Springfield City Wire

There were 352 students enrolled in Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence District schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.6% more than the year before, according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.6% identified as male and 49.4% identified themselves as female.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence District registered the 336th-largest enrollment in the state.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence District roughly covers a school within Hampden County, and has a main office in Springfield.

Students in Massachusetts are predominantly white, making up 53% of the student population in the state. Hispanic students come in second, representing over 25% of Massachusetts' student body.

However, across the state, Hispanic and Native American students suffered the highest high school dropout rates.

Under representation is also found among educators in Massachusetts. The Rennie Center reported that only 9% of teachers are people of color.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2021-2022	Total Enrollment in 2022-2023	% Change
Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School of Excellence	350	352	0.6%