College Gardens Elementary School

First three years at Maryvale (English program) have gone great for my kiddo. Ms. G is a world-class teacher, there are tons of afterschool events (talent show, international night, game night, spring fling, etc.), the PTA is active, and the school building itself is new and well-kept. Breakfast at the school is free for all kids and class sizes are low - 15 students in my kid's class - though surely other grades aren't quite that lucky. 5 stars; would recommend.

They made my child walk 7 laps during recess when she did nothing wrong at all. And the staff in the lunch room recorded my child without my permission. She is in 5th grade

Good school overall, with great teachers and staff, although some kids degrade the overall education. Bullying is a problem that teachers claim to fix but do not. There are slurs being uddered in the halls and outside and nobody stops them. The teachers completely slow down and stop the class for some of the kids who don't pay attention and degrades the time for the advanced and gifted kids who are sentenced to the very low standards of their counterparts. There is incredibly little to no homework whatsoever, making it very difficult to remember and commit to memory difficult topics learned that day.

This is a very engaged, welcoming community of parents and students that play an active role in their experience and education. We have absolutely loved our daughter’s experience at CES and are very happy here. The teachers, including all the specials teachers, genuinely care about your child and want to provide a wonderful learning environment for them. There are many things the school does to ensure that each child is being appropriately challenged and our daughter has made amazing progress in all areas - language arts and math specifically. 10/10!