1910 Balsey RD
Alva, FL 33920

My daughter has attended this school since kindergarten and is now in middle school. We love everything. From the teachers to the house system to the administration. Best school!

The new principal is a rookie, doesn’t know procedures and employees rights. Showed favoritism and doesn’t trust their employees.

I went here for my sophomore and junior(senior) year and honestly they were both bad experiences socially and educationally. The teachers genuinely do not teach well, the students are rude, disrespectful, and don’t respect the classroom environment and the faculty/administration are utterly useless and do not do ANYTHING about bullying/harassment unless you get into a fight but even then, you’ll get in trouble for fighting back. I got assaulted and harassed by a boy and all they did was tell our teacher to keep us separated. From what I have seen and heard, there are more kids in intensive reading than there are in regular english/reading classes. These kids do not have basic comprehension skills or math skills. The kids are also racist and spew hateful rhetoric and say racial slurs to people of color. This school also does not have career programs. They spend all their money on football and remodeling the school. I would highly suggest going to Gateway for a nursing program and go to Lehigh Senior or East Lee.

I won't say much but this school sucks I can't wait to go to a different school honestly I spoke of something that happened and it was told it was a lie it's not but I got 2 days of iss for telling the assistant principal that people came up to me and now I'm the only one in iss the other students are still in there classes I feel like no ones on my side like I don't want to be ur favorite for u to realize what's wrong and right I told the truth and I get called a liar then go to iss for no reason at all and for two days def favorites.

Every staff & administrator is on a massive powertrip.

This school has gone severely down hill over the last couple of years. I have tried and failed at getting my daughter transferred. I could list several reasons, but this, THIS is it! My daughter is having a hard time completing her IReady assignments. She’s not as fast at learning as the school would like her to be. She failed to pass her IReady assignment the week prior so they issued her a lunch detention. While she was in detention they had the students redo the assignments they couldn’t pass. They told her and the other students that “They need to try harder to pass their test because they used to be a B school but now they are not!” Are you kidding me? I’m livid!!!!!! Why would you put that pressure on a 10 year old?!?! Why not call it study hall? Why PUNISH them? Why not encourage? Why not explain they’re getting extra time or a second chance to catch up? This school just wants to put FEAR in our children so they can rank higher!!! Absolutely disgusting!

This school is absolutely awesome. My kids are there for over 2 years now and love it. It is a fairly new building and very clean. The principle and her 2 assistants are doing an amazing job providing for many troubled kids and their families. Staff and Teachers are the most loving and caring I have ever seen in a public school. Don't let the reputation fool you... THIS IS A GREAT SCHOOL!

This school has obviously made some great changes since the last review. My kids are new their this year and although it was challenging at first, all my kids teachers and the principal have gone above and beyond to help them. We had the chance to change schools after the first few weeks but all my kids didn't want to leave JSIA. Change is hard and overcoming a bad reputation from years past takes time. The leadership and teachers are making strides to make this school safe and the education for our kids quality.

As a student that goes to the school, I’ll be 100% honest while I’m writing this this school is horrible. They tell the kids to be good so they can get to be all school students will bully other students. Teachers will bully students. Teachers don’t even teach most teachers don’t know what they’re teaching about and send you the in school suspension administration. Don’t tell the truth to parents and a kid got expelled for getting slammed on the door by administration instead of the administration getting fired. Only thing I would suggest the school for is 12th grade because. You may be able to get into colleges for free like FGCU but nothing else overall the school is very bad. I do not suggest sending your kids here for high school. Send them to the other gateway for middle school. You can send them to varsity lambs. You have a lot of options.