South Bay Elementary School

The new principal is new, inexperienced and ineffective as a leader. This school year went way down hill. Last year the principal was incredible, the school was well run, the turn over rate for teachers and paras was low, my child’s test scores were 90th percentile. This year, my child’s test scores have dropped to 50th percentile. The school does very poorly at teaching students who are above or below the benchmark. The social and emotional support is non-existent. They write the kids up for everything now-a-days, it’s to the point my child doesn’t want to go to school. So sad.

All three of my kids went to this school they loved it!!

This school will not address your dyslexic child.

We love South Bay. Our experience has been fantastic for our kids. Best choice for elementary school in the North Thurston School District.

South Bay was my first public school experience as a mom, and I was less than impressed. During our very first parent-teacher conference, I felt like the teacher hardly knew my child and was very vague when I asked questions. I noticed very little differentiation, and agree with others that the students were mostly catered to as a whole, rather than focusing on different learning styles and skill levels. We have recently moved and are attending a new school. The new school is ranked lower on GreatSchools but is such a huge improvement from what we experienced at South Bay.