Crooked River Elementary School

I had two children who went here for Kindergarten, 2nd and 3rd grade. We loved this school. The teachers were very good about listening to the needs of the child and they did not send homework. My oldest first year he struggled with the transition and with my husbands deployments. They set him up with the military counselor and did special lunches for the military children. They also handled the school year during the Pandemic wonderfully. The only complaint I have about the school is lunch. I feel like lunch should be the children's break and they should be able to relax some. However, they're made to be very quiet and only allowed to talk to the person next to them. The school district, in my opinion, could use longer recess. It is only twenty minutes even for Kindergarten.

4 out 5 of my kids have gone to this school...two of them straight A students the other 2 with A & B grades...teachers are always willing to help, encourage and challenge your child to strive...my opinion...this is one of the best schools in town!!

Came to the area just before oldest started 1st grade. His 1st grade teacher was very patient with him. She was fantastic. We weren't really thrilled with the school as a whole though. They do not have any art or music classes (though they have a music room full of instruments collecting dust), so that was rather disappointing to us. Our son progressively became less and less interested in going to school. One week into second grade and he started whining that he didn't want to go to school. My husband volunteered at the school occasionally and said it was rather discouraging. The children were yelled at constantly for chatting in the lunch room. Lunch is only about 15 minutes long, and recess was also rather short. When our son missed a few days due to illness, he spent at least the next week of recess sitting on the side of the playground catching up on worksheets he had missed. The place also seemed disorganized and failed to follow their own policies on multiple occasions. More than once when I went to pick up my child, he was nowhere to be found because he was sent to the wrong place (pick up line versus walk/bike path) which amazed me because their own policy was that staff HAD to go by the directions given to the office by the parents. There would be times I would drop him off in the car line in the morning, and for whatever reason they deemed he was also to be picked up in the carline even though we would always walk in the afternoons. Hearing opinions from other parents (before letting them know our own), the general opinion was that the student body had little morale and the leadership was poor. I'll admit, there were some staff members that we quite liked, who were friendly to everyone we saw them come in contact with, and helpful with students. Giving TWO stars rather than one simply for the sake of those star staff members who take their roles as they should.

My child went to kindergarten here, he loved the school. The teachers were very kind. Its one of the best schools in the district.

Great little school with nice staff. My son is in Kindergarten and loves his teacher. She calls and emails about his progress and welcomes my input. I've never been ask to get involved much with the school, so i don't other then that, i love this school.