Martin Luther King High School (Riverside, California)

Template:Short description Template:Infobox school/short descriptionTemplate:Template other Martin Luther King High School, also known as King High School, is a 4-year public high school in Riverside, California.

Background

Martin Luther King High School opened in 1999 and was the first high school to be built in Riverside, California since Arlington High School’s opening in 1973. The first year enrollment was 858 students in grades 9 and 10. Martin Luther King High School added grade 11 in 2000 and grade 12 in 2001. Its first class graduated in 2002. Its first four-year class (students who attended Martin Luther King High School for all four years of their high school career) graduated in 2003.

Demographics

In 2022, the student body was 40 percent hispanic, 36 percent white, 11.5 percent Asian and 7.5 percent black. The student body scored above district and state averages on assessments.

Advanced Placement

The following Advanced Placement (AP) classes are offered:

• AP Biology
• AP Calculus AB
• AP Calculus BC
• AP Chemistry
• AP Computer Science Principles
• AP English Language
• AP English Literature
• AP European History
• AP Environmental Science
• AP Physics 1
• AP Physics 2
• AP Psychology
• AP Spanish
• AP Statistics
• AP United States History
• AP U.S. Government & Politics

Notable alumni

• Carlon Brown (born 1989), basketball player, 2013-14 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Kawhi Leonard (born 1991), NBA player for the Los Angeles Clippers
• Robert Malone (born 1988), NFL punter
• Tony Snell (born 1991), NBA G League player for the Sioux Falls Skyforce
• Emily Ausmus (born 2005), water polo player for the United States national water polo team; competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics