Ankeny Christian Academy

Students being bullied and sexually assaulted. Nothing being done about it.

Overall I really liked going to school at Northeast. The environment was really great to learn in and I found all of my teachers nice, helpful and understanding.

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Couldn’t ask for a better experience for my kids starting their learning journey. Our teachers, counselors, administrators are incredible. My son looks at Principle Moss like a hero. The time and care everyone takes for our kids education, and development at this school is more than I could ever ask for. I love living here.

This school is extremely small and new students do not feel welcomed. Also, the school hires non religous, very young and inexperienced teachers. My student complained about the teachers sharing their personal lives, social media, and political views during class time instead of focusing on the subject matter. I did not appreciate the fact that the students had to adhere to a strict dress code policy yet the teachers showed up to school with nose piercings, ripped jeans, and exposed tattoos. Additionally, the students are too focused on social media and political opinions. This is a K-8th grade catholic school and it's highly inappropriate for students to be discussing abortion rights. The environment is the same as a liberal public school district except that there is no transportation offered and the art department is nonexistent. Recently, as of March 2026, multiple students had been struck, injured and hospitalized due to a vehicle jumping a curb during the parent pick up line. This could have been 100% preventable if the administrators had utilized the gymnasium to house the students until their parents arrived rather than the negligent option of exposing them to sit on the grass in front of the school exposed to high volume traffic and inclimate weather conditions. Although the school claims that the student's safety is important to them, their inaction to implement basic common sense safety practices has been proven otherwise. The parent pick up line is on the wrong side of the school. It should be located on the same side as the gymnasium. Also, there is no designated lines for parent pick up, and no safety indicators located on the main road to alert the general public that there is a school in session or that they are entering a school zone. I have personally witnessed drivers flying up the driveway without any consideration for the safety of the students. My student had a miserable experience at this school and missed his previous highly rated, award winning public school located in another state. Our experience with 3 Iowa schools in Polk County has been less than satisfactory compared to the previous high tech environment from which we previously resided. This place is boring and uninspiring and handing an 8th grader a piece of paper and crayons to color as an art project is insulting to their intelligence. Plus playing Madonna music (material girl) over and over again during gym class was a very poor choice of music to play.