4805 Shellbark Ct
Glen Allen, VA 23059

Both of my daughters were graduates of Deep Run, and went on to become college graduates. Yes, it can be “clicky”, but unless middle and high schools have changed since I went, it is par for the course.Parents are engaged, (perhaps too much) and expectations of leadership and faculty are high. Most students go on to college, but the highly competitive nature of the school makes it that more challenging to gain acceptance into some of the more elite colleges as DHRS can be over represented at application time. Is the school perfect, no, but it in reality It scores better academically than most others in the area. According to US News rankings it is #1 in the county and #3 in the metro area (including competitors that are gifted programs).In short, take parent reviews for what they are, reflections on their personal experiences rather than empirical data that is supported by academic testing.

The students are expected to know how to read and write proper A,B,Cs both in upper and lower cases and numbers or 1,2,3… before they even begin KG at this school. They expect students to know how to draw people, animals, things, etc. before they even begin KG. They want your children to know American history, science, social studies, math in kindergarten and in grade 1. Teacher to students ratio is 22:1 or 23:1. The teachers purposely grade the exams at CTES very strictly even in KG and in 1st grade. Students in first grade are expected to read extremely well and write multiple paragraphs with proper English grammar, spellings, vocabulary and punctuations before they can move up to the next grade.Principal and teachers at this school never listen to parents’ concerns or use parents’ advice to alter or make small changes into their rigid and extremely difficult curriculums. Kids are often bullied, made fun of and ridiculed. Most teachers purposely make learning very difficult even for the average students. They expect students to study and learn everything at home. They expect parents to teach kids how to read and write at home and to read them stories and ask questions on a nightly basis as if we don’t have jobs or other responsibilities.Teachers at CTES make their curriculums purposely, extremely difficult for students with a little bit of learning problems. May God help you if your kid(s) suffers from ADHD, anxiety or any other physical, mental or learning disabilities. My kids often come home crying cause someone said or did something mean to them. My kids hate going to school and cry every morning. Parents concerns are often neglected. We find it is not a safe place. I don’t recommend this school to anyone except to those people whose kids can multitask, are above average, super smart and who can stand up against bullies. Even though this school has an 85% minority student population, most of their teachers are white.They don’t care about diversity except as a lip service or to celebrate it as a superficial, one day event. If you’re a minority or speak a language other than English then this is not a good school for your kids. I wish someone had warned me about it before I moved into this part of town. Some teachers pretend to be sympathetic, but they really aren’t on your side. They would gladly fail your kid at the end of the year. What really upsets me is that teachers cover for one another instead of caring for the well being of our kids.

This school is kinda mid. There is this one science teacher that everyone dislikes and ther are some fine class with interesting things but a good amount of classes are just boring. Some of the kids do literally nothing and are make school worse than it already is.