Three Points

My child has been at Joe Lee Johnson for a few years now. When we started, the school was struggling, but under new leadership, it's really turned around. We've had excellent teachers and my child is a super reader! The campus itself is gorgeous and well-maintained and the kids love the playgrounds. The PTA is SUPERB, very active, and incredibly involved. I encourage you to join if you enroll at JLJ. Principal Dean is very transparent about the changes and the work being done to turn this school around and the teachers have been working incredibly hard to ensure all students get the attention they need.

We have 5 kids, by far this is the only elementary school that has given us mixed feelings. Today we had our childs teacher reach out to us and be persistent on teaching our daughter puberty lesson!? We expect our decision to be respected. Not to be convinced of their own beliefs. Never have we experienced such persistence on any matter with any of our kids. Respect the parents plz. Also when dropping off kids in the morning. There seems to be no police presence, traffic always chaotic and parents dropping off kids in the front of the school seem to not care about parking at the drop off! Nobody addresses that there's no parking at the dropp off lane! Where is the police in the mornings?

This schools ranking is only as high as it is because it hosts the talented and gifted program for 4-5th grade kids for the district. Without the talented and gifted program the test scores and ranking show a completely different picture. This school is on the chopping block to be shut down for the next school year anyways but overall I would not recommend this school to anyone that is looking to move into the district. My kids have seen so many fights, there are many issues with bullying at this school, the special education program needs help as they don't follow the laws and district rules. I hate that I didn't know all of this info before moving here myself. It's a low income school so all kids qualify for free breakfast. There are some great teachers who work so hard but it's just not enough.