Washington Elementary School

3322 Dolbeer Street

School District

Eureka City Schools
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:21
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on October 07, 2024

This school has failed my child in numerous ways especially his environment...told them multiple times in IEP meetings certain things my kid needed and they never meet my needs...school is under staff for the amount of kids for each class amd most teachers dont believe in homework at this school either
Submitted by parent on August 21, 2012

Both our children attend Washington school and they love it. They have had wonderful teachers. they are looking forward to the new school year.
Submitted by parent on March 30, 2012

My son is attending the Kindergarten here this year 2011-2012. I attended Washington Years ago and feel that the teachers are still very involved, engaging, and that the school is clean, well maintained, and feels very safe. If I had any complaints, it would be other parents children teaching my son words that he would not have learned at home. The teacher has been very good about discussing all issues with us on that regard and is very thoughtful with the class and getting the parents involved. I am still a fan of the school and it is because it has been so well maintained academically and visually all these years.
Submitted by parent on December 04, 2010

Our experience with Washington has been varied dependent on the teachers. They've ranged from great to bad - yelling, complaining to students about parent complaints in class, inconsistency, lack of organization. GATE program was pretty useless and seems to be gone this year, without any notification. When you ask teachers/admin questions to which they should know the answers, they just say they don't know, and won't bother to find out or direct you to someone who does know. There's a new principal this year (2010-11) and things are a bit disorganized, but she's more personable than the last. In general, academics are mediocre and all teaching is preparation for standardized testing (they're given benchmark tests, pre-tests and prep tests all year long, to the detriment of learning anything, but this is not school-specific), teachers are hit or miss, and administration could work on communication and dissemination of information. It's par for the area.
Submitted by parent on June 14, 2010

Big Class sizes! 29 kids to 1 teacher is not a good ratio. My daughter attended Kindergarten here 3/4 of the way I pulled her out. She was bored at the constant review, because other kids could not grasp what was being taught.
Submitted by parent on May 13, 2010

I feel it's a great school.Feels like a small tight community and our family really enjoys the teachers and all that the PTA does.
Submitted by parent on May 01, 2010

The staff is wonderful. My daughters love their school and their teachers.