Tim King (born June 15, 1967) is an American educator, non-profit leader, and the founder and CEO of Urban Prep Academies, a network of all-male charter public high schools in Chicago.

King was born in Chicago, attended St. Ignatius College Prep and completed his bachelors and Juris Doctor degrees at Georgetown University.

While at the Georgetown University Law Center, King became involved working as a teacher at a nearby Catholic high school, and eventually he determined to pursue teaching as a full-time career.

Two years after departing Hales, King founded a network of all-male public high schools, Urban Prep Academies, in order to address Chicago’s woefully low rate of college graduation for black males.

Under King's leadership, Urban Prep Academies received charters from the Chicago Board of Education to open three high schools in neighborhoods throughout the city.