Ponderosa Elementary School

2135 South Mountain View Avenue

School District

Anaheim Elementary
Grade

K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:18
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on October 21, 2022

this school is so cool and everyone should go to it
Submitted by parent on May 25, 2022

There is bullying at every school, but as parents are job is to communicate with our children and teachers. My son was bullied and I did something about it! I talked to the teacher and my son. Mainly during recess the incidents, but parents responsibility to keep up with the social emotional feelings of their children. Yes the teachers need to challenge kids more they have the potential. I don't believe its just a low income school. Because I live in the neighborhood and see many contractors. Many have kids in these school. I believe that many people are just racial profiling. Because many of us parents went to the local Jr. High and High School and we went to college! So I strongly disagree with people saying that its ruled by gangs! We make the community, we the mothers of these children. Many of us are educated, and teachers are in communication daily through class Dojo and email.
Submitted by parent on February 23, 2022

My son constantly being bullied. Hes half white and half Hispanic. I feel like he gets bullied because he looks white I had kids come up to him and choke him and a bully at his school that has hit him multiple times and no one does anything about it. I complained multiple times but this kid never gets suspended or expelled no type of punishment. My son try’s to tell the teacher and the teacher tells him put his hand down. My son is terrified to even come to school. He’s missed multiple days cause I feel like I’m sending my son off in a unsafe environment! My son struggles with reading and spelling and the school has not offered any type of help in his school work.
Submitted by parent on October 16, 2019

Not a good environment It looks no control
Submitted by parent on October 31, 2018

Not so much development, as a non hispanic parents we felt like strangers, very old fashion way of teaching, thank hod we escaped this achool
Submitted by parent on March 08, 2018

I hate it. This school only speaks spanish to you and when you say you dont understand, they ignore you and walk away. I feel this school only assist low income non-english speaking families.
Submitted by parent on February 27, 2018

Horrible. My son is in a GATE class that is half non GATE students to fill the classroom. He is often not challenged.
Submitted by parent on April 17, 2017

This school is great. They frequently do special things for the students. The students are great and the teachers are great. What more can you expect in the city of kindness.
Submitted by other on April 17, 2017

This school is one of the best in Anaheim I got to volunteer here and there really is a sense of community within the teachers and students. Overall great school in the heart of Anaheim.
Submitted by parent on April 28, 2014

Like all teachers for 6th grade they are committed to teach and prepare kid for Jr. High my daughter use to attend other district school and now she is in Jr. with a 3.5 GPE l
Submitted by parent on August 21, 2013

Administration is there to collect a paycheck and not to ensure kids are being educated in a safe environment. Kids are bullied and assaulted with no assistance from staff. This school is a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Submitted by parent on August 08, 2013

Entire neighborhood is controlled by the 'Anaheim Boys from the Hood Gang,' and neighborhood is a essentially a ghetto. My son was at Ponderosa for nearly three months. Despite being placed in Track B for GATE students, his teacher was teaching 2nd to 3rd grade math in a combined 3rd/4th grade class. She never even looked at his homework, but piled all students' homework on tables where it sat, and sat, and sat. Pathetically overcrowded, Ponderosa is a mega-factory style day care center, and, sadly, little, if anything, more than that. My son said that he was bullied daily in the cafeteria, with students telling him, "No Whites allowed in this line," despite the fact that he is of mixed ethnic heritage. The whole district is a dismal failure, and should be avoided by any parent concerned for her/his child's education.