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Black student results at Martin L. King Jr. Middle School

Atlanta Public Schools, Georgia

16.4%
of Black students meet proficient or distinguished

At Martin L. King Jr. Middle School, 16.4% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished — 13.6 points below the 30% recorded for all students at the same school, and 8.9 points below the 25.3% average for Black students across Atlanta Public Schools.

Among the 86 schools in Atlanta Public Schools with reportable Black student results, this one ranks 66th. Across Georgia, the average for Black students is 29.6%.

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Every group at this school

30%
All students
16.4%
Black
33.1%
Hispanic
76.3%
White

Share of students meeting proficient or distinguished at Martin L. King Jr. Middle School. A group is omitted when too few students were tested to report safely.

How it compares inside Atlanta Public Schools

The schools ranked immediately above and below this one for Black student results, so the number above has something to sit against.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
T. J. Perkerson Elementary School 17.9% 17.2%
Emma Hutchinson Elementary School 16.7% 17.1% 17.3%
Sylvan Hills Middle School 17.6% 16.9%
Fred A. Toomer Elementary School 30.8% 16.8% 40.8% 93%
Kipp WAYS Primary Charter School Charter 16.3% 16.5%
Martin L. King Jr. Middle School This school 30% 16.4% 33.1% 76.3%
F. L. Stanton Elementary School 19.4% 16.4%
Michael R. Hollis Innovation Academy 16% 16.2% 17.2%
The John Hope-Charles Walter Hill Elementary Schools 23.1% 16% 31.8% 68.4%
Miles Elementary School 15.5% 15.5% 22.5%
Ralph Bunche Middle School 15.9% 14.9% 25%

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How to read this. Georgia suppresses results for very small groups, shown in the source data as “TFS” (too few students). Those schools appear as no data rather than zero. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Georgia figures should not be compared against another state's.