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Martin Luther King Junior Middle

Public Grades 7-8

2584^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 6% of California middle schools

Summary

Martin Luther King Junior Middle is a public middle school in San Bernardino, California, serving 589 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the San Bernardino City Unified School District, which is ranked 1208 out of 1565 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Martin Luther King Junior Middle consistently performs below the district and state averages in standardized test scores across all subjects and grade levels. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 20.35% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 36.18% for the district and 48.81% for the state. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was just 9.27%, compared to 23.12% for the district and 37.3% for the state. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 20.4% to 35.5% over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the state average.

When comparing Martin Luther King Junior Middle to nearby schools, it becomes clear that the school is an outlier in terms of academic performance. Golden Valley Middle, also in the San Bernardino City Unified School District, outperforms Martin Luther King Junior Middle across all subject areas and grade levels, with proficiency rates that are 10-20 percentage points higher. Similarly, Richardson PREP High Middle has proficiency rates that are 50-60 percentage points higher than Martin Luther King Junior Middle in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. Schools in the neighboring Rialto Unified and Colton Joint Unified districts, such as Ben F. Kolb Middle and Colton Middle, also significantly outperform Martin Luther King Junior Middle.

581

Students ?

19.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,916

Per pupil spending ?

97.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1250 North Medical Center Dr.
San Bernardino, CA 92411-1605

(909) 388-6350

District: San Bernardino City Unified

Students who attend Martin Luther King Junior Middle usually attend:

High:

Arroyo Valley High

Feeder schools for Martin Luther King Junior Middle:

Elementary:	Graciano Gomez Elementary
	Howard Inghram Elementary
	Mt. Vernon Elementary
	Ramona-Alessandro Elementary
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	Rio Vista Elementary
	Roosevelt Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

89.7%

African American:

6.0%

Two or more races:

1.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 14th percentile in 2013 → 6th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (14% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (34% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school14%

District avg28%

California avg41%

2,584^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 6%▼ down 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 10Middle Schools in the San Bernardino City Unified

1200^th of 1,543San Bernardino City 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	11.2	2584 of 2761	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.3	2654 of 2783	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	2668 of 2781	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.0	2452 of 2740	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.2	2304 of 2715	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	1872 of 2480	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	20.3	2014 of 2508	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	16.6	2153 of 2497	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.9	2124 of 2477	14.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	18.3	2047 of 2379	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	23.9	1812 of 2259	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	15.3	1986 of 2236	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	17.5	1907 of 2179	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	17.5	1789 of 2063	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	17.3	1742 of 2005	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	22.7	1590 of 1999	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	22.8	1419 of 1804	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	14.3	1584 of 1777	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	20.0	1443 of 1769	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.3	568 of 609	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	17.0	581 of 627	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.2	581 of 613	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.5	576 of 637	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.7	472 of 643	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	39.3	345 of 600	42.5%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	21.9	1398 of 1531	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.7	1434 of 1491	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	29.9	953 of 1369	30.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	32.6	1099 of 1478	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.0	1397 of 1521	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	39.7	775 of 1540	49.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.5	810 of 1442	43.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.9	555 of 1364	59.3%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.5	2417 of 2533	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.9	2465 of 2551	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.5	2471 of 2531	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.5	2286 of 2509	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.7	1991 of 2380	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.4	1690 of 2262	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.8	2181 of 2395	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.9	2246 of 2388	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.0	2218 of 2374	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.5	1957 of 2359	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.0	1756 of 2213	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.6	1379 of 2072	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.3	385 of 477	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.4	287 of 394	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.0	262 of 320	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	33.4	227 of 336	32.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.3	2334 of 2542	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.7	2433 of 2579	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.1	2389 of 2531	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	21.5	2044 of 2458	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.3	1891 of 2369	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.0	1528 of 2230	31.5%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.9	2372 of 2534	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	2446 of 2552	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.3	2390 of 2538	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	2250 of 2527	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.4	2180 of 2407	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.4	1805 of 2273	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	7.8	185 of 192	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.9	1361 of 1566	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.1	1495 of 1552	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.9	1351 of 1531	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2024)26th percentile+21 vs school

Homeless (2025)19th percentile+13 vs school

Special Education (2025)13th percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school

Disabled (2022)9th percentile~ school

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

African American (2025)7th percentile~ school

Male (2025)6th percentile~ school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

Military Connected (2024)4th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy20%-28 vs state

Mathematics9%-28 vs state

Science8%-24 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Thursday, July 12, 2012

I had the opportunity to meet the new principal of King Middle School last year before I enrolled my two sons there. She is very kind, patient, knowledgeable, self-organized, and a very respectful person. Martin Luther King school counts with an excellent professional team for each grade, so they know the kids by their names. I truly recommend this school because it has a lot of strong changes now, my children learned very good habits including on the disciplinary area. This school has a great parent participation, which make easier for parents to support their students. Close Quote

by a student
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

I would give this school a 4 star because the 3 years that I have been there you can tell that the teachers do really care about the students education and if any students have any problems the teachers are always there to help them out. Close Quote

