Rocky River Elementary

5454 Rocky River Road

School District

Cabarrus County
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 13, 2024

Excellent teachers Mrs. Fortuna and Mrs. Seaman, thousands of thanks and applause for your teaching and dedication, you leave a great mark on my daughter for her future, there are the great results of your brilliant work, you are teachers by vocation, it can be seen in your extra miles, may God bless your lives.
Submitted by parent on February 18, 2020

The absolute worst! We had just moved to the Concord area and wanted to give our home school a try. Huge mistake. My sons teacher is great, but the administration? Huge thumbs down. His new EC teacher after his old one retired, even bigger thumbs down. I hate to move our son again, but they are leaving us with no other choice. This school needs to be re-staffed with forward thinking administrators and needs to actually discipline the bullies the first time instead of taking action AFTER my child stands up for himself.
Submitted by parent on December 14, 2019

If you have another choice please RUN away from this school.my daughter wasted 1 year on this school,I was very disappointed the way the school handle the bullying,communication and learning.everyday I had to see my daughter sad face going to school. I’m glad I had chance to move before her second year start.
Submitted by parent on July 11, 2019

The principal is FAKE. She tells you what you want to hear. Bullying is not taken seriously at this school. Teachers are not supported by administrators. We are thankfully going to a different school next year. RUN!!
Submitted by parent on April 10, 2018

Communication is lacking. Very few teachers enjoy their job and it shows.
Submitted by other on April 14, 2016

My husband and I went to go eat lunch with our kindergarten granddaughter and it was a surprise. The woman in the office just told us where to go so we did when we got there it had two doors I saw a woman at the far in and asked her which doors children went in she pointed is back to first door we went in and kept looking for our granddaughter to come in we stood there 15 minutes and not one person asked to help us finally we spotted her already eating we missed it she had 10 minutes left we were so mad and outraged no one help us we were at the wrong door the woman told us to go to . Poor job and a disappointment to us.
Submitted by parent on September 25, 2012

My daughter is a 1st grader at Rocky River. Since I only have 2 years of experience with this school, I cannot grade the entire school, but the 1st grade is awesome! Her teacher communicates with me regularly and allows me to stay involved with her education. Kindergarten was okay, but her teacher did not communicate with me (didn't return notes in my child's folder, didn't respond to emails). I had to go to the school to get a response. The principal is awesome and responds to concerns quickly. I have lunch with my daughter once a week. The students seem well behaved and the teachers have control of them. One thing I am concerned about is that the office has never asked me for identification when I've had lunch with my daughter. The doors inside the school are locked and you can't get in unless someone in the office unlocks it for you. They've always unlocked it and never asked for identification. Also, my husband had lunch with her when she was in kindergarten. He wasn't aware that he had to sign in at the office, so he went into the unlocked doors where the buses park, didn't have a "visitor" sticker on his shirt, had lunch with our daughter and no one ever questioned him.
Submitted by teacher on August 26, 2012

I am a teacher at Rocky River. I love our school, and I love our system. I have taught school for almost 18 years, and every year teaches me something new. It is all about the kids. We do everything for the kid and for them to grow to their highest potential. We teach students to think independently,and to connect with many resources during their learning process. ....Our staff is a great team of teachers who are flexible and willing to work together for our kids! "KIDS FIRST!"
Submitted by parent on March 28, 2012

All 3 of my children attend RRES and we LOVE it. When we were buying a house, the very top priority we asked our Realtor to keep in mind was to stay in the RR district. My children are performing way above their respective grade levels and they are even in the AIG programs. The teachers are very compassionate and they love the kids like they're part of a big family. My youngest son is in Kindergarten and has been diagnosed with ADHD. His teachers are working with him and helping me to come up with ways to keep him focused and on his best behavior. My fifth grader's teacher pushes him to reach for his true potential and she won't settle for sub-par work. It is so refreshing to have teachers care so much for their students. I have also seen the principal working with the kids and he is never stumped to guess a name. Mr. Lamm is the perfect educator to lead our kids. I would absolutely recommend RRES to anyone new to the area or just looking for a better school. How this school hasn't received the highest rating is beyond me.
Submitted by parent on July 10, 2011

We just completed our first year at RRE. We loved the teachers our children had been assigned to. The principal is new and seems to be very involved with RR. The library/office staff have always been very pleasant.
Submitted by parent on January 25, 2011

This is my daughters 2nd year at Rocky River Elementary and the Regular Education setting is good. The teachers do a good job of teaching, although aren't pleased with mainstreaming and making modifications for special needs kids. I've been struggling for the classroom teacher to incorporate the necessary modifications identified in the IEP consistently. If I had a "regular student" this school would be fine.