📍 4655 Gateway Dr, Montgomery, Montgomery County, 36108
King Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Montgomery, Montgomery County. The school has 299 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Montgomery County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
King Elementary enrolls 299 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Black or African American, 9% Hispanic or Latino and 1.7% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 262 | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 27 | 9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.7% |
| White | 4 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
264 of the school's 299 students (88%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
King Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-20.
King Elementary is one of 52 schools in Montgomery County, based in Montgomery, Alabama. The district serves 26,395 students district-wide and employs 1,411 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 299 students, King Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 508 students per school.