Cold Spring School

3650 Cold Spring Road

School District

Indianapolis Public Schools
Grade

K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:19
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on June 21, 2023

This is a terrible school my son was in it and they keep on takeing him out of the lessons to do something entirely different and expected him to know everything in the class he missed the school is infested with mice and cockroaches it’s disgusting and they do nothing about the bullying so I transferred him out asap don’t let you children go he
Submitted by other on May 23, 2023

The school had a strong PTO and some very committed families and staff members. The campus is beautiful with acres of forest, a creek, and minutes away from Marian University's outdoor learning lab. Students often take hikes with their teachers and there are a lot of planned outdoor activities like PIE days Partners in the Environment and Fun in the Sun day.
Submitted by parent on January 24, 2020

Excellent. This is a small school that allows for a lot of direct, individualized interaction between teachers to their students (I'm amazed at how many assorted staff members seem to know all the kids by name). Several faculty members are clearly passionate and committed to helping students--and it shows. The campus and outdoor nature setting allows for unique learning opportunities: sledding and fishing for gym class, orienteering/navigation to apply arithmetic skills, gardening/harvesting to learn about food groups, etc. My kids love the forest trails. Technology/computer use is built in to the curriculum for many other classes. Their addition of a jr. robotics club to now include kindergartners has been amazing. IPS schools have some serious systemic problems, but Cold Spring works to get ahead of or prevent many of them and has been a lovely surprise for us.
Submitted by parent on November 21, 2016

Im pulling my daugter out of the Horrible school. This was her first time in a "magnet" school, instead of going to her assigned school, which has a F grade for the state. The communication is horrible, I have to always ask, whats going on, ask about grades. Im so disappointed in the Principle, and the assistant principle, Mr. Hakeem, he is a joke. There are just pushing her along instead of helping her understand whats going on. My child got lost in the shuffle, and now she feels like there is no hope. Before I cuss these worthless " teachers and front office out, Im pulling her out, and driving her somewhere else.
Submitted by parent on August 08, 2015

cold spring school i think the rate should be 10 not 7 its great school my son been at cold spring since k-5 and we have no problem at all and they do a lot of sport that our family love like soccer and more and we are very happy and my daughter also been there since k-3 shes happy and my kids love cold spring school cold spring have a very good teachers and v good staff my wife and i we give cold spring rate 10
Submitted by parent on June 16, 2015

We searched high and low for a school for our child. We are an out-of-district family, but have found a home at Cold Spring. We love how small the school is (two grades per class!) and how the students are known by all grade-level and specials teachers. It makes it hard to "hide" at this school and be forgotten. The administration takes the time to speak to parents and listen to concerns. We have been happy with how we have been listened to when we have questions. The students here receive a full hour of their special each week. They are adding a Science rotation to better utilize the outdoor classrooms.This school is full of caring and considerate teachers and staff and we're Proud to be Public.
Submitted by parent on June 23, 2014

My kids have been at Cold Spring for two years. The teachers are wonderful but the principal leadership is not. I have noticed that students are not held to a higher standard on behavior as they were with the past principal. She is MIA a lot at school events. A car hit a bus in the parking lot and she let the teachers deal with it. Took her over 30 minutes to come out of her office to see what was going on! Another serious problem is many times this school year, when a teacher is absent, the class is split up among all the other classes. Second graders placed in older classrooms, given a packet to complete if they want but usually watched 2 movies. This happened about 6-8 times thru the year, 4 of which was the last part of the last semester. There are no fun days, like spirit day, hat day, crazy hair day....they could pay $1 to wear jeans on occasion. The outdoor classrooms were also not used as much as I thought they would be used. We are switching schools to a more structured, more traditional, more student/parent focused that holds behavior of the students to a higher level.
Submitted by parent on September 03, 2013

My school is Cold Springs Elementary and we love it! My son is 6 years old and was bored at another school in his community in kindergarten. However, at Cold Springs he loves the science and discovery focus at the school. He comes home excited and he is when I drop him off. And for a single mom that means the world to me. Thanks Cold Springs!
Submitted by parent on August 02, 2013

I love Cold Spring School! My son just started his second year there and it's the first school that he has really enjoyed attending. The teachers care a lot about the students and the outdoor activities they are able to participate in are amazing. They are also very good at communicating with parents and making people feel welcome.
Submitted by parent on May 23, 2013

Cold Spring Elementary has been my child's school since Kindergarten. After three years of attendance, we started to see a downward spiral in academic achievement. The School offers tutoring and though my child attended the PAID before and after school program, tutoring was never awarded. My child was just passed on to the next /5th yr, only for me to request she be sent back and given tutoring and educational evaluation. The staff waited until the 3rd grading period to evaluate and instead tried to affix the ADHD & aggresive labels, citing that there was an "attitude" problem (that I don't experience at home) instead. When I stated my displeasure with the broken promises to tutor and provide resources things only got worse during the fifth year. Ther's a new unconcerned Principal who admits she hadn't familiarized herself with my child's experiences there at Cold Spring. My child was suspended weeks ago; I conferenced my child into that call & I was told that this issue would be looked into & I'd would get a logical "reason" for suspension, as things were exaggerated. The next week my child was "expelled" for hearsay. I have to date (2weeks later) not recieved ANY answers?!
Submitted by parent on February 22, 2012

I love love love this school. I have two boys and they love that they get to be outside more than their last school. Their teachers are so good and they care. The principal knows all the kids by their first name My husband and I thought that was wonderful. Keep it up everyone at Clod Springs big thumbs ups to all.