On Friday, September 13th, 2019, Auxiliary Bishop Michael Fitzgerald, who oversees Catholic education throughout the five-county Archdiocese of Philadelphia, joined senior administrators from the Office of Catholic Education to honor 43 parish and regional elementary schools named 2019 Archdiocesan Schools of Distinction. Christ the King School is one of those schools.

These 43 schools were recognized for either exceeding growth expectations or benchmarks in academic achievement via standardized testing.  

Christ the King School was honored in the category of Recognition for Growth. Recognition for Growth is determined by an analysis of the Normal Curve Equivalent (NCE) scores of two consecutive years according to the Terra Nova standardized test.  If a class has the same NCE as the previous year, they have shown more than a full year’s growth.  Taking into consideration a margin of error of +/- 5, Christ the King School showed between 90% and 100% growth at every grade level tested in every content area.