Coonley Elementary School

Bateman is a fantastic school! Everyone there is wonderful. Admin and staff are top notch. Teachers are amazing. They offer great student support. My child has been going there for 3 years and loves it. The social-emotional support they’ve provided my child has helped her tremendously. We also love the different daily essential classes - music, health, PE, and art. They have a lot of before and after school activities and NBGC aftercare at the school. Best community too.

School places strong emphasis on academic excellence, including regular homework assignments, weekly quizzes and tests. Teachers are involved and very supportive,. New principal - Mr. Guerrero is successful in promoting academic discipline and parents' involvement. There is a zero-tolerance policy on bullying. My two children attend Ravenswood Elementary and I have seen steady improvement in school's academic ranking over the years.

Our daughter has been at North Park since Kindergarten and she skips into school every day with a big smile on her face. The school staff are warm, and welcoming and bring their expertise to ensure the kids are engaged and supported through their educational journeys. I know they are setting kids up to be successful, questioning, kind, and involved high schoolers, community members, and beyond. We feel lucky to be part of the NPES family.

Pilgrim is a small school with small class sizes. There are many positives to being part of a school this small. Pilgrim offers a great sense of community. The parents, children and some of the teachers and staff make pilgrim a great place. Pilgrim does not have the basic resources that you would find in most schools. Pilgrim does not have a gym, recess past the 4th grade, a library, tech classes etc. Some teachers are difficult to work with and the more you question, the more difficult they will become for you and your child. There is no real leadership for teachers, students or parents to consult, making the toxicity next level. The pastor is not engaged in the religious aspects of the school and has done nothing in the 10 years he had been with pilgrim to grow the church community.

We moved to the neighborhood with the intention of sending our three children to Waters Elementary. However, in Fall 2020, when our eldest was five and ready for kindergarten, Waters was offering zoom kindergarten, which we wanted to avoid at all costs. So we enrolled our daughter at Queen of Angels, which was open for in-person learning. She had a magical kindergarten year with Mrs. Thilmany--a storybook treasure of a kindergarten teacher--and we never looked back. Now we have all three at Queens and are grateful, in a way, that the CPS closures during Covid led us to discover this fantastic neighborhood school.Our experience shows that you don't need to be Catholic to benefit from the school's small class sizes, solid academics, super-engaged parent groups, and exposure to a religious tradition that brings so much beauty and history into the children's lives.

We have had an absolutely wonderful experience at St Andrew and would highly recommend St Andrew school to others! The community is incredible and the teachers and administrators are helpful, involved and truly care about each student.