Elementary · Massachusetts

Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence

CharterFree meals for all

Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence, a public elementary school in Springfield, Massachusetts: grades k–5, 354 students, 9.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
354
Teachers (FTE)
37.0
Students per teacher
9.6
Grades
K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 87% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 12.1 · 1,022 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 94% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 56% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 373 · 1,022 schools compared

Smaller than 63% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Massachusetts's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Massachusetts: 42%

18%proficient

+6.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 89% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 42% · 926 elementary schools compared

168 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Massachusetts: 41%

15%proficient

+6.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 91% of elementary schools in Massachusetts

Median 43% · 926 elementary schools compared

168 students tested, grades 3–8 · NextGen MCAS; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Elementary · Grades K–5
Type
Charter school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Midsize city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School of Excellence.

Location

Address
285 Dorset Street, Springfield, MA 01108
Phone
(413)214-7806
City or town
Springfield

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Frederick HarrisFree meals for all
Pre-K–557012.241%37%
WashingtonFree meals for all
Pre-K–543011.418%16%
Alice B Beal ElementaryFree meals for all
Pre-K–529211.941%34%
White StreetFree meals for all
Pre-K–53789.846%42%
Pre-K–530411.536%40%
Arthur T TalmadgeFree meals for all
Pre-K–51968.419%22%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

NCES 250008902127