Mallard Creek High

3825 Johnston Oehler Road

School District

Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:18
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on September 09, 2023

The teachers can be very disrespectful with the student. Also parents value sports over education. I remember when my children first start at Mallard Creek. We had received a sizable donation and was voting on how to use the funds. This was before the had smart boards and chrome books. I vote to technology improvement the majority of the parent vote for new football uniforms and sports equipment. Mind blowing to me. I have one student left and I can’t wait until she graduates in 2025
Submitted by student on December 01, 2022

Mallard Creek HS Is not for the weak. If your kid has never seen a fistfight before, get ready. There is at least one fight every day. The students at this school are rude and hostile to each other. The staff is rude also. Teachers swear often and have no problem cursing out your kid. The students indulge in various drugs and often vape in the bathrooms. The school is unclean most of the time. Do not expect your child to be treated kindly by the students, or the staff. Do not expect your kid to be challenged with the schoolwork given and feel set for college. And do not expect your kid to be the person they were when you first enrolled them.
Submitted by student on February 07, 2022

Directed at Principle Dean,With the addition of the new principal Jenefer Dean, the interest in sports has steadily been declining throughout administration and staff in the school, this is prevalent with all the top coaches leaving being unable to receive adequate respect among their coworkers and the administration. The Mallard creek track program has been declining quickly even with the success of former alumni even going to the olympics, this whole situation is just sad for the student athletes.
Submitted by other on December 16, 2019

My experience has went from a paradise to a nightmare since the new administration has come in. No professional skills what so ever. This school has really gone down.
Submitted by student on May 05, 2017

Mallard Creek High is a good school for the average student. Most teachers are great and have a lot of experience. However, if you want to be someone above average it's not the school for you. Courses aren't rigourous enough and the few AP and IBM course are full of students who don't take the course seriously. They were simply placed there by counselors that have too many students to handle. Overall it's your average highschool for the average student.
Submitted by other on February 01, 2017

I have a child with special needs, and the school's response has been fabulous. They go out of their way to follow her IEP, and ensure all of her teachers are aware and working with her the way they are supposed to. We are having a great experience halfway through her first year there. Our son graduated last year and did very well. Good preparation for college. It's a great school.
Submitted by parent on February 01, 2017

Great school and teachers, son graduated 2012...
Submitted by parent on September 22, 2013

Mallard Creek HS provides your child with the level of rigor that they need to grow from where they are at academically to where they need to be, and well beyond. My children have been identified for years as being gifted and have always sought to take the toughest classes available. We thought about Lake Norman Charter for a split second but due to the small size of the school I wasn t sure that they were going to be able to provide my children with the high level courses that parents are only able to get at their local school. The number of students that attend (MCHS) provide the administration with the student population to carve out the higher level AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Geometry, etc that parents and students want. If you were to send your child to a smaller charter school these classes would not be available to them. Many parents think that they are doing their child a favor by sending them to a private school or charter school when in fact they may be removing access to the level of rigor that they need to be competitive at the University level. Signed Parent of 2 currently @ UNC Chapel Hill, 1 @ Mallard Creek HS and 1 @ Piedmont MS.
Submitted by parent on April 30, 2013

Mallard Creek is wonderful! My child is a freshman. The school has made sure they are welcoming. Teachers and freshman counselor is there to help guide both parents & student. Mr Crawford vice principal gets back the same day you called. Student support among the each other is impressive....Eileen Wolfe