Sunrise Elementary School
Public · Grades K–5 · 506 students
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School
6910 Defoe Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80911
Grades
K–5
Elementary
Students
498
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
16.5 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
El Paso County
Schola Grade B · Above average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 953 Colorado elementary schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other Colorado elementary schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School
Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School is a public elementary school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, serving grades K–5. It is part of School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of. The school is located in a large suburb in El Paso County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 498 students were enrolled, with about 16.5 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical Colorado elementary school (14.8 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is B (above average), compared with 953 Colorado elementary schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades K–5
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- Elementary
- Grades offered
- K–5
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 498 students
- Students per teacher
- 16.5 to 1
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Suburb — Large
- School district
- School District No. 3 in the county of El Paso and State of
- County
- El Paso County
- NCES school ID
- 080648001121
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.