Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy is a K-8 school.

It serves grades K-8 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy

Sausalito · Marin County · Sausalito Marin City · Public

Public Marin County Sausalito Marin City → CDS 2165474…
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At a glance

Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy compares for families

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 261 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.
261:1
1.0 FTE counselors · 261 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 76 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

30% of students miss 10%+ of school days — above the state's ~21%. Ask what the school is doing about engagement.
Chronic absent
30.4%
83 of 273 students

Absenteeism is up 5.4 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Marin County median
16.9% · school is worse than 85% of 13 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
127 (2018)261 (2026)
+105.5%

If this trend holds (+14.7%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~299 +38 $0
3 yr (2029) ~394 +133 $0
5 yr (2031) ~518 +257 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Marin County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

87% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
86.8%
243 of 280 students

37 of 280 students who enrolled at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Academy this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (13.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Marin County median
93.6% · school is in the 23rd percentile of 13 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 41st percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (158) 86.1%
Black / African Am. (80) 83.8%
White (80) 86.3%
Hispanic / Latino (65) 87.7%
Students w/ disabilities (62) 85.5%
English learners (44) 86.4%

Nearest peer high schools

KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy 91.8% Novato Charter 93.1% Ross Valley Charter 95.1% Drew (charles) College Preparatory Academy 85.5% Creative Arts Charter 92.9%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

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