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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 5

Martin Luther King Jr Elementary, Yakima, WA

CEP schoolMartin Luther King Jr Elementary is a public elementary school in Yakima, part of Yakima School District. It enrolled 485 students in 2024-25, with 15.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
485
Teachers (FTE)
31.0
Students per teacher
15.6
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is 2.1 lower than the district figure of 17.7. The Washington average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.6
District17.7
Washington18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
2000 S 18th St, Yakima, WA 98903
Phone
(509)573-1100
District
Yakima School District
County
Yakima County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID
531011001814
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
409
Reduced-price lunch
40
Free or reduced-price lunch
44992.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
394Students 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 Yakima School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Yakima

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.