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Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex

Public Grades PK, KG-8
1292nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,347 New Jersey Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of New Jersey elementary schools
Summary

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Paterson, New Jersey, part of the Paterson Public School District, which is ranked 561 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school has 505 students.

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey elementary schools, with proficiency rates on state assessments that are significantly lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subjects. The school's performance is particularly weak in mathematics and science, with only 2.8% to 10.2% of students scoring proficient or above in math and just 8.3% of 5th graders and 0% of 8th graders scoring proficient or above in science. The school also faces challenges with high chronic absenteeism rates and a high percentage of students from low-income backgrounds.

While the nearby School 16, School 13, and School 24 perform slightly better than Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex, they still rank in the bottom 10-15% of New Jersey elementary schools. The exception is Charles J. Riley/School 9, which outperforms the other Paterson schools and ranks in the bottom 30% of the state, and Philip's Academy Charter School of Paterson, which also outperforms Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex and the other Paterson district schools, ranking in the bottom 35% of New Jersey elementary schools.

513
Students ?
10.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,303
Per pupil spending ?
66.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 851 E 28th Street
       Paterson, NJ  07513

(973) 321-0300

District: Paterson Public School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
71.2%
African American:
25.3%
Asian:
2.1%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 10th percentile in 2015 → 4th in 2025
Strengths
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the New Jersey average (12% vs 44% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (36% vs 15% New Jersey)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school12%
District avg19%
New Jersey avg44%
Elementary school
1,292nd of 1,347
New Jersey public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 6 pts since 2015
From bottom 10% (2015) to bottom 4% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of New Jersey Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
685th of 752
New Jersey public middle schools ?
Bottom 9%▼ down 2 pts since 2015
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SchoolDigger rating ?
19th of 29Elementary Schools in the Paterson Public School District
561st of 609Paterson Public 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20257.01292 of 13474.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20245.91302 of 13382.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.41285 of 13424.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.61233 of 13458.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.91213 of 13177.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20195.01309 of 13603.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.61250 of 13537.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.11241 of 13528.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20168.01248 of 13467.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201512.11215 of 135710.5%★☆☆☆☆
201430.01046 of 136323.3%★☆☆☆☆
201333.71022 of 136725.2%★☆☆☆☆
201236.5998 of 136326.8%★☆☆☆☆
201126.11105 of 136018.8%★☆☆☆☆
201014.41196 of 135411.7%★☆☆☆☆
200918.11156 of 134614.1%★☆☆☆☆
200813.71193 of 133810.8%★☆☆☆☆
200723.01121 of 132915.7%★☆☆☆☆
20067.71205 of 13148.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200510.91183 of 13039.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20049.51176 of 12989.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200322.4960 of 120420.3%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202515.8390 of 46315.8%★☆☆☆☆
202420.3406 of 46913.4%★☆☆☆☆
202326.6369 of 46320.3%★☆☆☆☆
202215.5462 of 4946.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202125.7380 of 45616.7%★☆☆☆☆
201918.3473 of 5229.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201838.2303 of 51741.4%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202512.5573 of 5974.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.4538 of 5593.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202316.0471 of 4995.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.8444 of 4899.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202128.7311 of 41124.3%★☆☆☆☆
201917.3406 of 46312.3%★☆☆☆☆
201820.4365 of 43415.9%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20259.61219 of 13268.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.11254 of 13174.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.01219 of 13187.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.71162 of 132612.4%★☆☆☆☆
202112.41160 of 129010.1%★☆☆☆☆
20196.91250 of 13316.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201813.31163 of 133312.8%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202517.7880 of 103214.7%★☆☆☆☆
202410.9911 of 9897.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.1896 of 9828.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202220.6781 of 95318.0%★☆☆☆☆
202122.7772 of 89613.8%★☆☆☆☆
201912.3788 of 89912.3%★☆☆☆☆
