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Martin Luther King Jr

The Newark · Essex County · K–8 school
Grades K–8
Last reported enrollment in 2011-12 — no longer in the data since.
Updated June 2026

At a glance

What changed?

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Enrollment, by grade

In its last year on record, 2011-12, it enrolled 375 students across grades K–8. That is 166 fewer than in 1998-99 (541) — the school had shrunk. It peaked at 597 in 2003-04. Its biggest cohort is grade 6.

students 0150300450600Other87654321K1998200320082013201820232025

Students enrolled in each grade each fall, stacked to the total — so the top edge is total enrollment. Bands run from the lowest grade (light) to the highest (dark); a band that appears or disappears is a grade the school added or dropped. “Other” is students with no grade level (mostly special education), so the bands always sum to total. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

What the school looks like

The largest group in both 1998-99 and 2011-12 was Black students — 89% then, 81% now.

% of students 050100race categories: 5 → 719%81%1998200320082013201820232025
WhiteBlackHispanicAsianNative Am.

Each group’s share of enrollment over time, or its head count — toggle above. New Jersey expanded race and ethnicity reporting from five to seven categories in 2006-07 (dashed line), so “two or more races” appears only after; Asian here includes Pacific Islander. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

How much the mix changed

Between 2007-08 and 2011-12 the makeup of this school barely moved.

That’s the 15th-largest shift among the district’s 43 K–8 schools — larger than 69% of Essex County K–8 schools. The biggest moves, in percentage points:
Black −5.2·Hispanic +5.2

The index is half the sum of every group’s change in share, on a 0–100 scale (how it works). Compare any two years in the explorer →

Free or reduced-price lunch

In 2011-12, 86.7% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch.

% eligible 05010089.3%86.7%85.6%1998200320082011
This schooldistrict overalldistrict K–8 schools

Share of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The lighter lines show the district overall and the district K–8 schools, for comparison. Since 2014, some districts provide free meals to all students regardless of household income, which can lift the eligible share. Source: NJDOE Fall Enrollment.

Profile built from New Jersey Department of Education Fall Enrollment data, 1998-99 through 2025-26. How this data works →