Clark Intermediate School

902 5th Street

School District

Clovis Unified
Grade

7-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:21
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on August 01, 2023

Clark intermediate is a mess of a junior high, having good but mostly bad qualities. Good teachers are very rare, many are incompetent of their jobs and biased towards certain types of students. Learning is average, they have excellent honors/advanced courses from what I’ve experienced. With other class experiences, ive heard are very less engaging and boring. Pretty great performing arts and academic teams, although would be better if more money and support was put into them, especially with academic teams. The school environment is the main problem, there’s almost always fights and problems, always being dealt without much effort. Bullying problems are especially bad, according to friends, terrible support for victims especially from admin, terrible “help” from teachers. Speaking of teachers, many are bad. Some teachers just don’t know how to teach the curriculum, many racial inequalities/biases in classrooms, rude teachers, not to mention some very inappropriate and unsettling teachers/staff if u regard a recent scandal with one of their former counselor and seen experiences from myself, though I’ll be fair some staff are very excellent if you’re lucky!!! Sports are very highly regarded and get the most time and effort from the school, many awards and support are given to those in sports. Though all I wish is more support was given to academically well students. Band/choir are especially amazing and great as well, getting money from the school well. All in all, I would say your better off to going to a different junior high, but if it’s your only choice all you can do is think of the positives! And I swear there is many, there are tons of great people to outweigh the bad people, some great teachers, fun classes/experiences, just a chaotic somewhat fun experience:) still sorta happy to start 8 grade lol!
Submitted by parent on September 04, 2019

I've never felt so powerless in dealing with my child's school as I did with Clark. Sad part is, they get away with it.
Submitted by parent on May 11, 2018

It has been one of the worst experiences of my life. The administration are bullies especially Teresa Barber. She has the worst communication skills and for some reason hates men.
Submitted by student on August 12, 2017

It isn't the best school whatsoever. Everyone that I've talked to said that that thought this was a bad school also. Students steal ( way to much ) and Teachers are way too hard on kids. I know they are preparing us for High School and the real world but I think it could be done in a more effective way. The teaching isn't that good either, most classes don't even give homework or study time.
Submitted by student on June 01, 2017

As a former student at this school, I had a good experience with this school, but there were some things that could've been changed or fixed throughout the year. The school was boring at times when we were supposed to have fun and everything was serious because our school was failing. Half of the students at this school have developed enough to be considered teens while the other half have not fully developed yet into teens. Even though their appearance changed, their personality and actions stay the same as if they were in elementary. People grow older, but that doesn't always mean they grow up. I hope the principle will be able to make next year better than the previous.
Submitted by parent on April 20, 2017

Child pick up arrangements are horrible. I highly recommend getting someone to assist with the traffic coming in & out of the driveway while picking up our kids.
Submitted by parent on April 05, 2017

I've had a difficult time communicating with admin. They are nice, but they are not trained to handle complex issues. I rate this middle school a 2. Classes lack rigor. No honors program, and limited strategies for discipline.
Submitted by other on December 20, 2016

Great school ,the best education for junior high
Submitted by other on April 25, 2011

The school, I believe is overall excellent. The students are kind,and they do not discriminate against the children w/ disabilities.
Submitted by other on April 01, 2011

I believe Clark discriminates agains students with disabilities. I have contacted Sacramento to investigate. I am not happy with this.