Summary:
ZIP code 94703 has one middle school, Martin Luther King Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 851 students. The supplied results show how the school compares with Berkeley Unified and California, but cannot show which local schools outperform others. In 2025–26, the school was well above state proficiency results in all three reported subjects: by 22 points in English language arts (ELA), 28 points in math, and 19 points in science. The main takeaway is that students’ scores were strong against the state, though slightly below the district’s all-grade results.
Math is the school’s clearest strength against the state, particularly in sixth grade: sixth-grade math proficiency was 72%, compared with 37% statewide, a 35-point advantage. The school was also above state results in every reported ELA and math grade, and eighth-grade science was 55% versus 35% statewide. Compared with the district, however, the school’s all-grade results were just under 1 point lower in ELA and math and 3 points lower in science. Because the ZIP code list includes only this school, there is no local top-or-bottom school comparison.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: ELA fell by about 1 point, math rose by less than 1 point, and science declined by 6 points. Even so, the school’s science score remained well above the state’s; the school–state science gap narrowed by 9 points as the state score rose by 3. SchoolDigger’s ranking was 240 of 2,703 schools, in the 91st percentile with 5 stars, down 2 percentile points from 2023–24. Other context measures include a student–teacher ratio of 18 in 2024–25 and 33% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25. Chronic absenteeism was 14% in 2025–26, about 2 points above the district and 4 points below the state.
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