Brooks High School
6
3 reviews
4300 U.S. 72
Killen, AL 35645
Killen, AL 35645
(256) 757-2115
Community Reviews
Read what parents are saying about Brooks High SchoolBrooks used to be an excellent school. However, now it has gone downhill since then. The principal is passive aggressive if you don't want to do sports, and will pick on your student if you don't. Almost all of the teachers have entirely too much on their hands, they're too involved in sports and less in the academic part of their jobs in actually teaching the students. This needs to be changed. The main hallway used to be inviting, when I visited for a family event, it looked abandoned and terribly underkept. High School is not about athletics, it is about preparing these students for life and that includes their academics, not just math and science and football!!
Posted by a parent on 11/24/2022We have two teenagers; one that has just graduated and is enrolled in an engineering program at college. The other is currently in the high school. No school is perfect, however, this school provides you with the academic classes to excel if you choose them. There are excellent teachers there. There are clubs to participate in and the coaches seem to be willing to develop any promising athletic abilities. There are more Dual Credit classes available now too. If you make the right choices, you will come out prepared for college.
Posted by a parent on 4/27/2017I am so thankful that we put our three children in Brooks High School. We couldn't be more pleased with the education our children are receiving. We have some excellent ACT scores to attest to the priorities of the Brooks High Staff. Also, our kids are in numerous sporting venues and I have been so impressed with how these Brooks families come together to support their athletes. They even have a UNA professor volunteering here with their Cross Country team. Everyone volunteers and works together. It is Awsome to see such a large school come together in so many ways like one big family. Thank you Brooks Staff and parents for making our family feel so welcomed, supported and loved! Brooks High School doesn't just educate our children. They strive to send our kids out into the World prepared to face life with a positive outlook and the skills needed to excel.
Posted by a parent on 8/16/2012Nearby Schools
Browse other schools near Brooks High School- Brooks Elementary School
- PK-6
- Public
- 853 Students
8/10GreatSchools RatingParent Rating AverageK-2: Uses combination of Common Core curriculum and poorly Xeroxed worksheets. Material is grossly inappropriate, developmentally speaking, expecting students to read sentences after 3 wks of K, gave an Algebra Assessment to 5-year-olds, 1st grade reading book full of 3- and 4-syllable words. Expects 1st graders to write compositions, hours of homework every night. No art in 1st grade, no hands-on activities, no experiments, no high-quality learning experiences. Goes from this to teaching almost nothing in 4th grade. Almost no social studies, very little science except for fill-in-the-blank study sheets that are riddled with grammatical errors. Math is hit-or-miss, and when there is math, it's absurd convoluted Common Core, which only serves to confuse students and parents. No real spelling tests, where students are expected to actually learn to spell words they need to be using. Instead, spelling lists of 25 multi-syllabic words per week, and students only have to recognize the correctly spelled word on the test. Useless! Vocabulary words like "rille." Seriously? After testing in the Spring, the last few weeks classes do nothing, learn nothing. Our student ended the year with As and Bs, met all his goals, and was promoted to the next grade. We gave him Math and Reading placement tests at the end of the school year, and he only got 2 correct out of 20 on the Math test, and scored well below grade level on the Reading placement test. Good grades don't mean diddly squat if the kids don't learn anything. Wasted year - only one bright spot: excellent Music Room and music teacher, but kids only get 30 minutes per week of music class. Back to homeschooling! The state of Alabama is currently ranked #50 nationally in education - we have the worst schools in the country, and it's easy to see why!Parent Review4y ago - Legacy Christian Academy
- PK-10
- Private
- 33 Students
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Killen schools - Brooks High School is located at 4300 U.S. 72, Killen AL 35645. Brooks High School is in the Lauderdale County School District. Brooks High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 7-12.
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