Community School of Excellence - Middle School

Literally AWFUL, could have sued this school but decided not to. Made BIG mistakes and did not take responsibility for their mistakes but instead DENIED it. Absolutely unbelievable! Do not enroll your children into this school!!!

I went to CSE for two years and sadly graduated from there as it was the nearest school to me. I took various classes that I would call extremely lacking, especially when it comes to the electives. Math itself was pretty great, the teacher taught well, especially as it was the hardest math class this school offers (Pre-calc), not only that the Government and Economy teacher was pretty great as well, I learned quite a lot. However, these teachers have favorites, I may or may not have been one of them, but I see how they treated my classmates. Teachers mostly favorite the female students due to a higher amount of school effort, however this has caused resentment to build up amongst the boys. Due to favoritism, the boys began to talk bad and bully the girls, blaming them for things that they did not do. The principal was okay, she tried hard to implement rules--- although, many students do not like her, even now due to the extreme no phone policy. Many boys have tried and are still trying to get teachers fired, however in my personal opinion it is because they lack the effort to try in school. The admins of this school are horrible, they do not try to get the students to engage in classes, rather they prefer to have them engage in performative arts such as the Hmong New Year and even International Day. I believe that if this school wants to be better, they must first address the known issues rather than ignoring the students and making things worse. Overall, this school gets a 4/10, its teachers are what makes it more "alive". Please, if you want your child to grow up with an abundance of education, do not enroll them here. There are no programs other than PSEO to help them.

This school was a wonderful school to grow up in. From the time I was a five year old child to the time I was a 14 year old it was and still is a fantastic school. Mrs.Quast and Fr.Williams are both fantastic people and school leaders and my siblings and I could not have dreamed of going to a different school.

I was heavily bullied that’s school for a hole year by many students and was failing every class. I was new to the U.S so I did not know English my main teacher never did anything to help me. I did not like the science teacher and honestly the students were terrible.

It's been perfect! The school rating on this site is wrong. Our kids are both exceeding state standards in reading and math. The parent reviews are what pushed us to Harambee and we couldn't be happier. The year round calendar is awesome as well. Perfect for traveling.