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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	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 7th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 8th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Martin Luther King Junior Middle	Public	7-8	1250 North Medical Center Dr.	San Bernardino	92411	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6350	581	30	19.6	97.1%	7 (1.2%)	35 (6.0%)	521 (89.7%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	8 (1.4%)	11.2	2584^th of 2761 public middle schools	6.4%		10.3	2654^th of 2783 public middle schools	4.6%	70																		8.2	8.2				21.3	19.3	20.4				10.9	7.5	9.3	$22,916	$5,476	$17,440
Dr. Mildred Dalton Henry Elementary	Public	4-6	1250 West 14th St.	San Bernardino	92411	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 888-2353	338	16	21.0	96.2%	6 (1.8%)	14 (4.1%)	311 (92.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)								(n/a)																	22.0		22.0	33.3	40.7	20.9			32.8	27.9	25.2	9.4			21.9	$22,466	$4,670	$17,796
Arrowview Middle	Public	6-8	2299 North G St.	San Bernardino	92405	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 881-8109	917	45	20.4	96.7%	20 (2.2%)	59 (6.4%)	812 (88.5%)	6 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.3%)	15 (1.6%)	27.9	1900^th of 2761 public middle schools	31.2%		27.5	1921^st of 2783 public middle schools	31.0%	21	1.6	4.8	11.7	6.5	8.1	16.7	24.3	17.5	4.8	20.6	12.6	14.4	0.0	2.4	13.6	5.8		19.8	19.8			21.7	37.8	40.0	35.5			12.1	18.7	22.2	18.8	$22,460	$4,828	$17,632
Warren F. Frisbie Middle	Public	6-8	1442 North Eucalyptus Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7887	1,000	40	24.8	87.8%	8 (0.8%)	71 (7.1%)	902 (90.2%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.5%)	8 (0.8%)	18.3	2303^rd of 2761 public middle schools	16.6%		15.8	2444^th of 2783 public middle schools	12.2%	141																		11.5	11.5			28.8	40.9	22.0	30.1			15.0	13.6	7.8	11.9	$20,462	$3,420	$17,042
Richardson PREP High Middle	Public	6-8	455 South K St.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6438	583	26	22.3	88.0%	26 (4.5%)	28 (4.8%)	497 (85.2%)	19 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	98.3	37^th of 2761 public middle schools	98.7%		97.8	61^st of 2783 public middle schools	97.8%	24																		64.4	64.4			85.0	87.5	86.6	86.4			81.9	80.2	90.9	84.3	$24,138	$4,765	$19,373
Colton Middle	Public	7-8	670 West Laurel St.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5009	870	40	21.9	92.8%	16 (1.8%)	16 (1.8%)	830 (95.4%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	15.8	2403^rd of 2761 public middle schools	13.0%		19.2	2291^st of 2783 public middle schools	17.7%	112																		11.7	11.7				26.1	26.7	26.4				11.3	12.8	12.1	$23,488	$4,835	$18,653
Shandin Hills Middle	Public	6-8	4301 Little Mountain Dr.	San Bernardino	92407	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 880-6666	709	37	18.9	94.9%	27 (3.8%)	98 (13.8%)	553 (78.0%)	9 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	17 (2.4%)	15.4	2419^th of 2761 public middle schools	12.4%		13.4	2537^th of 2783 public middle schools	8.8%	118																		10.8	10.8			23.5	20.5	30.2	24.9			16.5	8.4	15.0	12.3	$23,483	$5,886	$17,597
William G. Jehue Middle	Public	6-8	1500 North Eucalyptus Ave.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 421-7377	1,444	57	25.4	87.1%	23 (1.6%)	70 (4.8%)	1,310 (90.7%)	16 (1.1%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.3%)	18 (1.2%)	36	1619^th of 2761 public middle schools	41.4%		29.6	1822^nd of 2783 public middle schools	34.5%	203																		20.0	20.0			37.6	40.4	52.0	43.6			24.2	20.3	22.1	22.1	$19,139	$3,093	$16,046
Golden Valley Middle	Public	6-8	3800 Waterman Ave.	San Bernardino	92404	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 881-8168	742	37	20.0	95.0%	25 (3.4%)	74 (10.0%)	619 (83.4%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	17 (2.3%)	30.5	1809^th of 2761 public middle schools	34.5%		34.6	1645^th of 2783 public middle schools	40.9%	164																		19.6	19.6			35.3	34.7	42.4	38.3			54.9	18.8	16.8	20.4	$22,820	$4,935	$17,885
Ben F. Kolb Middle	Public	6-8	2351 North Spruce St.	Rialto	92377	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7849	917	37	24.9	81.5%	27 (2.9%)	106 (11.6%)	743 (81.0%)	8 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	6 (0.7%)	24 (2.6%)	42.4	1413^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.8%		35.3	1613^th of 2783 public middle schools	42.0%	200																		23.5	23.5			46.8	51.8	41.5	46.6			30.9	25.4	21.2	25.8	$20,290	$3,346	$16,944

Frequently Asked Questions about Martin Luther King Junior Middle

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

Students who attend Martin Luther King Junior Middle usually go on to attend Arroyo Valley High

Is Martin Luther King Junior Middle a good school?

Martin Luther King Junior Middle ranks in the bottom 6.4% of California middle schools.

How many students attend Martin Luther King Junior Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 581 students attended Martin Luther King Junior Middle.

What district is Martin Luther King Junior Middle in?

San Bernardino City Unified

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

Students at Martin Luther King Junior Middle are 90% Hispanic, 6% African American, 1% Two or more races, 1% White.

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