Sparkman Elementary School

72 Plainview Street

School District

Morgan County
Grade

PK, K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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GreatSchools Rating

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Reviews

Submitted by other on December 26, 2024

CLOSED. THIS SCHOOL IS CLOSED.Sparkman Elementary School was closed permanently at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. Check with Morgan County Schools to determine your home's new school assignment.
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2020

Amazing school with fantastic leadership , caring teachers, and staff.
Submitted by other on January 31, 2019

This school is really changing for the better! Now has an awesome staff that loves to work with kids and others
Submitted by parent on August 03, 2016

Sparkman is a hidden secret in the Morgan County school district. The classes are small but this allows one on one time for teachers to truly get to know a student and assist where they might fall short academically. The level of education my children are receiving from the teachers at Sparkman is on point academically right along with any other school in the county. Students and teachers/staff know each other personally and you see this when you walk down the halls of the school.
Submitted by parent on August 11, 2014

This school's principal/faculty/staff is wonderful! My son & daughter both attend Sparkman Elementary. They still have there moment of silence & the pledge daily:) They always call if our children are sick. They SAVED my son's life on September 27, 2013 , if it wasn't for the staff who immediately noticed something was wrong my son would not be here today. My son had never had seizure before, he had started acting different & then fell unresponsive & had a gran-mal seizure & stopped breathing. CPR was performed twice. After leaving by ambulance the faculty & students had prayer. That meant the world to our family. It shows the love this school has for its students. This is a very close knit & family based school. It may be a small school & may be looked down on by the money maker/popular schools, but I would rather have both my children here than any other school. I even went here when I was little 25 yrs ago. No matter what anyone says this school is the best our family's eyes!:)
Submitted by parent on April 03, 2012

1st off this school will send ur child home early without informing anyone.Came home and found my 6 yr old sitting on the porch for almost an hour &the 3 other times tk god I was home.On 3 accounts I got a phone call saying my child was marked absent while he was sitting in the classroom.That results in having to sit in court for this ridiculous reason. I also had to go personally to complain about my child being bullied to the principal & with No emotion&not caring he takes my number&says I'll get to the bottom of it & promise to call me back but u know No phone call. I sent many letters to school & even went into the office about these problems. Now they call to let me know if school will be dismissed but they call my mom in La. 8 hrs away. now if u have a child in kindergarten u don't want for them to go here, they do nothing for these kids graduation. NOTHING. Ms. Hulse, Ms.COBB are wonderful teachers and did a amazing job with my son. No tks to the office or principal we will miss them.But we moved and changing his school for the poor job that is going on n the office area.On a review it says there is only about 15 kids per grade,kindergarten has over 30 students,2 classrooms
Submitted by parent on April 28, 2010

The reason this school gets such a low GreatSchool Rating is due to the size of the school and classrooms. For instance, it only has about 12-15 kids average per each grade. Most large schools have many more, if you consider this and how it affects the testing it makes since. The larger schools have more kids to effect the curve or grade recieved but, if 1 or 2 kids dont do so well on the state test then their rating are lowered. It is a great school, we have moved around with the Military and enjoy this one as we have others.
Submitted by parent on January 31, 2008

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