The school currently caters for approximately 800 students from early learning to Year 12, and is affiliated with the Victorian Union of Progressive Judaism.

The first property was a site on Kooyong Road; purchased in 1978, it was named the Joyce and Mark Southwick Campus, for two key influential figures in the school's opening.

As Australia's first Progressive Jewish day school, it welcomed its first class of 45 students in 1978 under the headship of Principal Norman Rothman.

The King David School consists of three campuses in the Metropolitan Armadale area of Melbourne, close to the city's Jewish community.

[1] King David School prepares students for the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE), achieving high academic results.