Side Creek Elementary School

19191 East Iliff Place

School District

Adams-Arapahoe 28j
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 07, 2023

I love this school it’s so fun for my kid the teachers are nice and kind and sometimes they make the learning really fun they try their best to help the students learn
Submitted by parent on March 28, 2022

Save yourself the heartache, and find a completely different district.
Submitted by other on March 12, 2021

Send your child anywhere else, it starts from the top the principle has no directive, or direction. office staff and administration are non experienced. The mental heath and school psychologist are to young and don't know how to help the children. Just look at the scores this school ranks 761 out 965 elementary schools in Colorado. every category has drop since the principle has taken over in the last few years, enrolment, full time teaches, testing score & state performance. One one thing went up Free lunches. This means the kids are not learning and the teachers are leaving. bad leadership creates these issue. Until the do a personnel clean up with experienced educators, do not send your children here unless you want to set them up to fail because that is what this school is doing.
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2018

I hate this school. unfortunately I dont have the time and resources to put my child in a different school. thankfully we only have to deal with this place for 1 more year.
Submitted by parent on April 23, 2018

The worst school I have ever had the pleasure of being a part of! Your student will fall so far behind the may never catch back up!
Submitted by parent on July 17, 2014

Worst experience ever! My son was in kindergarten here and started out the year excited to start school. He was treated like a criminal from day one. His teacher was TERRIBLE! She did the bare minimum. The whole school caters to the lowest degree of intelligence, which makes it so the advanced kids stop advancing and are bored. Cannot warn people enough to stay away from this school. It's run like a prison with kids not allowed to be kids and have fun every once in a while. Also, as parents we were NEVER allowed to help out. There was actually a letter sent home telling the parents they didn't want their help AT ALL for the class 'party' days.
Submitted by parent on May 21, 2014

This school is terrible. The principal is a terrible principal. She has no clue how to control or run the school. The school is complete chaos everyday. There are a few good teachers but there are also some really bad ones. Some of the teachers do not teach the children very well. This school has a lot of bullies and the principal and assistant principal don't do anything about it. The school was decent before the current principal and assistant principal but now is one of the worst places I've seen. The school may have a chance if the principal and assistant principal are replaced. AVOID this school if possible!!!!!
Submitted by parent on April 03, 2014

I like the teachers here, but when my 9 year old started at this school she was above average and when they tested her after 6 months of going to this school she was not being challenge at school and didn't test above average. She lost interest in school by this time. The teachers need more resources to help child like mine. The office staff with the exception of the nurse are horrible and rude. My children will be going to a different school next year.
Submitted by parent on October 14, 2013

This school is a 6 but I feel APS 6 is Cherry Creeks 4. We have pulled our kids out of this school because there is no structure and the bad kids who don't behave rule the class rooms! There are a few amazing teachers but then the next year they get horrible ones that make the good ones obsolete. They loose recess, library, fun Fridays and more because the teacher cant just punish the one ore two kids acting up they have to punish the entire class and that doesn't work!!
Submitted by parent on July 31, 2013

I have only good things to say about this school. My oldest has attended for four years now and my younger son has attended for three. The teachers are involved and communicative. The principal has been there for me when I've had questions and the vice principal is excellent with the children. One of my sons has an IEP and the teachers have worked with him (and me) to make sure his grades are good. Both of my boys are excelling academically.