A Profile of Martin Luther King
Early College Middle School
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MLK, which serves the socioeconomically diverse Montbello and Green Valley Ranch neighborhoods in northeast Denver, is undergoing transformation from a conventional middle school into an “early college high school” providing students with:
- A strong, college-prep curriculum with extensive academic support and counseling
- Tuition-free, for-credit postsecondary courses offered through the Community College of Aurora
- Structured internships organized around various “majors.”
Early college high schools are designed to enhance educational achievement and opportunity for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Students can earn college credit and/or take college-level courses while they are earning a high school diploma.
The learning options under development at MLK will give students the chance to get a head start on postsecondary education, training and/or employment in the following fields.
- Real estate, construction and architecture
- Health careers
- Information technology, including supply-chain management and computer game design
- Hospitality management and tourism
- Wildlife biology/conservation.
Among the businesses and institutions offering internships to MLK students are Oakwood Homes, Johnson & Wales University, UPS, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, Fitzsimons, Colorado State University and the University of Denver.
MLK students also have the benefit of a comprehensive athletic program and nearly two dozen after-school activities, clubs and enrichment classes.
Source of information:http://mlk.dpsk12.org/
| Enrollment - School Yr. 2007/2008 | |
| Grade 8 | 343 |
| Grade 7 | 288 |
| Grade 6 | 303 |
| Total | 934 |
Source of information:
http://planning.dpsk12.org/Demographics_Statistics/Membership_Reports/MembershipByGrade_2007.pdf
Student Ethnicity |
Martin Luther King |
| White, not Hispanic | 6% |
| Black, not Hispanic | 37% |
| Hispanic | 53% |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 4% |
| SStudent/Teacher Ratio | Martin Luther King |
State Average |
| Students per FTE Teacher | 19 |
17 |
Student Economic Level |
Martin Luther King |
State Average |
| Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program. | 78% |
33% |
Source of information: great schools - The Parent's Guide to Great Success
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/co/other/476#students
- Urban Apprentice Schools' Websites:
- East High School
- Thomas Jefferson High School
- North High School
- Bruce Randolph Middle School
- Hill Middle School
- Martin Luther King Middle Early College
- Merrill Middle School
