Summary:
The 08638 zip code in New Jersey is home to a single middle school, Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School, which serves 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.
Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom 5-10% of New Jersey middle schools over the past 3 school years, with a ranking of 736 out of 752 schools in the 2024-2025 school year. The school's proficiency rates on the NJSLA assessments are extremely low compared to state and district averages, with only 9.9% of 7th-grade students and 11.9% of 8th-grade students proficient in English Language Arts, and just 5% of 7th-grade students and 1.7% of 8th-grade students proficient in Mathematics. Additionally, the school's Algebra I proficiency rate is 16.7%, compared to the state average of 38.2% and 72.7%.
The school faces significant challenges, with a chronic absenteeism rate of 14.9% in the 2023-2024 school year, which is significantly higher than the state average. Furthermore, 57.38% of students at Dr. Martin Luther King Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.9 to 1, this does not appear to be translating into improved academic outcomes for students, suggesting that additional factors, such as teacher quality, curriculum, and school resources, may be contributing to the school's poor performance.
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