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Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School

Public Grades 7-8

736^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 752 New Jersey Middle Schools

Better than 2% of New Jersey middle schools

Summary

Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School is a public middle school in Trenton, New Jersey, serving 610 students in grades 7-8. The school is part of the Trenton Public School District, which is ranked 609 out of 609 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School consistently ranks in the bottom 5% of New Jersey middle schools, with very low proficiency rates on state assessments. In 2024-2025, only 9.9% of 7th graders and 11.9% of 8th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to state averages of 57% and 57.1%, respectively. In mathematics, the proficiency rates were even lower, with just 5% of 7th graders and 1.7% of 8th graders meeting or exceeding standards, compared to state averages of 38.8% and 20.7%. The school's performance on the science assessment was also extremely low, with only 0.6% of 8th graders proficient or better, compared to the state average of 19%.

The school's challenges extend beyond academics, with high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 14.9% to 47.6% over the past 3 years. Nearby schools within the Trenton Public School District also struggle academically, suggesting systemic issues within the district. However, the nearby Achievers Early College Prep Charter School, which is outside the district, demonstrates significantly higher academic performance, indicating that the challenges faced by Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School may be more closely tied to the broader educational system and resources within the Trenton Public School District.

650

Students ?

13.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

75.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

401-411 Brunswick Ave
Trenton, NJ 08638

(609) 656-4900

District: Trenton Public School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

65.5%

African American:

31.7%

Two or more races:

1.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2023 → 2nd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the New Jersey average (19% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (48% vs 15% New Jersey)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg34%

New Jersey avg41%

736^th of 752

New Jersey public middle schools ?

Bottom 2%▼ down 1 pts since 2023

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

609^th of 609Trenton 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	7.8	736 of 752	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.6	733 of 743	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.8	721 of 748	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	13.1	328 of 359	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	320 of 352	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.0	334 of 361	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	22.0	307 of 343	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.2	291 of 320	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.2	262 of 288	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	8.4	705 of 728	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.1	703 of 717	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.1	692 of 720	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	11.4	580 of 608	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.0	574 of 589	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.8	574 of 587	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	10.9	601 of 613	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.0	522 of 584	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.9	495 of 568	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	8.2	713 of 726	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.4	697 of 719	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.0	684 of 718	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	New Jersey percentile	Rating
2025	21.9	441 of 507	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.9	360 of 510	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.8	280 of 505	44.6%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2025)13th percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)10th percentile+8 vs school

African American (2025)9th percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)5th percentile~ school

Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school

By subject vs New Jersey (2024-2025) ?

Science60%+41 vs state

Algebra I17%-29 vs state

English Language Arts11%-46 vs state

Mathematics3%-28 vs state

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Schools Near Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NJSLA-S Science (2025)		NJSLA English Language Arts (2025)					NJSLA Mathematics (2025)					NJSLA Algebra I (2025)		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	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	NJSLA-S Science 5th Grade	NJSLA-S Science 8th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 4th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 5th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 6th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 7th Grade	NJSLA English Language Arts 8th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 4th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 5th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 6th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 7th Grade	NJSLA Mathematics 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I 8th Grade	NJSLA Algebra I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School	Public	7-8	401-411 Brunswick Ave	Trenton	08638	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4900	650	50	13.1	75.8%	5 (0.8%)	206 (31.7%)	426 (65.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.7%)	7.8	736^th of 752 public middle schools	2.1%		7.6	733^rd of 743 public middle schools	1.3%	3		0.6				9.9	11.9				5.0	1.7	16.7	16.7
Grant Intermediate School	Public	4-6	159 N Clinton Avenue	Trenton	08609	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4730	610	49	12.5	87.2%	8 (1.3%)	139 (22.8%)	455 (74.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)								(n/a)	0.9		7.3	7.9	6.5			3.5	5.6	3.2					$12,611	$924	$11,687
Battle Monument Intermediate School	Public	4-6	145 Pennington Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 503-9941	499	32	15.5	87.8%	1 (0.2%)	151 (30.3%)	340 (68.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.2%)								(n/a)	2.3		5.7	3.0	4.7			6.2	1.1	2.3
Hedgepeth Williams Intermediate School	Public	4-6	301 Gladstone Ave	Trenton	08629	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4760	668	41	16.2	78.0%	2 (0.3%)	109 (16.3%)	548 (82.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)								(n/a)	4.6		9.9	10.6	5.7			4.1	7.6	5.5					$11,121	$984	$10,137
Clara Parker Intermediate School	Public	4-6	820 South Warren Street	Trenton	08611	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4880	583	40	14.5	88.2%	6 (1.0%)	88 (15.1%)	479 (82.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.4%)								(n/a)	3.5		9.0	10.2	20.6			6.8	8.9	6.2					$9,719	$467	$9,252
Arthur J. Holland Middle School	Public	7-8	1001 West State St	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4770	474	39	12.1	82.7%	5 (1.1%)	292 (61.6%)	167 (35.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.5%)	8.1	733^rd of 752 public middle schools	2.5%		7.6	732^nd of 743 public middle schools	1.5%	1		1.2				9.2	9.8				11.2	1.5	12.1	12.1
Thomas Jefferson Intermediate School	Public	4-6	1 Whittlesey Road	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4660	329	30	11.1	78.4%	3 (0.9%)	205 (62.3%)	113 (34.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)								(n/a)	3.3		2.8	4.5	4.9			2.7	6.4	0.0
Joyce Kilmer Intermediate School	Public	4-6	1300 Stuyvesant Avenue	Trenton	08618	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(609) 656-4800	546	36	15.1	82.2%	6 (1.1%)	317 (58.1%)	209 (38.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	13 (2.4%)								(n/a)	1.1		15.2	2.2	9.6			7.1	1.6	1.8
Grace A Dunn Middle School	Public	7-8	401 Dayton Street	Trenton	08610	Mercer County	Trenton Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 656-4700	703	50	14.2	77.1%	8 (1.1%)	86 (12.2%)	605 (86.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	6.5	747^th of 752 public middle schools	0.7%		7.8	728^th of 743 public middle schools	2.0%	19		0.4				8.9	11.2				6.2	0.5	14.3	14.3	$10,513	$799	$9,714
Lawrence Middle School	Public	7-8	2455 Princeton Pike	Lawrenceville	08648	Mercer County	Lawrence Township Public School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(609) 671-5520	584	53	11.1	37.7%	237 (40.6%)	93 (15.9%)	129 (22.1%)	94 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (5.1%)	61	265^th of 752 public middle schools	64.8%		65.8	225^th of 743 public middle schools	69.7%	40		26.0				60.8	65.8				43.5	13.0	89.5	89.5	$12,790	$225	$12,565

Frequently Asked Questions about Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School

What district is Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School in?

Trenton Public School District

How many students attend Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 650 students attended Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School?

Students at Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School are 66% Hispanic, 32% African American, 2% Two or more races.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School ranks in the bottom 2.1% of New Jersey middle schools.

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