201821.0691 of 87020.6%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202513.3968 of 10235.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.2819 of 93912.8%★☆☆☆☆
202319.8741 of 91018.6%★☆☆☆☆
202223.7673 of 86322.0%★☆☆☆☆
202122.3694 of 83917.3%★☆☆☆☆
20198.4828 of 94812.7%★☆☆☆☆
201820.9827 of 94212.2%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
20256.81252 of 13185.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.21243 of 13135.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.71241 of 13155.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.81197 of 13249.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202112.11146 of 129711.6%★☆☆☆☆
20194.81280 of 13354.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.21254 of 13346.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202514.0947 of 10237.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.9869 of 98912.1%★☆☆☆☆
202321.3748 of 95821.9%★☆☆☆☆
202216.1839 of 94911.6%★☆☆☆☆
201830.3642 of 100135.9%★★☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202512.3685 of 7528.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.1687 of 7437.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.7707 of 7485.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.9673 of 7459.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.8567 of 65213.0%★☆☆☆☆
20195.9720 of 7453.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.6648 of 7169.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201711.0636 of 71210.7%★☆☆☆☆
20168.7663 of 7137.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201512.4634 of 71311.1%★☆☆☆☆
201423.9562 of 71721.6%★☆☆☆☆
201339.3488 of 70430.7%★★☆☆☆
201231.8522 of 67722.9%★☆☆☆☆
201124.6548 of 68419.9%★☆☆☆☆
201025.9534 of 67721.1%★☆☆☆☆
200935.7495 of 66425.5%★☆☆☆☆
200834.0474 of 64025.9%★☆☆☆☆
200737.4472 of 63125.2%★☆☆☆☆
200617.8514 of 61516.4%★☆☆☆☆
200528.7466 of 59922.2%★☆☆☆☆
200424.9469 of 58820.2%★☆☆☆☆
200314.0495 of 57413.8%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202420.1300 of 35214.8%★☆☆☆☆
202322.3318 of 36111.9%★☆☆☆☆
202219.2330 of 3567.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202123.2253 of 29113.1%★☆☆☆☆
201922.3279 of 32614.4%★☆☆☆☆
201818.6271 of 32616.9%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202517.7331 of 3433.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202424.9278 of 32013.1%★☆☆☆☆
202325.2246 of 28814.6%★☆☆☆☆
201917.3210 of 2277.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201838.3115 of 20243.1%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202513.3652 of 72810.4%★☆☆☆☆
202411.2675 of 7175.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.3655 of 7209.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.9614 of 72615.4%★☆☆☆☆
202118.7514 of 62517.8%★☆☆☆☆
20199.7636 of 7039.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.1563 of 68017.2%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202520.2513 of 60815.6%★☆☆☆☆
202422.4491 of 58916.6%★☆☆☆☆
202316.0533 of 5879.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202228.7437 of 59126.1%★☆☆☆☆
202128.1371 of 48022.7%★☆☆☆☆
201910.0499 of 5244.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.7411 of 50418.5%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202520.4534 of 61312.9%★☆☆☆☆
202423.1475 of 58418.7%★☆☆☆☆
202323.4450 of 56820.8%★☆☆☆☆
202223.3430 of 54921.7%★☆☆☆☆
202126.6353 of 46724.4%★☆☆☆☆
20197.3489 of 5419.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201821.4418 of 52219.9%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202513.0667 of 7268.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202416.7627 of 71912.8%★☆☆☆☆
202310.2682 of 7185.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.3671 of 7308.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202113.1564 of 63511.2%★☆☆☆☆
20195.5691 of 6970.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.8636 of 6755.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew Jersey percentileRating
202517.2484 of 5074.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202421.8451 of 51011.6%★☆☆☆☆
202317.2484 of 5054.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.9534 of 5350.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.6372 of 4017.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.7462 of 4926.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.1424 of 47110.0%★☆☆☆☆
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
African American (2025)16th percentile+12 vs school
Hispanic (2025)15th percentile+11 vs school
Female (2025)8th percentile+4 vs school
Special Education (2025)7th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school
Male (2025)5th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)4th percentile~ school
Middle school
Hispanic (2025)16th percentile+7 vs school
African American (2024)15th percentile+7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)13th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)10th percentile~ school
Male (2025)8th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)5th percentile-4 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)3rd percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts23%-31 vs state
Mathematics6%-35 vs state
Science3%-22 vs state

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Students at Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex are 71% Hispanic, 25% African American, 2% Asian, 1% White.

Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex ranks in the bottom 4.1% of New Jersey elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 513 students attended Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Educational Complex.


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