Stratton Elementary School

2460 Paseo Road

School District

Colorado Springs 11
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on January 23, 2020

We could not be happier with our decision to ‘choice into’ Stratton. Our child’s kindergarten teacher could not be any better. We love that the kids continue to have exposure to art, music, PE, and are developing social skills with the integration of the CKH program. We truly feel we have been welcomed into the school community.
Submitted by parent on May 30, 2018

My daughter was hospitalized for 3 days and 3 nights because they didn’t realize my daughter was having a bad asthma attack. They were aware of her asthma and the signs her attacks. They called me saying she said her stomach hurt so I went to get her and when I got there she was gasping for air. I took her to the hospital where her oxygen stats were at 50% (it has to be 90- 100%) my daughter was put on oxygen and had to be given breathing treatments every hour. If the stupid court system wouldn’t have forced me to keep my daughter here I would have pulled her right away. This all happened the FIRST WEEK of school.
Submitted by parent on April 03, 2018

Stratton has been great! This is my daughter's first year in Kindergarten and she loves it. Her teacher is awesome and always keeps parents in the loop of things happening or going on. The hold a lot of activities for kids throughout the year and events to get them out the house. Overall it has been a great experience from the beginning tour of the school until now. I only wish the school was more updated in the inside and had better amenities for the kids.
Submitted by parent on February 08, 2014

Stratton is a great school where most of the teachers are highly committed. We are very lucky as parents to have found such good school. My oldest daughter has thrived in this environment and I would highly recommend this institution to other parents.
Submitted by parent on October 08, 2013

Stratton Elementary School has undergone many changes in recent years. Some of the characteristics that made it a five star school, staffed by five star teachers and attended by five star students have changed, but it remains a very good school. Parent involvement has fallen off some in the last couple of years, but still has a history of higher involvement than most schools. The Integrated Thematic Instruction days are behind us, as most of the current staff is no longer trained and committed to that philosophy but some of the underpinnings remain in practice. More than half the students are permitted into Stratton, demonstrating how a healthy reputation can positively impact enrollment and school performance. Over the years, parents have raised tens of thousands of dollars for the students and school. For over ten years the PTA funded the art program for every student at the school before the district allocated funding for the art teacher's salary. Other fund raising allowed every student to participate in field trips and purchase much needed equipment and items for individual classrooms. Stratton will always be a great school, some years greater than others.
Submitted by parent on October 03, 2012

My review of Stratton is limited as my daughter began kindergarten here this year and classes have only been in session for a little over a month. So far we love Stratton. Her kindergarten teacher is GREAT, however, the super focus on getting the kindergarteners to learn FAST is annoying to me. I get feedback such as "she's doing great in math but she needs to work on her Alphabet and sounds, we have been in class for 30 days now and report cards are coming up"....Really? They are kindergartners, cut them some slack. With that said, her teacher is great, hard working, super energetic and involved, I'm not discounting her for that, I think it's the school district so focused on scores! scores! scores! I'm still adjusting to the newness of it all. One other negative is the large kindergarten class size. Almost 28 kids, yikes. The school is out of our neighborhood boundary line but only across the way from where we lived, we chose Stratton because our neighborhood school (Bates) was not up to par. My daughter loves kindergarten, loves math, gym, music, the field trips. They keep them busy. So far we are happy with Stratton, only time will tell what the future holds.