Bryant Woods Elementary School

5450 Blue Heron Lane

School District

Howard County Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:8
Type

public

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GreatSchools Rating

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on June 10, 2024

We adore this school. I'm the parent of a bright kid just finishing 1st grade. His teachers have been very experienced and skilled at tailoring lessons to individual kids. It's a very diverse school, which we consider a huge positive. It's wild to me that GreatSchools gives it such a poor rating. If it had been 100% white, GreatSchools would have disregarded the equity score. It's punishing excellent diverse neighborhood schools like this one. I can see what they're trying to do with the equity score, but they must be able to see the dangerous effect it has on schools like this one, especially in the real estate apps. Anyway, that was the rant. We live Bryant Woods.
Submitted by other on January 19, 2020

Not happy to have started here. Glad to have moved away from this place. Dont do this to your young kids.
Submitted by parent on December 14, 2019

I love BWES, the principal, staff, and teachers. My daughter has been here for 5 years & I make sure to be as involved as time allows. They have attempted to communicate early & often about events and have decent after school activities.
Submitted by parent on May 26, 2018

I am not at all thrilled with this school. I want to transfer hmy son but they do not allow school changes without us moving. Highly dislike this school and its complete lack of communication with parents.
Submitted by parent on October 04, 2016

My son just started at this school. He is in 4th grade and is loving his new school as well as his teacher and his classmates. I attended back to school night and was impressed as well as inspired by all the energy and passion in the room. The teachers are lively and very well prepared to the job at hand. The front desk has been nothing but helpful in answering all the questions I have for them. I am happy to be part of this community.
Submitted by parent on January 31, 2015

Bryant Woods is a great little school. It's small size helped my son transition from a small preschool setting to an elementary school. They have a great student to staff ratio and lots of funding for enrichment programs. The school had been able to accommodate my above grade level son in order to keep him from becoming bored.
Submitted by parent on January 23, 2015

Bryant Woods has been a wonderful experience for my family! There is a lot of comradery amount the staff. Ms Hough has been a wonderful administrator! She really cares for all the children. There is so much for the children to enjoy at the school! From extra curricular activities to pta activities to school sponsored activities. This really is a great school! I couldn't have asked for a better experience for my daughter's elementary years!
Submitted by parent on September 30, 2014

Bryant Woods is a great little school that is tucked away in one of Columbia's oldest neighborhoods. It has a diverse student population which is a good representation of the city that we live in. It is a Title 1 school, but because of this the teachers have an enormous amount of funds and resources to provide the best learning experience to all of the students. Because of the Title 1 status, it has also been chosen as a pilot school for numerous enrichment programs that Howard County would like to eventually implement in all of their schools. All of the teachers that I have had the pleasure to work with really care about the students and want them to learn. We had an awful experience with a former principal, but our current administration (Ms. Hough and Mrs. Williams McKinney) are awesome and are working very hard to make learning at Bryant Woods a very positive experience.
Submitted by parent on September 06, 2013

Bryant Woods staff made my son's preschool experience enjoyable...They encouraged his love for reading and pushed him to be creative! I also had my stepson at the school who came to County schools from the city schools to get a better education he was 2 grade levels behind and they worked very hard to help him get to his correct grade level and they did! They kept in contact with me and I always welcomed to come to the school and talk with any of the teachers!
Submitted by parent on July 05, 2011

We have had a mixed experience with teachers at BWES- some are great but some have been really terrible. Our son really fell behind in the 3rd grade in great part because of poor teaching skills and classroom management on the part of his teacher. There are a lot of children with behavioral problems at the school and as a parent I have witnessed a student hitting a parent, numerous temper tantrums and children being openly defiant to teachers and administrators. Even with some of the best teacher-student ratios in the county, there just isn't enough staff to handle the demands of this high need student populaion.