Grove Valley Elementary School

3500 Northwest 192nd Street

School District

Deer Creek
Grade

K-3
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

School Map for Deer Creek School District

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 21, 2021

The school has fantastic teachers, and a great community.
Submitted by parent on April 20, 2021

My husband and I, who both former teachers, were impressed with my son's teacher. The school is a true neighborhood school. Grateful for both the staff and students!
Submitted by parent on January 16, 2018

Not impressed. Everyone rants and raves about Deer Creek Schools, but I just cannot fathom what they are so stoked about. This school is so overcrowded, I had to sit on the floor to have lunch with my kid in the cafeteria. The other option is to take child out to the car after checking out, eat, and check back in. The principal rudely shuts down parental concern conversations, the school secretary is playing nurse (funding I guess, even tho we pay highest property taxes in the state), their test scores are high because they have only recently started comparing themselves to schools outside of Oklahoma, and a kindergartener walked out of this school last month unnoticed. Got half way home before another parent pulled over, picked kid up, and returned child to school. I am really at a loss here...
Submitted by parent on September 09, 2017

Grove Valley provides a model for what an elementary school should be. It has high academic expectations in an environment where the staff (from the principal to custodian) genuinely cares about students.
Submitted by parent on April 26, 2017

Grove Valley teachers and the principal really care about kids.
Submitted by parent on June 02, 2015

My son's first year at Grove Valley was wonderful, but the second year left much to be desired. His teacher came with her own set of biases about us and our son. It was very confusing for my son and depressing. Oftentimes, he was sent to the office for very minor infractions and we were called. The environment had become less tolerant and more populated. The year my son enrolled, his class had 23 students, which I found to be unacceptable but because the environment seemed very nurturing, I excused the appalling ratio. The following year I couldn't ignore the affects of the student to teacher ratio. By mid year my son had approximately 27 students in his class and counting. The teacher effectively told me that she didn't have the resources to manage my child. So, we decided that may be Grove Valley wasn't the right school for our child. We felt private school was the better option for our child and what he was accustomed to.
Submitted by parent on August 14, 2014

Its everything I had hoped for and then some. I just wish it wasn't growing so fast so that it was still a little secret gem! It's hard for them to keep up with the growth, but they are doing an amazing job.