The King's Christian School

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The King's Christian School
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The King's Christian School
5 Carnegie Plaza

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08003-1020

United States
Coordinates 39°54′54″N74°57′41″W / 39.915102°N 74.961305°W / 39.915102; -74.961305
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Type Christian school
DenominationNon-denominational
Established1946
NCES School IDA1902888 [1]
PrincipalJessica Flanagan (Preschool/Elementary)
Craig Beatty (Middle/High School) [2]
Head of schoolStephen Dill [3]
Faculty31.3 FTEs [1]
Grades PreK12
Enrollment242 (plus 18 in PreK, as of 2019–20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio7.7:1 [1]
Athletics conferenceTri-State Christian Athletic Conference
Team name Knights
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools [4]
Tuition$12,300 (grades 9-12 for 2023-24) [5]
Website www.tkcs.org

The King's Christian School is a private school located in Cherry Hill, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. King's is owned and operated by 'The Association of The King's Christian School,' a non-profit organization governed by a board of directors and made up of the parents and friends of the school; it is not associated with any particular main-line Protestant denomination or church.

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Founded as the Christian Day School of Camden County, the school opened in 1946 at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in the West Collingswood section of Haddon Township. [6]

The King's Christian School is approved under the authority of the New Jersey Department of Education and is accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International and by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools (through July 2028). [4]

King's offers a fully integrated college preparatory curriculum with an evangelical Christian worldview and required Biblical education at all grade levels.

As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 242 students and 31.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.7:1. [1]

Location

The school is housed on a single campus for pre-kindergarten to 12th grade students at 5 Carnegie Plaza in Cherry Hill.

Former locations

Former sites include 800 West King's Highway, Haddon Heights, where the Christian Day School of Camden County met in an historic mansion beginning around 1951. A modern school built here in 1970 now houses the Brookfield Academy's elementary school.

In 1974, the school's Hainesport Township elementary school campus opened at Easton Union Church. This campus ceased operation in 1992.

In 1983, the new high school relocated to the Barclay School in the Barclay Farm neighborhood of Cherry Hill. The Cherry Hill Public Schools now operates this site as the Barclay Early Childhood Center.

King's high school was temporarily housed at the Sacred Heart School, Mount Ephraim, between 1999 and 2003.

Other meeting sites have included: Fairview Community Baptist Church, Camden; Haddon Heights Baptist Church, Haddon Heights; Mt. Calvary Union Church, Runnemede; Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Bellmawr; Moorestown Public School, Moorestown.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 School data for The Kings Christian School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 10, 2022.
  2. Staff Directory, The King's Christian School, March 24, 2023. Accessed October 4, 2023.
  3. Stephen Dill Introduction Letter, The King's Christian School, March 24, 2023. Accessed October 4, 2023.
  4. 1 2 King's Christian School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 28, 2022.
  5. Admissions, The King's Christian School. Accessed September 27, 2023.
  6. "King's website About". September 25, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2020.