Greenman Elementary School

729 West Galena Boulevard

School District

Aurora West Community Unit 129
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

School Map for Aurora West Community Unit School District 129

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Reviews

Submitted by other on December 22, 2023

Bullying can exist in many forms: It can be physical (pushing, punching, or hitting), verbal (name-calling or threats), or psychological and emotional (spreading rumors or excluding someone from a conversation or activity). The school does not agree. They punish the victim. Cater to the abuser. Poor guidance and ignorance does not excuse this schools response to a child's well being.
Submitted by parent on September 28, 2021

I have two children who have attended this school so that makes a total of 8 years we were involved with Greenman. The Administration and 90% of the teachers were great over all those years! Teachers taught very well and gave out the right amount of homework. My spouse thought that Greenman was a little lax as far as what they expected of students and that the students weren't pushed as much as average students at better performing schools. Learning disabilities are definitely accommodated. Due to there being only 12% Caucasians at this school and us being Caucasian, it did not feel very diverse but our kids felt comfortable. It is a great school overall and I highly recommend it.
Submitted by other on April 17, 2014

Greenman is the most awesome school I know so far. They have great activitys for children. Like basketball volleyball and much more. I had seen Greenman with my own eyes and if any body seen it they will see it the best school. So to finish my review I got to say one more thing keep up the good work. Thank you for all your hard working.
Submitted by parent on February 19, 2013

The problem with the test scores is that there is a significant language barrier here. 90% of the student body is Hispanic, the children come from homes where English is not practiced or enforced, which in turn creates a huge hurdle for the kids, this to me is very sad - those parents do not realize how they're impacting their children. This in turn is a trickle down effect, unfortunately because teachers are pulled in so many directions as it is, it is only natural to spend more time with students who are struggling, however, focus is then lost on other students. My child has "enough" skills to be skipped over, because teachers are too busy trying to bring the rest of the children up to speed, when my child transferred to another school where language barriers were less of a problem I was told my child was seriously behind and would need to be held back an entire grade - my child is still struggling this year. Our lawmakers need to stand up and figure out immigration, we need more teachers if they are seriously wanting to keep families like this in our schools that are tax payer funded. It makes me very sad that the school failed my child.