Martin Luther King Jr. High School (Georgia)

This article is about the high school in Georgia. For other schools of the same name, see Martin Luther King High School (disambiguation).

Martin Luther King Jr. High School
Front of School (April 2025)
Location
3991 Snapfinger Road Lithonia, Georgia United States
Coordinates	33°39′37″N84°11′56″W / 33.660219°N 84.198852°W / 33.660219; -84.198852
Information
Type	Public secondary
Motto	Teamwork makes the Dreamwork!
Established	2001
Principal	Mr. Michael Alexander
Teaching staff	87.10 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,431 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.43 [1]
Colors	Crimson, silver and black
Mascot	Lion
Website	MLK High School

Martin Luther King Jr. High School is a public high school located in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, ^[2] with a Lithonia postal address. ^[3] It opened in August 2001 as the newest high school in the DeKalb County School System, and was named after the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Its boundary includes a portion of Stonecrest. ^{[4] [5]}

Development

The school was opened to alleviate overcrowding in surrounding middle schools. It originally included only grades 6-7 and 9-10. Tenth grade students came from Lithonia and Southwest DeKalb High Schools to relieve crowding and also due to the rezoning of DeKalb County. The following year, after a protest by the high school students, the school dropped the sixth and seventh graders and added eighth grade. It became a pure high school with grades 9-12 in the 2003-2004 school year.

MLK's current principal is Harvey.

Feeder school

Salem Middle School is the middle school feeder to MLK.

International Baccalaureate Diploma

MLK implemented the International Baccalaureate Diploma program during the 2004-2005 school year.

Notable alumni

• Felicia Brown-Edwards, professional sprinter ^[6]
• Mack Brown, ^[7] professional football player (Minnesota Vikings)
• Kevin Byard, ^[8] professional football player (Chicago Bears)
• Crime Mob, southern rap group
• Roland Rivers III, former college football player (Slippery Rock)
• Cedric Hunter, professional baseball player (San Diego Padres)

External links

• Martin Luther King Jr. High School homepage
• MLK Athletics page

References

1. "Martin Luther King- Jr. High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
2. "General Highway Map Dekalb County Georgia" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation. 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
3. "Home". Martin Luther King Jr. High School. Retrieved October 16, 2020. 3991 Snapfinger Road Lithonia, Georgia 30038 - Despite the "Lithonia, Georgia" address it is not in the city limits.
4. "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Stonecrest city, GA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved February 19, 2023. - Compare city map to DeKalb County school boundary maps.
5. "High School Attendance Areas 2016 - 2017 School Year." DeKalb County School System. Retrieved on June 1, 2017.
6. "Felicia Brown Edwards". University of South Carolina Athletics. September 20, 2023. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
7. "NFL RB Mack Brown". Martin Luther King, Jr High School. January 25, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
8. Amato, Aldo Giovanni (April 29, 2016). "Kevin Byard's high school teachers praise his work ethic". Daily News Journal. Retrieved October 3, 2018.