Ellicott Elementary School

399 SOUTH ELLICOTT HIGHWAY

School District

Ellicott No. 22 in the County of EL Paso A
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:16
Type

public

School Map for Ellicott School District No. 22 in the County of EL Paso A

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Reviews

Submitted by other on August 18, 2024

School needs to do better with transportation. My niece who is in kindergarten, has been dropped off at the wrong location. The paperwork was updated before the school year started. No adult was at the location to pick her up.The bus driver just left her there, she walked to a house where she saw a child.This child called her mom the mom spoke Spanish my niece speaks English. I’m grateful that the mom looked in her backpack and found my niece’s mom’s number.We tell our children not to talk to strangers but what are they to do when the school district loses your child?My niece is frightened to return to school.This happened again the next day, with my nephew, he is also in kindergarten. He spoke up, told the teacher and the bus driver he had to be on a different bus and yet they put him on the wrong bus.The staff needs to get their act together. This little one’s do not feel safe. Our kids could have ended up in the wrong hands, attacked by a dog or bitten by a snake. I’m so disappointed with the lack of communication.
Submitted by parent on May 19, 2023

We LOVE Ellicott! The new principal has families in mind and is leading the school to great things. They recently received an award through Capturing Kids Hearts and the teachers truly love the students. They have after school programs such as art club, STEM, and running. The brand new playground is great and we love the special events such as lunch with the grade level, the spring carnival, and literacy night.
Submitted by parent on May 01, 2023

BEWARE! Change in leadership has led to staff who are more concerned with cliques throughout the building than with teaching students. Mediocre teaching is the expectation. Teachers gather and talk on the playground with their backs to students. Small-town school with a small-town mentality and small-town results.
Submitted by parent on July 09, 2022

We loved the pre school and elementary school so much. Teachers and staff were fantastic and my kids were challenged! We recently moved with the military and we’re so sad to leave. Our kids have fallen behind since leaving ellicott. Our son learned and knew sign language and so much more in preschool! There was always wonderful fun engaging activities and ways for kids and families to be involved with school functions. Lots of great fund raising techniques that the kids and families loved to participate in. The teachers and school made sure the kids didn’t fall behind after Covid hit. I highly recommend!
Submitted by parent on February 28, 2017

The teachers are amazing but have no support from authority figures. The students can misbehave and be bully's and nothing is done by the principal. The teachers need to teach and the principal should be disciplining the unruly kids not the teachers. My kid has been stolen from, hit and yelled at and not a thing was done. I wished there was more structure because the teachers are awesome but can't teach as they have to referee all the bad kids.
Submitted by parent on June 07, 2016

My kids have gone to Ellicott for 3 years and they have been absolutely fantastic! All my children have exceed and are getting great grades. My middle child as having a hard time reading and his 1st grade teacher decided to tutor him after school with a few other students from her class. He has made great improvement and is doing so much better. We like how small the school is and all the staff knows the kids names. I have not had a single issue with this school. They have done such a great job with my kids. My youngest who is in kindergarten is so far above the other kids all due to her teacher and they love going to school. This school doesn't deserve such a low rating. It's great and with us being active duty military they have been to a lot of schools.
Submitted by parent on February 25, 2016

This school is absolutely not going to have your child's best interest in mind. Up until this point all we have heard from the teacher was how much better our child was doing. But not once was it relayed that they where on the way toward retention. Now only HALF way through the year both the principle and the teacher want to write off our child and make a decision to hold our child back. How can a teacher make those type of decisions when there is still so much that can be done? Not only has the teacher been extremely non supportive and very unprofessional with us, but the principle nor vice is anywhere to be found. I have made repeated attempts to try and get ahold of either one to talk about a better way ahead or at least options to help our child with no answers or call backs. This school deserves much lower than a 3 when it is writing off students half a year in and giving up on them. I hope if you are reading this you take the matter seriously as I am not fluffing up the story at all. If you have a child who is a rock star than your experience will be different, but if you know your child may need some help.....don't count on it.
Submitted by parent on May 29, 2013

We moved here from Texas in 2006 and my kids have loved this school more than anything. We have met some great teachers, parents, and kids here. There is nothing like a nice country school. My teenager would fight us all the time about getting up and going to school in Texas, but since we came here he's up before anyone. I also am glad that I don't have to worry about "teen problems" here like at most schools. Mostly everyone knows everyone, and were all like family. Plus you can't beat the 3 day weekends... every weekend!!!
Submitted by parent on May 17, 2013

Not even sure where to start! The principal is a joke, he doesn't care about the students, the staff in his building or the concerns of the parents. He is rarely ever around and I have heard him be condecending to the staff and belittle parents infront of students. When these issues are brought to the superintendent, he just screams and throws a fit like a middle school bully. I was standing in the Elementary behind the superintendent who was talking to the janators and he was swearing very loudly...IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL during school hours!! I had hoped that the school board would not keep either of the new admin mentioned above because SEVERAL people have complained, I was very disappointed that choose to keep two men (super intendent and elementary principal) who are not only tearing down our schools but who have been fired from previous districts for serious issues. The last school the prinicipal worked at is worse off than Ellicott was when he took it over. Yes the reading scores went up slightly...this is a testiment to the staff not the new admin. Pulled all of our children from this school and district! Not a healthy enviroment, my suggestion would be, RUN! Run fast!
Submitted by parent on April 06, 2013

Ellicott Elementary is a great school. I think the whole Ellicott school system is great. I have a special needs child and from day one every person I talked to was kind, professional, informative, and timely in returning my calls or getting back to me with answers to questions I had. They are a small district and because of that the teachers and staff know my children and I like that. I do find the teachers are no non-sense but they are also kind and that I also like. My children have thrived socially and academically since they started at Ellicott.
Submitted by parent on January 31, 2013

Unfortunately, the school has a lot of work to do to get better. There was a child injured recently, one left on the bus (a preschooler), and the grades are the lowest in the state. Good changes seem to be happening if some of the old timers would get out of the way and the teachers would embrace change.
Submitted by parent on January 30, 2013

I am so happy with Ellicott! My kids have been in this school since preschool and I am so happy with the education they have received. I volunteer at the school and I am able to get an "inside" view of the way the teachers interact with the children.
Submitted by parent on April 24, 2007

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