University Park Elementary School

4572 Sandburg Way

School District

Irvine Unified
Grade

K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:20
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on January 24, 2021

Such an amazing environment for my child. The attention and care by the teachers and staff goes beyond my expectations. My son is so happy and has a new found sense of confidence.
Submitted by parent on April 09, 2019

Very disappointed with the school and the administration. Incompetent office staff.
Submitted by parent on November 30, 2018

Overall University Park elementary is an amazing school. Great teachers, amazing principal and administrative staff. This school has a great amount of ESL kids and also Low income students and yet students are doing great in tests and the school is a fun place for kids to go to every day. My kids love this school and so do we.
Submitted by parent on July 12, 2018

My children all very happy here. Teachers are accessible as well as staff.
Submitted by parent on May 18, 2018

This school is very good with teaching the students and also keeping them secure. The balancing of a variety of student needs is done with a level of competence and compassion that I have not see at larger school districts.
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2017

For a school with a disability program and almost 45% English learning children, it is doing a superb job. There is compassion encouraged by the administration, and there is a 9 out of 10 score, despite the challenges given.
Submitted by other on March 20, 2016

My son is in first grade, and his experience to date at UP has been nothing but wonderful. He is thriving, reading, learning about the world (science, culture, history), developing a solid understanding of foundational math, and, most importantly, loving going to school every single day. His kinder and 1st teachers have both been high-quality, experienced educators, with an obvious passion for students. The culture is diverse, in many ways, providing the students with a rare perspective of the world. UP is a fantastic neighborhood school with an active PTA, involved and down to earth families, and the top notch Irvine education we all expect.
Submitted by parent on September 13, 2014

I have two kids in this school, and they both love it. The teachers are caring, and very competent. The student population is diverse. The principal has a can-do spirit and is highly visible throughout the school. The school worked with us to challenge our daughter more academically.
Submitted by parent on April 24, 2014

Both our children attended the ESL class (4th and 6th graders) from Jan to mid March 2014 and it has been a very positive experience to both our kids and us parents. Even though we were there for only a short period of time, we had the best treatment by teachers and staff. It was amazing how Ms. Sato managed to take care of a large multicultural class, keep the discipline, overview, and appreciative tone. Our children learned a lot, made good friends, made good memories such as the school party, the concert, pyjamas day, punch card system, handball and manymore. Even better; we all got the best with us back home: An overwhelmingly good impression of the American school system, which we think that Denmark can learn a lot from. The children miss UP and if we ever come back to Irvine again, UP would be our first choice. The Ryd n family from Denmark
Submitted by parent on December 05, 2013

The new principal, Christine Amoroso, is awesome! She is turning this school around. The school also has a new PTA. The PTA and the school staff are working closely together to make this school a top school! The teachers are awesome! It's my child's 3rd year at this school and she loves it! Her teachers are well trained and great at what they do.
Submitted by parent on October 11, 2010

they are really working hard for the sake of our children
Submitted by parent on July 08, 2010

This school is absolutely wonderful! I couldn t be happier! My son started Kindergarten in 2008. He is a special kid who is highly gifted but was shy and not socially mature enough compared with the other kids of the same age. His Kinder teacher was Mrs Goto s and she is very experienced and caring. To my most happiness, my son started to talk about his teacher and friends at home! I can see he was happy, cared about friendship, and was full of self-confidence. In his second year he was in Mrs Anderson s class. That was a very happy experience as well. Mrs Anderson is very professional and caring. My son s self-esteem is continuously building up and he is more active then ever. Now we have to leave the school because we moved to another city. sometimes I still hears Mrs Anderson told me that . --Something beyond his grade level!
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