Jackson Center Elementary School

204 Linden Street

School District

Jackson Center Local
Grade

PK, K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:9
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 15, 2021

This school is a failure. My daughter attended this school her whole life and 6 weeks before graduation she cried begging to change schools because she was treated so poorly. The “hometown click” decided she didn’t belong. This child was a good athlete, played in band, was kind, pretty and was valedictorian. Obviously she was not kid with discipline problems either. She was targeted for hateful treatment. Small schools aren’t always better. They allow a child to feel like they don’t belong because here you do or you don’t because of the lack of diversity and bullying. Talk about a closed school and community. (Unless your child is great at basketball) . Be prepared to pay extremely high taxes too. The teachers from here that also teach here have continued that “hometown click” and are blind to the problems.
Submitted by parent on May 17, 2018

This school is terrible. We were told our son didn't fit the mold in this district. The superintendent threatened to "make our lives miserable" if we didn't cooperate with changing his class and when we met with the principal about changing his class, she said if we didn't change his class, he would be removed from school. He's 5! We were told we lived in district prior to school starting and then once they started saying he needed special services, we were suddenly told we are not in the district and when I told the superintendent I was going to contact ODE regarding the issue, he got violently mad and accused me of threatening him. We aren't the only ones this has happened to. A friend of our family went to this school 20 years ago and was removed because he didn't "fit the mold" and didn't "come from money". It disgusts me that they are getting away with this type of culture at this school. With bullying such a hot topic in America today, what are we as parents supposed to do when it's the administration and adults doing the bullying to our children? This school completely failed our child with the exception of the preschool teacher who isn't even an employee of this school.
Submitted by parent on June 24, 2014

Worst school I have sent my child to. Glad to have moved out of that district.
Submitted by parent on April 06, 2014

I never knew this website existed until I saw it on a realtor website, then I read some of the reviews for my home district, Jackson Center. I have no idea why some of the posts are so negative, but that is very different from what we have experienced. The teachers have high expectations, but are still loving to all students. I have witnessed it myself many times over. We have loved their commitment to early childhood education and the innovative learning system in the elementary. We also have friends with students in the high school and they love the personal attention and dual enrollment classes. It is not a big school, so some opportunites are not as readily available as they would be in a larger districts, but I will take that trade any time. I'm not totally sure about the most recent test scores, but someone was even telling me that the kids had the highest increase in the state over the last 3 or 4 years. This is a great school with great people.
Submitted by parent on September 28, 2013

This school is not about the children at all. So many parents have pulled their children out of this school because of the way they were treated. They let bullying go on even after it has been reported more then once. There is one elementary teacher that uses an elevated tone to try and intimidate the kids and keep them in line. I have a son that graduated from this school and did not like the school or the teachers with the exception of a couple. I filed a complaint against a teacher for being too rough with my grade schooler for talking. The principal basically sided with the teacher and did not care. The only way you get anywhere in this school is by your name and if your daddy is the superintendent or principal which unfortunately is what the other kids hear from said children. I have decided to pull my child from this school especially since he is receiving retaliation from my complaint.
Submitted by parent on September 28, 2013

This school is not good for any children with learning difficulties. They just push too hard. The parents and students seem to all ways be wrong and the staff all ways right. They need to get someone in there that can be a boss to the staff not friends. At this school you have a hard time if you don't have the right last name!!