9	79.9%	37 (8.1%)	310 (67.7%)	77 (16.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.8%)	4.8	682^nd of 686 public elementary schools	0.6%		6.8	668^th of 680 public elementary schools	1.8%	14	12.5	9.6	1.6		16.4	30.4	19.2	27.4		$9,541	$2,631	$6,909
Lakewood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3501 Kenwood Dr NW	Huntsville	35810	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 428-7240	397	23	17.3	75.1%	22 (5.5%)	245 (61.7%)	105 (26.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (6.3%)	14.4	597^th of 686 public elementary schools	13.0%		11.9	621^st of 680 public elementary schools	8.7%	24	7.7	31.7	6.7	8.7	36.7	36.5	45.8	26.7	21.3	$10,184	$2,205	$7,978
Montview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2600 Garvin Rd NW	Huntsville	35810	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 428-7320	213	13	16.5	74.2%	7 (3.3%)	142 (66.7%)	41 (19.2%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.9%)	21.4	541^st of 686 public elementary schools	21.1%		18	560^th of 680 public elementary schools	17.6%	19	16.7	34.6	9.4		38.5	33.3	53.9	42.4		$13,217	$3,064	$10,152
Academy For Science Foreign Language	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	3221 Mastin Lake Rd	Huntsville	35810	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	Yes	No	No	(256) 428-7000	303	22	13.7	44.2%	55 (18.2%)	177 (58.4%)	35 (11.6%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (9.9%)	76.7	147^th of 686 public elementary schools	78.6%		69.7	196^th of 680 public elementary schools	71.2%	49	77.2	45.7	38.5		64.3	76.8	78.6	84.6		$9,962	$1,114	$8,847
Rolling Hills Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2901 Hilltop Terrace NW	Huntsville	35810	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 428-7400	483	28	17.0	72.3%	20 (4.1%)	318 (65.8%)	114 (23.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.6%)	18.1	572^nd of 686 public elementary schools	16.6%		17.4	564^th of 680 public elementary schools	17.1%	8	28.1	18.8	35.2	10.2	23.2	42.9	31.9	51.9	28.6	$10,037	$2,504	$7,532
Blossomwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1321 Woodmont Avenue	Huntsville	35801	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 428-7020	596	38	15.8	50.5%	247 (41.4%)	262 (44.0%)	30 (5.0%)	6 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.2%)	46.3	386^th of 686 public elementary schools	43.7%		53.1	331^st of 680 public elementary schools	51.3%	55	36.8	35.9	40.7	18.7	51.1	70.8	55.4	61.2	53.9	$8,149	$907	$7,241
Sonnie Hereford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2755 Wilson Drive	Huntsville	35816	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 428-7440	578	31	18.6	79.4%	36 (6.2%)	356 (61.6%)	120 (20.8%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	58 (10.0%)	8.7	652^nd of 686 public elementary schools	5.0%		10.9	630^th of 680 public elementary schools	7.4%	22	12.7	3.1	5.6	19.5	14.3	28.2	24.6	31.9	37.7	$9,093	$1,716	$7,376
Monte Sano Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1107 Monte Sano Blvd SE	Huntsville	35801	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	No	(256) 428-7300	263	17	15.7	9.9%	217 (82.5%)	21 (8.0%)	7 (2.7%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.7%)	95	20^th of 686 public elementary schools	97.1%		94.3	19^th of 680 public elementary schools	97.2%	1	85.7	73.2	69.7	84.6	90.2	88.6	85.4	87.9	92.3	$10,022	$862	$9,158
Highlands Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	2500 Barney Terrace NW	Huntsville	35810	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	No	No	Yes	(256) 428-7200	370	22	17.0	72.2%	16 (4.3%)	261 (70.5%)	65 (17.6%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	18 (4.9%)	8.2	658^th of 686 public elementary schools	4.1%		14.5	592^nd of 680 public elementary schools	12.9%	66	20.4	19.2	2.4	4.4	12.8	36.7	27.7	39.0	26.1	$10,057	$2,041	$8,016
Academy For Academics Arts Elementary School	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	4800 Sparkman Drive NE	Huntsville	35810	Madison County	Huntsville City	No	Yes	No	No	(256) 428-7600	400	23	17.3	48.3%	95 (23.8%)	229 (57.3%)	27 (6.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (12.0%)	36.8	453^rd of 686 public elementary schools	34.0%		28.7	483^rd of 680 public elementary schools	29.0%	30	44.4	15.0	26.7		18.8	66.7	43.8	77.3		$10,574	$1,039	$9,535

Frequently Asked Questions about Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School

Is Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School a good school?

Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School ranks in the bottom 0.6% of Alabama elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Chapman Middle School
High : Lee High School

How many students attend Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 458 students attended Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School?

Students at Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School are 68% African American, 17% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% Two or more races.

What district is Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School in?

Huntsville City

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