Barnwell Elementary School

9425 Barnwell Rd

School District

Fulton County
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on November 18, 2023

After three years at Barnwell (3rd - 5th grade), we were ecstatic to be done there. The biggest problem is sexism. The teachers hate boys. It’s shocking how unfairly they are treated in same situations compared to the girls. No child should go to school feeling hated for being a boy! The learning materials were garbage, and the teachers don’t care. If you have the chance, go to Dolvin. It’s not perfect, but our experience there was much better than Barnwell.
Submitted by parent on July 03, 2023

I absolutely love the school I move from a different state my kids attended kindergarten their. They had the best experience and exceeded Above my expectations . The way the teacher teach is amazing. their techniques I have never heard of or seen before. The kids are very engaged and are actually learning and they know how to implement their learning into their daily life Activities. They also have special services for kids like speech which helped my daughter alot.
Submitted by student on July 27, 2020

The school has been very helpful to me and I feel like it is fair and diverse. I like and trust the school.
Submitted by parent on January 31, 2019

Great school! Amazing parent involvement! Wonderful at accommodating special needs.
Submitted by parent on July 31, 2018

My Kids and I love this School ad their teachers and Principal .They are very knowledgeable , very helpful and great help in building confidence of a child building their character .Thank you so much guys for doing a great work .
Submitted by parent on July 01, 2018

My daughter loves the school. Teachers are excellent, the Principal is really involved and cares about the overall development of the kids and the school itself. They offer a lot of extra curricular activities ... healthy diversity of kids.Their 3rd grade teacher was awarded not only the Best Teacher of Fulton County last year but also the Best Teacher of Georgia ! The Best elementary school for my daughter as she's been to 3 other out of state schools because of our job moves.
Submitted by parent on August 15, 2017

I have had three children attend from kindergarten to 5th grade and this school has had a very positive impact. My children love this school, the teachers, the activities, art, music etc....I also have a child with learning difficulties and she has had the extra support and care from the teachers and staff. Her confidence has grown with each year. We love this school!
Submitted by parent on February 21, 2017

Wonderful Principal and staff! Involved PTA that provides enriching experiences for the entire family.
Submitted by parent on May 23, 2016

This is a wonderful school. Awesome PTA, Teachers, Admin. Staffs, and wonderful students. My all 4 children are so happy about school.
Submitted by parent on June 12, 2015

My son attended this school for second grade, and our entire experience with this school was awful. My son was diagnosed with ADHD when he started kindergarten and has been on medication since. Within a week of starting this school, his teachers were telling us that we needed to switch his medication. We did not immediately switch his medication since he had been on it for two years already and we had never had an issue with it. Our son had just moved to a new house, started a new school, and had a brand new baby brother, so we decided it would be best to give it a little time to see if his difficulty was just because he had gone through so much change in such a short period of time. Eventually we did end up switching his medication at this insistence of his teachers. They consistently blamed his difficulties learning on the fact that we did not immediately change medications when they told us to; the last time I checked, these are teachers and not doctors. His teachers also badmouthed another student to me while I attended a parent teacher conference with them, which I think is extremely inappropriate. Ironically enough, it was another student that has ADHD. Do you see the pattern here? My son's classroom had two teachers, one of which was supposed to be specialized in teaching children with learning disabilities and such. His previous two teachers, who were on their own, never had an issue teaching him or keeping him on task.The last straw for us was when his teacher called DFACS on us because he had a cut above his eye (which he got during a nerf gun fight with my husband). My son has never gone to school with any other bruises other than the normal little boy bruises from falling down, playing rough, etc. He has never been abused in any way shape or form. When the DFACS investigator came to our home, she was extremely confused as to why she was even there. We have videos of my husband and son running around like madmen playing with nerf guns and just being boys. I think it absolutely insane that a teacher would call DFACS over something like this, especially when there was absolutely NO prior concerns regarding his home life. My son even told the teacher what happened! We filed a complaint with the school, and we never heard anything back from the principle.
Submitted by parent on May 28, 2015

My children skip going into the school everyday and beg us to never move away as they absolutely love this school. PTA is amazing and so is the staff. One of the top elementary schools in the state.
Submitted by parent on August 05, 2014

It's a good school. I wouldn't say that it "exceeds". However, the school's music/chorus programs are wonderful and the art is amazing. I love how they have nurtured those programs. My daughter's first year and I was not very impressed with the teacher. I do wish that my Kindergarten student actually had a graduation as well. That first year is highly important and scary so I think it really is a positive to have them take part in something like that! Maybe I'm one of the few. I wish they'd cover the playground as well since there are zero trees. Parking during an event is horrendous. With that being said, the PTA is great and Science and Art Days are so much fun for not only the kids but volunteers as well.
Submitted by parent on October 03, 2013

If you have a special needs child DO NOT attend this school. Your child will not be educated. The leadership does not care. They care about their precious test scores and not to give special care to those who need it.