2345 Melrose Trce
Cumming, GA 30041

DCES is a great elementary school. . My son has enjoyed his time in KG and First grade at this school. The principal is very involved along with all staff. The school takes great care to ensure students are learning and growing in a safe nurturing environment.

The reviews of the school are good because of the demographics. It is a super rich area where parents who are immigrants of hard working cultures support their students through OUTSIDE institutions and such. The school looks like it was built with the cheapest materials nearby. The teachers are racist, have favorites, have mood swings all the time, are terrible at their jobs, etc. etc. The counselors and admin are terrible. All of the learning happens at home, and school is just a 7 hour waste of time.

to be honest the school is really depending on if your okay with harsh and weird rules and people. there isnt much concern on indirect bullying or teasing which just leaves everyone for themselves, i tbh got lot of mental issues after being with the people. the teachers are okay just depending on who you have some actually do teach but others are biased to some students or have no empathy. the new principal has brought alot of terms which many students are unhappy with such as the dress code which doesnt even allow you to show the BAND of your waistline, some teacher are calm about it but the higher ups and older gen is horrible. you cannot wear off the shoulder without being constantly scared of being harassed by boy students. the teachers do not care if a guy is the one harrassing us but more so that the girl is wearing something she feels pretty in. the old principle in 7th and 6th grade in my time was much better about this. she changed the boys to focus on the right things instead or harrassing the girls, this year all has been lost to complete blame of the females. another thing is the amount of medicl emergency’s in this school and most of the time the teacher doesnt even care or notice the kid leaving them in distress causing a worse injury. all in all some teachers have been amazing kind and really do try to connect whereas other do not care about saftey teaching and honestly have no passion. it relly depends on your personality if your tough enough to go through it.