Kings Road School

Located at 215 KINGS ROAD, in MADISON, New Jersey, Kings Road School is a modestly sized elementary school that instructs 275 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Madison Public School District. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 32% smaller than typical.

Within Madison Public School District, which oversees 5 schools and 2,364 students, Kings Road School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Kings Road School shows that White students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder breaks down as 16% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Kings Road School has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Kings Road School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.8%, the actual is 67.0%, a residual of +9.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Morris County indicate median household earnings sit near $137,326, roughly 58% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kings Road School is one of 156 public schools in Morris County (combined enrollment of about 72,239 students).

Nearest neighbor: Madison Junior School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kings Road School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 72.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Kings Road School's enrollment has ticked down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 308 (now 275). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 7% to 16% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Kings Road School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.