Princess Anne Middle School

This school has been rated a 10 most years. I had a fantastic experience here with my child. The staff and community here is extremely involved to a level you will not find at almost any other school in Virginia Beach.

Excellent in every way! The teachers and support staff care about kids and they thrive!

Great school. It feels like a private school because the families are very engaged. Teachers are happy to work there and the environment is positive.

Military family and worried about yet another transition into a new school. My kids were incredibly welcomed and have had a great educational experience. Principal and teachers are so easy to work with. Have loved it!!’

Three Oaks is an incredibly nurturing, caring environment for my two children. The teachers really go above and beyond and it shows! School leadership is terrific and it shows in being selected as an Exemplar school. Wish my kids could stay here forever!

We are blessed to be part of the SJA community. I feel like my children are thriving socially and academically. The teachers teach at SJA because they truly believe in its core values. They teach with love and respect but hold our children accountable so they will be successful in the real world. I am forever grateful to this school and while no school is perfect, it is the perfect place for my children.

I’m writing this as parent with a child that had been recently enrolled, because I wish I had more current reviews before deciding to enroll my child in The Court House Academy.This school is not what it used to be. Years ago, it had a strong reputation and long-standing teachers who had been there for 20+ years. Unfortunately, since the administration changed, there has been a clear decline. All those experienced teachers are gone, and the turnover now is extremely concerning.The biggest problem is the constant teacher turnover during the school year. Teachers leave in the middle of the term, and the classrooms never seem to have stability. This has seriously disrupted the curriculum and, more importantly, it has made my child feel uneasy. Children need consistency to feel secure and ready to learn. When my child kept seeing new teachers every few weeks, it created confusion and a lack of trust in the classroom environment to the point that drop offs went to a happy and smooth process to a nightmare because she didn’t want to be there.In our case, my child had five different teachers in just the first quarter of the school year. Since then, the Spanish teachers were continued rotating with no clear continuity. Because of this, my child did not learn Spanish at the level the school promotes. Honestly, she learned more Spanish during a one-month visit with her grandparents than she did the entire year at this school, which was very disappointing.What makes this even more frustrating is the lack of communication from the administration. Parents are not properly informed when these teachers’ changes happen. We always find out after seeing the new teachers when we drop off, which does not build trust and leaves us feeling out of the loop.Based on our experience, I cannot recommend this school. The instability in staffing, poor communication, and overall decline since the administration change have had a real negative impact on our child’s learning and sense of security.