The GREAT Academy

6001 San Mateo Boulevard Northeast

School District

The Great Academy
Grade

6-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:19
Type

charter

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Reviews

Submitted by student on December 17, 2020

If I'm being hundred percent honest, I do not recommend coming to this school.
Submitted by other on September 14, 2020

My academic careers in life are ruined. No real college would accept a diploma from this school.
Submitted by parent on October 25, 2018

My daughter attended this school for three months before I disenrolled her because the school is so bad! They use Edgenuity for their entire curriculum, which is a horrible program (look up reviews for that). They do not have any actual teachers. Just adult supervisors who sit there and tell the kids to be quiet and how to sit (yes, the kids are required to sit a certain way). Is your child a perfect angel? Are they a sharp, independent self-learner who doesn't need any help ever to learn anything? Are they quiet all the time and do everything they are told exactly how they are told to do it? Do they enjoy overbearing authority figures and penitentiary-like rules? Then they will love this school.
Submitted by other on February 26, 2018

For the right student, this is the right place!
Submitted by other on March 24, 2017

This is a really poor school for many reasons. I don't want to write paragraphs of information, so I'll just list some facts.1. Students spend 4 hours or more per day sitting in front of computers "learning." This is a really terrible way to learn anything. Many of the kids start guessing at answers, because they're allowed to retake quizzes and tests. 2. The principal is a control freak and really shouldn't be allowed around kids. Everybody tenses up whenever he comes into a room. If he sees anything out of place, he shames the student (or teacher) in front of everyone. Unfortunately, the school is very small, and you can't avoid him.3. By the way, this school was in the Albuquerque Journal this past weekend. The principal and his wife are paid one-third of the school's entire budget (about $300,000 per year total). Plus, they hired their daughter as the number three person in the school. The state has called this nepotism, but I guess they don't have any way to stop it. The school is like their tiny kingdom, but it's worth a lot of money to them.4. When new students visit, they take them on a tour. Don't believe what they say. If you could ask the students privately, most would tell you they hate the school. They're either there because: a) they failed out of their last school and just want a way to graduate, b) because they got tricked by the tour, or c) it works for them.5. I think a very few students work diligently and learn, although they would learn better elsewhere. For many who have failed out of one or more other schools, it's a way to pass and graduate. The problem is that this will not prepare them for college or life.6. Kids here are basically institutionalized. I think it's a bit like being in prison (literally, except for the bars). Every moment of they day they're managed. It works, in a way, for some of them. But when they leave the institution, are they going to be stronger or weaker for life in the real world?5. They got a "B" grade last year. You may wonder how they can be terrible with a "B" grade. The answer is simple. All day they're doing multiple choice tests covering the test questions. Basically, they're spending their lives preparing to pass a meaningless test. So they get a "B" on that, but their real education stinks.If you care about your kids' education, avoid this place. Any public school is better than this.