Grissom Elementary School

12810 South Escanaba Avenue

School District

Chicago Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on April 16, 2023

I can’t say for certain about the special education here, as none of my kids have been in those classes. But the teachers here are amazing! My kids are doing exceptionally well, they love going toSchool every day and excited about what they are learning. Our new principal is amazing, she’s so down to earth and easy to talk too. My oldest is 21, I still have 3 kids in the school and I have no plans on moving while they are still in grade school.
Submitted by parent on June 09, 2022

Wow!! This school has been flushed and is circling the drain. It went from 8 of 10, to 6 of 10 and now it’s 4 of 10. What a difference a few years can make. The pathetic principal is the reason why the school started declining, but at least that bum is retiring. Hopefully, the new principal can breath some life back into the school. So happy my family got out before it went completely downhill. The best decision I ever made!
Submitted by parent on September 04, 2019

Two words describe this school, overcrowded dump! If you send your child here you can expect overcrowded classrooms taught by a bunch of hormonal women. There’s only one male teacher in the building. The principal appears to hire based on perceived gender roles. He can always find a male to hire for the security, custodian and PE teacher jobs, but not for the teaching positions. You can expect mountains of homework because the teachers can’t teach with over 40 kids in a class so they send the work home for you to teach your child. You can expect the gym to function as the lunchroom, auditorium, polling place, etc and on gym days your child will come home smelling like funky lunchroom food. You can expect your child to be hit on, cursed out and called names by the other students and nothing will be done about it. Overall, it’s a terrible place to have to go to school everyday. Good luck and enjoy!
Submitted by other on April 06, 2017

Overcrowded classrooms and the only form of punishment seems to be mass consequences leading to unnecessary amounts of homework! Teachers make NO EFFORT to punish only the bad kids!
Submitted by parent on September 26, 2013

Grissom is a great school. We have a lot to offer our students. We are looking to boost parent involvement!
Submitted by parent on August 22, 2013

CONSISTENCYwith the students and teachers not play favoritism. and not scold the strugglers. THATS THE KEY!