Dundee Highlands Elementary School
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7 reviews
407 South 5th Street
West Dundee, IL 60118
West Dundee, IL 60118
(224) 484-4700
Community Reviews
Read what parents are saying about Dundee Highlands Elementary SchoolI have been a parent at this school for 5 years now and have had such great experiences here! The staff is amazing and hard-working, and you couldn't feel more at home here.
Posted by a parent on 1/7/2016Small School, student to teacher ratio about 20:1. Teachers are highly educated and students are well behaved. Extracurriculars are abundant and lots of stay at home parents who volunteer.
Posted by a parent on 10/1/2015I went to Dundee Highlands Elementary School. When i was in this school i had some great times and i can honestly still say that this school is the best school that i have ever been to. I am now 21 but i still say this school is the best ever. Please let your children go to this wonderful school.
Posted by a community member on 9/25/2014I have had kids at this school for the past 10 years and have been happy with all parts of the school. The previous reviewer totally blew things out of proportion and a parent survey did not support her opinion. I do have to make a comment on the student to teacher ratio reported as 15:1. Unless they are using the aides, lunch ladies and janitorial staff in their formula, I am not sure how they arrived at that number. I have seen class sizes as low as 22 kids and as high as 32 kids.
Posted by a parent on 7/26/2014At Dundee Highlands Elementary School they have no regard for anything but test scores. They have a reward system that implements the use of CANDY and GUM to get students to LIKE teachers and to FOCUS while test taking...(these were some comments by the teachers by the way.) I'm not sure why the teachers are feeding students in the first place without parental permission! Schools are supposed to be teaching about health and nutrition, so if candy is given for rewards how is that reiniforcing good nutrition? Childhood obesity rates are climbing and they feel the need to go the easy route with candy rewards. Also, this past horrible winter there was alot of indoor recess. For a 3 week span my kid watched movies like toy story instead of playing games, doing centers, crafting or communicating with the other kids (playing). Other school districts prohibit candy and movies for recess, so why are they still in the dark about healthy habits!
Posted by a parent on 4/7/2014Nearby Schools
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6/10GreatSchools RatingParent Rating AverageMy children attended this school 2012-2015. The GOOD : Principal Almodovar was new in 2014, and has some great ideas for school improvement in many areas. He is visible, communicative, accessible, and the students love him. Mrs. Mejia, the school liaison, is consistently above and beyond. I admire the amount of dedication and passion the bilingual teachers display. I have heard special education teachers are excellent. Coach B stands out as a positive, influential, strong male role model, the students love. The teachers & staff are caring & positive, overall. Parkview is working hard on increasing their standards to align with the common core, & (I believe) is doing better at it than many schools that started in the same place (several years ago, they were rated a 6). The few parents who regularly volunteer are passionate & dedicated. Children who are below or at academic standards are going to get a good education here. The BAD : Parent involvement is lacking. I strongly believe the PTC needs to pay more attention to understanding the differences in family dynamics, cultural differences & income levels; in order to help bring more parent volunteers to their meetings & the school. More parents need to step up and help the PTC, to achieve this. Although, Parkview does its best to provide enrichment events throughout the year, innovation & creativity in learning could be stepped up a notch (art, science/social projects, field trips, etc.). I feel accelerated students do not get enough attention to continue in their growth pattern. The PBIS in place is good, but not necessarily followed through (for entire year) with consistency. OVERALL : I would have rated this school as average, but when you consider that this school is a Title 1 school, that has a lot of barriers to overcome (and is doing a good job of it), I think it deserves a rating of Good. The staff works hard to increase academic performance, the 2nd steps program and PBIS target behaviors, this school is safe, and clean. Again, the only real frustration I have had, is a desire to see MORE enrichment, MORE parental involvement, and MORE for accelerated students. Obviously, my personal frustrations are not the most important. Parkview is addressing the most important issues, (as they should) and I have no doubt that in time, they will continue addressing other issues & improving.Parent Review8y ago - Lakewood School
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N/AGreatSchools RatingParent Rating AverageWe are a new family at Immanuel Lutheran school this year - and we are SO happy with it, and would absolutely recommend it. Our children spent 3 years at a different private school, and I can honestly say they learned more in a few months at Immanuel then a few years at their old school. We are SO happy to have made the switch. The staff is phenomenal - we love everybody. The church and school are so welcoming- there is no pressure to join.. but the environment is so great that you actually WANT to be apart of it. We dealt with bullying at our old school that went on all year unreported- and that would never happen at Immanuel. ILS is truly a hidden gem in the community- we are so happy we found it and plan on keeping our children there until 8th grade. The curriculum is great and they even offer some special needs resources through their public school system servicing the area. I am not gaining anything from this review- I simply want everyone to know how great Immanuel has treated our family ! After having a negative experience at a more expensive school where my children didn't learn anything - I have to let other parents know about ILS. Its apparently been around for over 150 years- and thats probably because it WORKS!! Would definitely recommend Immanuel Lutheran East Dundee!!!!!Parent Review5y ago - Summit School
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N/AGreatSchools RatingParent Rating Averagei came here in 2015 and all i can say is, it helped me a TON with dealing with my anger issues, and just because a very slim amount of students say they hate it here, they can't see that they are being helped so that is there fault. so, all in all, i recommend this school, and i hate to see that people think its our fault that the students aren't behaving, so don't listen to them, they just can't stand to hear that it's THEIR kids fault. but i really recommend. so anyway, that's it, that's my review as a current student at summit schoolParent Review1y ago - St Catherine Of Siena Elementary School
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N/AGreatSchools RatingParent Rating AverageWorst experience I’ve had from any school, both public and private. The administration cares nothing about the student or their needs. They emphasized their strong support and community values during the open house, none of that is accurate. Save yourself the headache and go elsewhere.Parent Review3y ago - Griffin Christian School
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West Dundee schools - Dundee Highlands Elementary School is located at 407 South 5th Street, West Dundee IL 60118. Dundee Highlands Elementary School is in the Community Unit School District 300. Dundee Highlands Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels K-5.
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