Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5
Martin L King Jr Elementary School, Tuscaloosa, AL
Enrollment and teachers
- Students
- 467
- Teachers (FTE)
- 28.0
- Students per teacher
- 16.7
- Grades
- PK to 5
This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 17.1. The Alabama average across schools is 17.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.
School details
- Address
- 2430 Martin L King Jr Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
- Phone
- (205)759-3619
- District
- Tuscaloosa City School District
- County
- Tuscaloosa County
- Level
- Elementary
- Type
- Regular
- Status
- Open
- Charter
- No
- Virtual
- No
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- NCES school ID
- 010336001271
School meals
- Free lunch
- 370
- Reduced-price lunch
- 0
- Free or reduced-price lunch
- 37079.2% of enrollment.
- Direct certification
- 370Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
- Community Eligibility Provision
- Yes (CEP school)
Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.
Related schools
Other elementary schools in Tuscaloosa City School District
- Rock Quarry Elementary School 671 students
- Southview Elementary School 644 students
- The Alberta School of Performing Arts 632 students
- Verner Elementary School 608 students
- University Place Elementary School 570 students
- Woodland Forrest Elementary School 544 students
- Skyland Elementary School 459 students
- Arcadia Elementary School 418 students
- Tuscaloosa Magnet School Elementary 324 students
- Oakdale Elementary School 292 students
- Central Elementary School 291 students
Elementary schools elsewhere in Tuscaloosa
- Taylorville Primary School Tuscaloosa County Public Schools
- Englewood Elementary School Tuscaloosa County Public Schools
- Holt Elementary School Tuscaloosa County Public Schools
We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.