Ellis Elementary School

250 Illini Drive

School District

Harmony Emge 175
Grade

PK, K-3
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:16
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on September 01, 2021

i don't like eills school beacuse the school is not the best school every day beacse the school doesn't have the best food at all
Submitted by parent on August 16, 2018

This is the beginning of my child's second year at Ellis and so far the experience for both child and parents has been excellent.
Submitted by parent on May 28, 2018

Excellent experience for my pre-schooler. He's developing very quickly and is beyond ready for the start of kindergarten next year. Great communication with his teacher and lots of activities and school events today keep the family and staff engaged and productive.
Submitted by parent on July 18, 2017

My child loved this school. Grades in math & reading went up here. We also loved the activities they had for the students. They went on nice field trips, had fun book fairs and had plenty of family events throughout the year. The staff here is great. Mr.Deets was a great principal!
Submitted by parent on December 13, 2014

A wonderful school with great teachers and administration. The Character Education program addresses behavior so all students can succeed academically.
Submitted by parent on May 17, 2014

My son attends Ellis through the Early Childhood Education program (just this semester, they started integrating with the regular Pre-K for part of the day, which is all "at-risk" kids - mainly low income, which we technically are as well). He loves his teacher and has made several friends in his class. The teacher is always prompt in responding to my sometimes numerous emails, and is more than happy to do so, even if I emailed her every day (which, at the beginning, I was). The couple of times there's been an incident at school where my son has been hit or something, Lisa has emailed me about it to explain the situation, and she and her team have always handled those situations well. A bus comes to the front door of each ECE kid, no matter distance, and while we like Miss E better, the regular, Miss J, is good too. There's a sub driver sometimes who is TERRIBLE (she let my 3-year-old son run around on the bus while it was in motion, and I called the Transportation office to file a complaint), but luckily she only drives maybe twice a month. The school has excellent security, and Principal D is great. Even the ECE kids (3-5yo) have to abide by the uniform dress code.
Submitted by parent on May 13, 2014

My son is in second grade and I am amazed how much I love this school. Everyone knows each other as if a small town school, it is absolutely wonderful
Submitted by parent on September 23, 2013

My son just started here and let me say, I Love this School! His teacher is absolutely AMAZING!!!! My kiddo had to move to a different time for p/u and the the guy at the bus garage knew who, what, when, where, and why. Im thoroughly impressed after I was thinking I would have to explain everything to him. Cant wait for my youngest to start here!!!
Submitted by parent on June 28, 2013

My son will be starting at Ellis this year, and my daughter is going into second grade. She loves this school!
Submitted by parent on August 24, 2012

I have 2 sons that attend Ellis (2nd and 4th grade) and we are more than happy. The teachers are phenomenal. We have been happy with every teacher my sons have had and the high emphasis on education and character is wonderful.
Submitted by other on April 28, 2011

I attended this school and almost lost my love of learning. I saw a teacher snack a student with a book to the back of his head. It was so hard, his glasses fell off. I told my mother and she spoke to the principal. The teacher, to my knowledge, was not reprimanded. I was terrified. I moved to a different classroom so I would not have to see that teacher any longer. I do not care what the child did (he was difficult), no teacher should strike a child. Not one who continues to teach, in my opinion.