Golfview Elementary School

124 Golfview Lane

School District

Community Unit 300
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on October 13, 2023

Overall, I'm very happy with this school. Solid 4 stars, nearly 5 (there's always room for improvement).Two things to note right away about this school:1) It is a neighborhood school. Nearly all of the students live withing walking distance of the school. I think it's serviced by only 3 buses, which is very few compared to other schools this size. This is reflected in how the school feels and is run: it feels like a neighborhood.2) Most of the school participates in the district's highly regarded 'dual language program,' which is an immersive Spanish/English language immersion program that runs through all of elementary school. This is the primary reason we wanted to attend this school and wow is it worth going in to.When crafting lessons and curricula, there is often cultural learning of Spanish speaking countries woven in to the lessons. This helps keep the children and the teachers engaged and excited about what they are learning. I do wish that there was more STEM, art, and music available, but it is elementary school and curricula are pretty packed as it is. The school day would have to be 12 hours long. I also wish there were more opportunities for accelerated learning, but the teachers try to challenge students who are ahead as they can.Teachers are engaged and engaging. We're in constant communication with our childrens' teachers and they are responsive and available at all times. We volunteer with the school often and have had fantastic experiences doing so.For social-emotional support, again, this is woven in to the curriculum but there is also very helpful staff available to assist with interventions as necessary. We've had first hand experience with this and other accommodations for one of our children and the school has been open and forthcoming about providing assistance when appropriate.I also feel that the school is imminently safe. The district has a very well thought out and comprehensive safety strategy in place overall, but having a neighborhood school where everyone knows everyone else makes me feel like my children are safer and more secure even with those practices in place.Overall, especially for a suburban school where I was expecting my kids to go through what I did (homogeneous, unchallenging, mono cultural) I'm happy and surprised at the positive experience my children are receiving at Golfview.
Submitted by parent on June 25, 2019

The school has some very good teacher, but the problem is the people on the front desk and the principal they all are rude disrespectful people that makes wonder how people like this can be working with kids, that in reality this what they teach them.
Submitted by parent on October 23, 2013

I moved here 3yrs. ago and with my experience as a volunteer and a mother I think this is a good school. I was worried about changing my kids from district 211 to this school because I had heard stories about these schools not being good. I thought my kids were going to be dumbed down but no it was the other way around I feel like they were more advanced here in math and reading.There are alot of spanish speaking teachers as that's the main lauguage that the parents speak but that shouldn't affect your kid if english is the main lauguage spoken in your house it hasn't affected my kids. The teachers are friendly and do what they can with what they have since some of the parents tend to not send all the school supplies and as a volunteer I see that there are alot of parents that don't help there kids at home and they expect there kids to have excellent grades that's impossible it needs to work both ways because like any school if you don't help your kids at home the teachers can only do so much as a parent you are your child's first teacher. So over all in my experience I think this is a good school.
Submitted by parent on July 16, 2013

The teachers are friendly and do their best, but the principal is horrible and the staff clearly can't stand her. The teachers receive little to no support feom the school administration. There is little to no english spoken in the school, and the english proficiency of the students is non-existent. No wonder why it has very poor standarized test scores! If your student speaks english keep them away from this school.