King College Prep

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King College Prep
Address
4445 South Drexel Boulevard Chicago , Illinois 60653 United States
Coordinates	41°48′50″N 87°36′10″W / 41.8138°N 87.6029°W / 41.8138; -87.6029
Information
School type	Public Secondary Magnet
Motto	"Dare to dream, Strive to achieve."
Opened	1971
School district	Chicago Public Schools
CEEB code	140825[1]
Principal	Brian Kelly
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coed
Enrollment	617 (2021–2022)[5]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Black   Gold[2]
Athletics conference	Chicago Public League[2]
Team name	Jaguars[2]
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Yearbook	Black and Gold[4]
Website	newkcp.org

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. College Preparatory High School (commonly known as King College Prep or locally as King) is a public four-year selective enrollment magnet high school located in the Kenwood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 1971, The school is named for slain leader of the civil rights movement, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968).

Operated by the Chicago Public Schools district, King is one of the district's ten selective enrollment schools, which means that its students must apply for acceptance, based on academic achievement and test scores. In 2010, under then–principal Jeff Wright, King College Prep was named a "Silver Medal" school by U.S. News & World Report in its annual rankings of America's best high schools. During the 2016–2017 school year, the school was promoted to a level one plus rank school.