Manuel Pena Jr. School

Grades: PK-6
Students: 800
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 20:1
Student-Counselor Ratio: 749:1
Certified Teachers: 97%
Community Reviews
6 Reviews
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
2/10
Test Scores
3/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
8/10
Student Growth

Community Reviews

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This school has the worst staff .the principal is bias and does not go by district rules he is unprofessional, talks, mocks parents judges people by appearance. I say this cause this was my first encounter with principal. I was embarrassed, threatened and he had a bad temper we could not communicate
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Posted by a parent on 9/18/2025
Per previous Poster, I share the same sentiments in regards to the schools’s staff, but I would say for the most part the Principal takes the reward. He hides it so well too. Some volunteer staff, particularly a group of Moms whom for the most part got away with disobeying school rules run the place
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Posted by a parent on 8/28/2024
This school is lead by ego driven staff that prey on the students. From the principal down to the lunch time security guard & traffic monitors. Intellectual , outgoing, above average children are being held back due to the staff allowing favoritism and lies to separate students. Children are turned
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Posted by a parent on 3/20/2023
I've went to this school as a student and went back there after high school. My sister went to this school for awhile before being transferred to a school near our home. I must say that it has changed and it seems good. The teachers are motivating, supportive, and nice when they are teaching. Though
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Posted by a community member on 11/20/2017
Not good, Not the worst. The teachers I have met in this school have been fairly nice. My son's teacher last year however did play "favorites" with some of her students and made it clear that she didn't like my son. My son was bullied a lot in kindergarten here. His teacher this year is struggling t
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Posted by a parent on 3/15/2013

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Phoenix schools - Manuel Pena Jr. School is located at 2550 North 79th Avenue, Phoenix AZ 85035. Manuel Pena Jr. School is in the Cartwright Elementary District. Manuel Pena Jr. School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK-6.

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