Waters Landing Elementary School

13100 Waters Landing Drive

Germantown, MD 20874

School District

Montgomery County Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on October 26, 2024

Best school in Germantown. Diversity in school. I transfered my daughter from rockville to waters landing elementary school after a friend suggested. My daughter was bullied in rockville elementary after complaining many times school didnt take any action. I am very happy after moving to waters landing. My daughter is happy about her classs mates and teachers are welcoming. Her test score has increased comparatively from her previous school. The teachers are helping out students indvidually to achieve the success. Best part no to bullying here, and good environment
Submitted by parent on December 06, 2023

We are new to WLES …We are utterly disgusted. Ms.Hammond the principal is rude beyond comprehension. The front office staff is very rude as well. I requested to speak to the principal several times within the first week and a half. She never returned my calls. I called the director of WLES and all of a sudden she calls and fabricated that she called and left a voicemail. She was very argumentative and never resolved my issue. She was very condescending and facetious.while speaking with her. My daughters teacher (3rd grade) has an accent that I can’t even understand. No communication folder no homework folder.Mu daughter has come home almost daily and shared how disrespectful and rude the students are. They curse use the “ N” word a lot A white student said that “white is superior “ . I will not tolerate the unprofessionalism . I will be contacting any all persons to share our experiences. I hate that we have to deal with this kind of situation. My daughter is a honor roll student. She was placed in an advanced math class on her third day. She is a quite respectful student. I am so angry that we are in this school district
Submitted by parent on February 11, 2023

Kids are unruly and plagued with bullying. The school staff is part of the problem. It seems that they look the other way at any incident. Forget trying to get help from the administration, they will gaslight you to no end. Move to another district, this place it toxic.
Submitted by parent on August 30, 2021

I initially sent my son to a private school for Kindergarten because I thought the reviews of WLES weren't good. The private school didn't work out and I sent him to WLES a few months into his Kindergarten school year. He was welcomed to his class and had no issues with the transition. In fact, my son thrived at WLES, both academically and socially. As an involved parent (joined the PTA, volunteered and participated in school activities) I got to become familiar with the staff and students at WLES and found the people and school environment inviting.
Submitted by parent on May 20, 2019

Terrible .. moved out of the school zone , because we have nothing but bad things to say about wles.
Submitted by other on October 24, 2018

Horrible experience! The staff in that school needs to be more involved with the kids. Principal and Assistant Principal should be aware of what goes on at there school. The staff needs to be trained correctly when it comes to bullying and what to do next! Not a safe school at all!
Submitted by parent on June 12, 2018

I have a first grader so still relatively new in the school system, but so far so good. My daughter has loved both of her teachers. They've both been very responsive to emails. I'm fortunate that my daughter is a good student and has stayed out of trouble and not had any bullying issues, so I can't speak to how those types of things are handled. Overall, we are very happy.
Submitted by parent on June 24, 2017

2/10 Moving to change schools, 3 years to many.
Submitted by parent on December 22, 2015

I love Waters Landing! The teachers and staff are all great, loving, friendly, helpful. They are organized and work hard to get the students what they need. They handle things professionally and I have no complaints.
Submitted by parent on October 05, 2014

This school is the worst I have seen. We have moved through the US and outside the US and have seen many schools. My child was at this school in Kindergarten and first grade. The Kindergarten teacher seemed to be annoyed all the time and not happy to be there. The first grade teacher was not better. They both did not put any efforts to teach the children!!!Also the teacher-parent communication is very poor, they did not reach out to parents to improve the situation.
Submitted by parent on May 17, 2014

My kid dose not like the school mainly because he gets in trouble at lot but he says he dose not like all the portables outside when will the school be fished .
Submitted by parent on August 01, 2013

water landing elmantary school is the best school my kids been going 2 year they love the teachar