Brisbane Elementary School

500 San Bruno Avenue

School District

Brisbane Elementary
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on January 23, 2023

Excellent teaching staff, very communicative administration, and active community. Feel lucky to be able to send my kids to this school.
Submitted by parent on January 07, 2020

The Overall school program is not very effective. Emails were sent to parents at the very last minute. Unclear of what's going on in the school. Parent meetings are set up during the day instead of the evening while many parents have works. Lunch/fieldtrip lunch were not provided to the child when they are ordered.
Submitted by parent on January 04, 2019

To know what teachers doing at school lessons by the schedule from every week, by the month by the year to teach kids from all grades of school for results our children’s who have our future...
Submitted by parent on September 12, 2018

Fantastic boutique-like school. Teachers, parents and administration are all engaged and working together for what is best for the kids.
Submitted by parent on May 28, 2017

The community comes together to support students and faculty at the school
Submitted by parent on December 04, 2013

Community is awesome, school is awesome! It is like a village where everyone watches out for each other s children. An abundance of parent volunteers help enrich our school campus. Our new principal is doing a great job turning our school around and focusing on academics and common core standards.
Submitted by parent on December 03, 2013

We have a great new principal starting this year with a focus on academics by improving teacher instruction. Her previous experience also includes being a turn-around school consultant and expert in common core standards testing. Already there have been good changes made and we are very excited for the future.
Submitted by parent on October 19, 2013

We are so lucky to live in this fabulous community. Lots of sunshine, very little fog knowing our neighbors, having so many involved families at our schools, living on a mountain, being able to walk/bike to school, minutes from SF as well as the rest of the peninsula, and an active parents group of support. (This list goes on!) Brisbane has good schools and mostly terrific teachers from which many students have gone on to competitive high schools, colleges, and careers. But everything can get better, right? It is exciting that so many families work together to make Brisbane and our schools even better than they already are. BES teaches a model call Highly Effective Teaching (HET). Students are tought public speaking, holistic report creation, carrying one idea to a different idea and finding similarities, being kind, finding solutions rather than problems, being responsible, having an innate desire to learn, how much they enjoy learning, the questions that they ask, or their ability to work in a group on a team. These are all such important life skills. BES also offers a variety of afterschool programs and a flexible aftercare program (all fee-based, but reasonable).
Submitted by parent on September 26, 2013

Great school. No bullying allowed. Small enough that everyone knows each other. Most teachers are fresh and fun to learn from. We have a new principle and expect a GREAT school year!
Submitted by parent on August 04, 2013

This year the Brisbane Elementary School Leadership Team will be working on bringing a Sustainable Edible School yard to our learning community. This project will include a full industrial kitchen, a classroom in a full garden, a gardening club open to the community and healthy food to our students. From this project we hope to improve community and student knowledge around sustainability, healthy eating and how to keep our bodies moving.