John Muir Elementary School

This school offers an intensive environment for learning Chinese, which has its pros and cons. On the one hand, it enables children to dedicate considerable time to mastering Chinese. On the other hand, the environment can be tense, with strict teachers and pushy parents. It's somewhat strange, almo

Great teachers, great administration and very engaged parent community leads to one of the best schools in this area. Many school events held throughout the year really pulls in the school community and gives the school a great small town vibe where parents really get to know the parents and the kid

No diversity and no social emotional learning at this school.

The coronavirus pandemic and full-grade-and-a-half of distance learning was a painful reminder of the changing world and the paradox of preparing our children for an uncertain future. I remind my child that right now we are fine, and I talk about our time at John Muir Elementary with gratitude knowi

We moved from TX and my daughter went here for 2 years. The academics are great, however the parents are not welcoming and very clickish. The students are very segregated into their racial groups. There is no sense of community and we barely made any friends. I am very happy we moved out of this dis