Anderson Elementary School

1414 East Dallas Street

School District

Conroe Independent
Grade

PK, K-4
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:11
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on December 12, 2024

If your child is English speaking they will be dismissed. My children are dismissed, and are falling behind because they tend to cater towards the Spanish speaking children. This is absolutely unacceptable. I agree that Spanish speaking kids need to learn English, the issue is, they are more focused on the English speaking kids learning Spanish. They are very disorganized. Teachers/parents will drive in the opposite direction is the parking lot to cut into the side parking lot, while parents are trying to exit the drop off line. I have almost been hit several times. Not one administrator does anything. The campus police just look the other way. It’s extremely unsafe. How can I trust this school to safely handle my children for 8 hours a day, when they can’t even properly run a drop off line. This school needs to be looked into, throughly. I’m to the point of selling my brand new home just to get my children in a better school zone. Anderson Elementary is incompetent on many levels. If you address any situation, you are brushed off, and told there’s nothing that can be done. They are majorly lacking proper resources for learning disabilities. What they do with state funding needs to be investigated.
Submitted by parent on December 29, 2021

They don’t care if your child’s getting bullied or even comes home with bruises or a blood nose
Submitted by parent on January 09, 2013

The most beneficial way of handling the high ESL population would be to include English speakers in Spanish classes with the goal for English speakers to attain Spanish fluency and vise versa. The job market in TX and other states is far more open to those who are bilingual, and elementary school is the perfect time to attain another language (the US is backward in this regard). I would love for my children to pick up any Spanish, but they haven't because the school completely divides the children by language. All English or all Spanish. The staff are friendly. The school has several activities over the year, though I feel they're bent more toward entertainment than toward education. The teachers' communication has improved; they send home weekly newsletters. The PTO struggles since the school boundaries encompass a huge geographical area. The school website is seriously underused as a tool for communication between parents and the administration. The school could be much better about maintaining specific and timely communication with parents. I have to call in to find out the bus has a flat, etc.? It's not bad, but there's room for improvement.
Submitted by parent on July 05, 2012

By stating that the school focuses on Spanish, I hadn't yet read the prior review in which they stated the focus is on ESL...that is EXACTLY what I meant! Everyone in America should speak English!!! Our children's education shouldn't be compromised! My daughter learned more Spanish this past year which is good but I would of prefered her to learn to read & speak proper English as a 1st priority!
Submitted by parent on July 04, 2012

This school is too focused on English as a second language programs. If your child already speaks English they will fall behind at this school. This should really be a specialty/focused school and Conroe ISD should give parents the option of sending their children elsewhere.
Submitted by parent on September 29, 2010

Iam an ex student now I attended Anderson from Pre-K-4 and i have been out of there for abuot 8 years now. My brother is currently at Anderson now and i go and visit all the time and it's good to see some of the same teachers when I was there still there teaching, meaning the school is a great school to stay there as long as they have. My brother is learning so much and just getting smarter thanks to the teachers and staff here. They take their time teaching their students and really enforce No Child Left Behind. The staff is always there helping and supporting every child and every child's need. The Special Education team si a wonderful group and makes sure each student is reaching theur goal along with more goals that their teachers know they can accomplish. They never give up on their students expecting high and knowing their students can accomplish anything.