Ranch Elementary School

Excellent school! My kids love it. Great curriculum and activities for the students.

This school is awful. My kids at first were doing okay. Then it seems at the start of the COVID pandemic they had no idea how to run a curriculum, they hardly ever showed up at all, they left everything to the parents to fill all the gaps. After they came back, it seems like a lot of the old, good staff, had quit and been replaced with a bunch of undesirables. The first year back was rough for everyone, but it was really rough for the kids, all the kids fell behind in every grade from what it seems. This year has been worse, they wouldn't contact me at all unless my kid got into a fight, which they were bullied into, even though I informed them, almost a year prior, that my kid was getting bullied. They never told me either of my kids were struggling and they rely on a dozen pointless apps to send the information to the parents for them. I sent an email to the teacher only to be told to 'Check the app' very rudely.TLDR:In short, this place is awful. They won't stop bullies. They won't tell you if your kid is struggling, it's up to you to check the broken apps they make you use to check grades. And if your kid has severe ADHD like mine, they will just throw them to the side, facing the wall, and let them fail. Because they're 'too difficult'.Most of the teachers here are substitutes, which probably explains a lot on it's own.There's no help for kids like mine, they are labeled 'Bad' instantly, even if they're the ones being bullied by their whole class and you observe it in front of your face. Even if you put in paperwork.There's a few good people here, but I'd stay far away from here if you can help it.I'd like to be proven wrong, I'd welcome it, but I'm not seeing that happening. Unless maybe they combine with Queen Creek Schools, they might just improve themselves. But I doubt it.

We have had a horrible experience at this school. Classes are oversized and new teachers are underqualified. My child is in a third-grade class and comes home daily talking about the kid's behavioral issues, not listening to teachers, and fights. They ride a bus to and from school and the older kids are always bullying younger kids and a few fights have happened on the bus. They also have no homework given, nothing to extend the children's learnings at home. I knew from the moment we walked into the school I was going to be very disappointed in this school. I suggest going anywhere else!

I have a son in 2nd grade and I have had the worst experience with this school. When I did parent teacher conference with the teacher I sat down and the teacher literally didn’t say anything. I had to run the show and start asking questions as to what my son was learning or working on. She couldn’t find his work cause her classroom was so disorganized and she finally found it, it wasn’t done. He just cleaned his desk last week and brought home uncompleted work. He is suffering in spelling. The teacher also talks to my 8 year old about her political opinions.

So far I've seen an improvement in the things my son is learning and his speech is getting better with just the help of his regular teacher.