Clay-Harmony Leland Elementary School

The Staff is messy and unprofessional.i wouldn't recommend this school.

The school has great school safety Howver they make it a point to alienate the parents from the school. Like they own your child. My child is mine, period. If I’m not a danger then I should be able to speak to teachers and etc. The front office staff is not very friendly they barely smile. I myself am not a fan of public school and this solidified my beliefs.

The teachers seem to be mean and bitter towards the students a lot. They take the little recess they do have and pass out silent lunch to the whole class every chance they get. If you don’t like kids or like teaching pls find a new profession and make room for teachers who actually enjoy teaching.

The school has an extremely poor environment with little to no enrichment activities. Teachers yell and treat my child harshly. It's not a good school, as reflected in the staff, who are rude, and the teachers, who do not involve parents in what’s going on with the child.

Our Middle School child has attended Whitefield now going on 3 years. Previously, our child attended AIS and Morris Brandon. I'm a graduate of Lovett. My wife attended a public school out of state. We returned to Atlanta partially to send our child to the AIS experience-- probably the most unique among private schools in ATL. While foreign language fluency was certainly a bonus, the bullying, overt displays of wealth, and constant political engagement (even at the preschool level) pushed us to switch to APS. The Brandon years for us were COVID, and our child was routinely receiving 100s for just showing up. We felt that public school education was geared toward the lowest achiever, not a great fit.We applied to many of the ATL private schools, and he was accepted or waitlisted at most. We chose Whitefield due to its mission--which is safe learning, within the context of Christian morality, in a supportive environment. We also wanted a school that was a socio-economic mix. Many of the WF families seem to hold similar ideals. Similarly, most of the faculty aligns with the mission--with a large portion actually coming from Westminster-- who universally say they left for the mission. Our experience with Whitefield is consistent with the mission - sometimes for worse, but most often for better. Since attending, the school has removed several families that did not fit the mission (some wealthy, some not). However, the school actively teaches such age-old concepts as "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"--and WF lives by this. My child actually came home one day repeating this from a school lesson. He also had a couple of challenges with other children--which the school immediately addressed positively for all involved.The school has also experienced faculty turnover-- however, this turnover was notably less than AIS - we've been told most schools experience quite a bit of turnover these days--especially in recent years. Furthermore, the trend we have witnessed is a continuous uptick in quality replacement.No doubt that WF is not perfect. But, if you are looking for an environment that attempts to instill confidence in your own child's learning identity while empowering acceptance of differences--within a Christian morality context: WF is an excellent school to begin the journey.

The SAE School offers a great learning environment for students. I love coming to work everyday to show them how awesome they are!