Kiker Elementary School

I don't like this school at especially because they put demon hunters to the classmates of my nephew. They confuse the kids making them believe that demons can become good. I'm sorry but that's unacceptable. I won't and will never recommend this school to anyone I know. Please don't go to this school.

We have enjoyed being a part of the Kocurek community! Given the state of public education and the school's "underperforming" status, I've been impressed with the quality of my daughter's teachers and their advocacy for their students. There are a lot of opportunities for parents to be involved and provide feedback, and it's got a surprisingly active PTA for a title 1 school. Recommend for any South Austin family who values community and diversity.

Our daughter went to Mills for her KG in 2024. The school is great! The staffs are very helpful and kind. We are not sure about her classmates. They were just kids, they always made comments on skin color of our daughter. Someone told her that her skin color is brown as potty. Someone took her coat we never found her coat from the school. We didn't know what happened to her coat. That was one of her favorite coats. We complained about all to her class teacher but we didn't know she did anything or not. Our daughter likes to go to school very much from beginning of her school life. Last year she didn't want to go to school anymore. I stopped to mail her teacher anymore about these. Because I thought she might think I am "making complaint about everything type mom". We told our daughter to stay low not to react or what else we could do. Our daughter was so sad to hear comments about her skin color specially. She never experienced this before as we moved from different state. She didn't like that school much neither did we.Skin color comments are really horrible and that makes kid very uncomfortable. She always asked me at that time why aren't all have same skin color? We were in rent at that time we moved after her KG and bought a home in different area.We went for Mills seeing it's reviews as moved from different state but didn't workout for us or rather for our daughter. We don't want to let any other kids to experience this like our daughter.Thank you.

The teachers are dedicated and kind. The school seems stretched thin with teachers needing to fund supplies, books, and other resources.Our daughter has flourished at Cowan and developed social skills alongside her educational growth. My biggest desire for improvement is with the arts. There isn’t an intentional music program. My daughter had one play in second grade but it was written and organized by a second grade teacher as a labor of love. There are so many children in each class it does seem like the focus goes to areas of concern. We haven’t had a parent/teacher conference in a couple of years because she’s doing great. I wish I better understood her untapped potential and how she could continue to grow even if it meant outpacing classmates. (We don’t have experience with the special education programs, so our rating is neutral.)

Clayton Elementary is outstanding! The teachers and staff are incredibly dedicated, knowledgeable, and caring. They create a welcoming and supportive learning environment where every student is valued and encouraged to reach their full potential. The curriculum is challenging, engaging, and contains a variety of hands-on activities and projects that help students develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork skills. The school also offers a nice range of extracurricular activities, including music, sports, and clubs, which help to foster a sense of community and school spirit. Overall, I am thrilled with the education my child is receiving at this school and would highly recommend it to any parent looking for a top-notch elementary education for their child

We found Baldwin to be very disappointing. The school culture is really toxic. The teachers are very nice, but I am almost positive that they are instructed by the administration to not communicate with the parents. Every time that I tried to talk to a teacher, they just refused to really tell me how my child was doing. One teacher even told my fourth grader’s class, “I don’t care if you don’t pay attention in math. Your parents can find out when your report cards come.” Report cards come every 9 weeks. There are no progress reports or communication to parents on how the kids are doing until those 9 weeks are up. That’s not a healthy learning environment. There are children that care about their grades, but my students didn’t have any interactions with kids that really wanted to learn. I believe my students learned something, but it was definitely not the focus of the students. The MAP scores in the fall never changed in the spring. Last, the students get to decide who gets in trouble at the school. Students tend to stick together if they live in the same neighborhood, but they tend to be ruthless to the newcomers.