3940 Oak Street
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

Miss it here it was fun asl

I would not recommend Prospect Valley to any families of advanced learners. The school has no structures in place to support gifted students and their needs, which are often significantly different than those of their peers. There is very little differentiation within each classroom. There are some simple structural changes that could be made to allow children of all abilities to have focused attention. However, with the current model of keeping all kids with the same teacher all day, more focus is naturally on the students who need more help, which leaves the advanced level learners bored, unengaged, and unmotivated. When those students then act accordingly, they are considered behavior problems that annoy the teacher. Getting any kind of support for advanced learners is like pulling teeth, and the teachers seem openly hostile that they have to do more. Rather than being annoyed at the children and their parents, their annoyance should be aimed at the archaic structures that don't differentiate or recognize that ability grouping is the most effective way to teach students.There are, however, many pluses to this school. It likely works well for most kids. The parent engagement is amazing. The principal is great. Most kids seem to enjoy going to this school.

Terrible I will be pulling my daughter out of Wheat ridge High School for the following reasons. Number one the school and staff completely ignored my custody order at sole decision-making parent and continued to communicate with my daughter's father and not me. number two he told our child twice that she has to be quarantined because people at her school have covered I emailed the school several times to find out if this was true they refuse to answer me. Number three I requested a meeting with the principal and I was completely ignored in my email. they number four they continuously call the father and I to tell us our child is missing school even though she's online doing the work for the right classes they continue to blame her it's not her fault and they won't fix her record. at this point I have no desire to deal with Wheat ridge and I would love love to sue them if my daughter was really supposed to be quarantined and they did not tell me I will be looking into that.

This school supports all students and helps me as a student with special needs succeed. Many of the negative reviews are from when the school had a different principal. I have had bad experiences with some teachers but most are thoughtful and expect all students. Although this school has some dumb rules and high goals. I have found that they do a lot to help students succeed.

We love this school! Our child had the best experience attending this school. Teachers and all the staff are amazing.

Unfortunately All five of my siblings and I had the "opportunity" to go to D'Evelyn. However as many would assume/expect that we were lucky, it was the complete opposite experience. I would never recommend this school to anyone... it is actually HORRIBLE. Review written by Giada Franzese

If you care about your child's education, then do not go to this school. No grades, no real guidance, no discipline, no structure and no motivation geared towards actual education. It does not hold kids accountable, does not teach responsibility and does not set kids up for success.

This school only works for a very small number of learners.The quality of teachers is really hit or miss. The ideology behind this learning environment is student lead learning. Unfortunately if you have anything other than an outstanding teacher the student is left to fail academically while shouldering the blame for not being self-directed. A few students thrive, unfortunately many are poorly prepared academically for life after high school. The administration is unwilling or unable to fully accept responsibility for the safety of their students during school hours. Drug use, alcohol consumption, and sex on campus does occur at this secondary school which shares a campus with K-6. Do not accept the hype that the community environment is so great that these students respect the rules. I was recently informed that 1/2 of the class in one of my students electives chooses to regularly not attend that class. No attendance is recorded and they are simply unaccounted for during this time. This did not seem problematic to the teacher at all. I'm unsure how this compares to other schools. I was surprised this type of behavior existed, since the number of students that are enrolled at JCOS is so low, and the advisers claim to be deeply invested. The administration's response is that the students are choosing to break the rules and it is not the schools philosophy to police them. There are very few extra curricular activities offered through the school. There is almost no focus on physical education. PE classes that do exist have almost entirely male enrollment. A holistic approach to education is not embraced here. The exceptional outcome that occasionally occurs at this school is promoted as the norm. Please be aware that it is not.