Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence
1 elementary school in our rankings
Ranks #315 of 328 Massachusetts school districts.
MCAS is the share of students meeting or exceeding expectations in 2026, grades 3–5 combined. Spending is total per-pupil expenditure in FY2024.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence is a public charter school district in Massachusetts, serving students as an independent school rather than as part of a traditional town-based system. The district is named for civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and it operates under a charter granted by the state, which allows it to pursue a distinct educational model with greater autonomy than conventional public schools. The school does not operate a high school, and its data profile is limited, so readers seeking detailed performance or enrollment information should consult the state's official reporting resources. As a charter school, it draws students through the state's public school choice process rather than through residential assignment within a single municipality.
How it compares
- Best of its categories: Attendance, in the bottom 11% of districts. Students attend 92% of school days, vs 93.7% for the average MA district.
- Trend: Chronic absence has fallen from 33.5% in 2022 to 23.5% in 2025.
- Trend: ELA MCAS is up 6.3 points since 2023 (10.6725% to 16.9535%), while statewide it fell 3.3 points.
A district's overall rank is the average statewide percentile of its ranked schools, with a 10% discount for single-school districts. Category standings compare the average of each district's ranked schools and count only districts with data. How we rank
Schools in Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence
We rank high schools that report SAT results and elementary schools with grade 3 MCAS results, so some of the district's schools (middle schools, for example) aren't listed. Elementary ELA and Math are 2024–2026 averages of grade 3 results.
MCAS results
Share of students meeting or exceeding expectations, compared with the state. Statewide 10th-grade results dropped after 2024, when passing the MCAS stopped being a graduation requirement. There was no test in 2020.
Students & classrooms
57.3% female · 42.7% male
Spending & teachers
Spending is total per-pupil expenditure from all sources. Dollar figures aren't adjusted for inflation. "MA median" is the middle district in each year; small districts can spend far more per student, so the median is a fairer yardstick than the average. Salary is the average across 31 full-time-equivalent teachers.
Attendance
14.3 days absent per student (MA avg 11) · 3% missed 20% or more of school days