Indian Queen Elementary School

9551 Fort Foote Road

Fort Washington, MD 20744

School District

Prince George's County Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on April 04, 2019

I have had a bad experience at this school. I enjoy some of the teachers. But do to the conflict with the Principal I cannot consciously send my child to this school and trust that he is in the best care, and his safety is being put first. Due to communication barriers there is no way Iwe can have an effective family to school relationship.
Submitted by parent on March 30, 2019

I think Indian Queen ES is one of the best schools in the area. It is a tight knit community for the most part. The majority of educators there really care about the kids' overall well being, not just test scores (though they have the highest average test scores of all the elementary schools in the area. I am a teacher at a nearby school and had the choice of transferring my kids to the school I teach at , which also happens to be a good school .
Submitted by teacher on December 04, 2018

The best school I have experienced!!! The principal sends weekly communication to the parents. The school always contacts parents within 48 business hours, typically much sooner. The school is welcoming to everyone! When you enter the building in the morning the principal and staff members are there to greet you. The principal has hired two hispanic secretaries to help with the barrier that families who speak Spanish were facing when they would come in to register or to inquire about any concerns or questions they may have had. The school has an active PTA, even though the number of parents who actually participate are limited, but the parents who do participate do amazing things to help the school. The school currently has a four out of five star rating on the Maryland Report Card Website for the 2018 school year. The school is small and receives very little support from the county, so all of the success is met by the students working with the teachers, administration, and parents/families. The school has multiple activities throughout the year to bring families in to celebrate the students, such as the Honor Roll assemblies, Men Make a Difference Day/Donuts for Dads, Muffins for Moms, Hispanic Heritage Night, African American Heritage Night, Asian Heritage Night, Talent Shows, Santa's Sitters so parents can go out and shop, Harvest party, and so much more. The community members who are commenting on this site have never come in to see how they as a community member could come and help the school. The principal has reached out to the community civic association and local businesses and no one has stepped up to help. The only community involvement is with the Park and Recs that uses the gym.
Submitted by parent on January 22, 2018

After reading reviews of our base school prior to moving in the area about 2 years ago, I was concerned about what we would come across. I was however pleasantly surprised, as my personal experience with the teachers and staff at the school has been one of mutual respect and commitment to providing the best possible learning experience to our children.Moreover, the support and participation of families at school events is strong and a clear indicator of the tight-knit community behind the school its self.
Submitted by parent on July 07, 2016

If you value a solid education or a school run by professionals who have a genuine interest in providing the best education for your child, do not enroll at this school. I've never experienced a more corrupt school administration. Not only do they neglect to inform parents about dangerous teacher behaviors, they will also lie on official record. Teachers are stressed here which I believe leads to an ineffective educational environment. This has to be one of the worse schools in the county.
Submitted by parent on May 23, 2016

This is a terrible school that suffers from poor leadership. The principal is insincere, very rude, and unprofessional. There are nice teachers here but they are overworked and intimidated by the principal so your child never truly gets what he/she needs. As is the case with many PG county public schools, education is driven by standardized test scores only. Students don't learn to love learning. Sadly, the tests scores here are also amazingly low despite how loud the principal professes otherwise. Minus one star for Indian Queen.
Submitted by other on May 05, 2016

Sometimes we forget the impact that teachers have over our children. Schools are busy places, teachers and parents are busy people, so it’s not surprising that sometimes we miss out on opportunity to stop and say "THANK YOU". Often, it’s the little conversations, the easily-forgotten asides, the friendly smile or brief compliment that mean the most to our children – and while teachers might forget them by the time it comes to write the next report, those words can remain with a young person for a very long time, shaping their personality and their thoughts.So, thank you to all the teachers at Indian Queen Elementary School, you are powerful as individuals and as a profession. Thank you for helping to mold and change our children lives for the better.
Submitted by parent on April 29, 2013

This will be my sons last year at Indian Queen Elementary . Teacher Unions shelter the lazy and incompetent and at the same time discourage and beat down the eager and hard-working teachers that retire as fast as they can .The public schools need to kick the unions out of the schools, move to merit- and performance-based wages like most other private business, and you d quickly separate the good teachers from the bad. Then get rid of the bad and hire new teachers who have plenty of ambition and energy that are going to focus on the basics Kid s reading, writing and arithmetic skills and are not there just for a paycheck.