King School

King School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Galesburg, Illinois, run under Galesburg CUSD 205. Current enrollment sits at 510 students spanning grades K through 4. That puts it 34% bigger than the typical public school in Illinois, which averages around 381 students.

Within Galesburg CUSD 205, which oversees 7 schools and 3,863 students, King School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, King School reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Black, 20% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Knox County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), King School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.2%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Knox County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $57,030 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Knox County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,359 students), King School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lombard Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), King School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 41%: 362 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 65% to 47%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the King School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.