King Elementary, 4655 Gateway Drive: grades Pre-K to 5, 294 students on the 2024-25 state report card, graded C with 77 points.

Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Montgomery Public Schools’ school phone list, How to Enroll page, 2026-27 calendar (PDF), school zone search, the Alabama State Department of Education’s state report card for 2024-25 and 2023-24 and the federal NCES school directory for 2023-24.

King Elementary serves pre-K through fifth grade at 4655 Gateway Drive, Montgomery, as one of Montgomery Public Schools’ zoned elementary schools. Alabama graded it a C, with 77 points, on its 2024-25 report card.

Who to call
Address 4655 Gateway Drive, Montgomery, AL 36108
Phone 334-851-4891
Grades Pre-K to 5
District Montgomery Public Schools
State school code 051-0385

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 294 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card.
  • Federal count: 300 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 17 students per teacher.

State report card

Alabama grades every public school from A to F each year. The grade comes from a 100-point score built from students’ achievement and growth on state tests in English language arts and math, chronic absenteeism (the share of students who missed 18 or more days), progress in English language proficiency and, for high schools, graduation rate and college and career readiness, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s report card rules.

2024-25 grade: C, 77 points. That compares with a C and 74 points on the 2023-24 card. Montgomery Public Schools as a whole earned a C, with 75 points. The state lists King Elementary as a Targeted Support and Improvement School, a federal designation that brings a school improvement plan.

Indicator 2024-25 score
Academic achievement (ELA and math tests) 50.35
Academic growth 99.35
Chronic absenteeism (lower is better) 18.12% of students

King Elementary’s full report card, with results by student group, teachers and spending, is on the state’s report card site.

Attendance zone

Check an address with the district’s school zone search, which Montgomery Public Schools links from its home page. Zones do not follow the city limits; the Town of Pike Road runs its own school system, Pike Road City Schools, and the tool flags Pike Road addresses. In the zone search, the Montgomery addresses zoned for King Elementary fall in the middle school zone of Southlawn Middle and in the high school zone of Carver High. We checked about 1,640 points across the Montgomery city limits in the tool on Oct. 17, 2026; zones can split streets, so check your own address.

Programs

King’s themed academy is The Civic Impact Academy, built on service learning and real-world projects, according to its website.

Calendar

King Elementary follows the Montgomery Public Schools 2026-27 calendar (PDF). Coming dates:

  • Friday, Oct. 30: teacher development day; no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day; schools and offices closed
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Friday, Dec. 18: second quarter ends
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 4: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • Monday, Jan. 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day; closed
  • March 29 to April 2: spring break
  • Tuesday, May 25: last day for students

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does King Elementary serve?

King Elementary in Montgomery serves pre-K through fifth grade, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s 2024-25 report card.

What is King Elementary’s state report card grade?

King Elementary earned a C, with 77 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, up from 74 points on the 2023-24 card.

Which middle and high school does King Elementary feed into?

In the district’s school zone search, Montgomery addresses zoned for King Elementary are zoned for Southlawn Middle and then Carver High.