Jupiter Farms Elementary School

17400 Haynie Lane

School District

Palm Beach
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on June 13, 2024

JFCES has been wonderful for my family. We are going on our 6th year at the school. Lots of parent involvement. Most teachers have been good. My daughters 4th grade teacher was amazing and helped her so much when she was a bit behind. She helped us get a 504 plan to support her needs. Admin is pretty good as well. PTO is great and there is a great community feel here. We will be very sad when my daughter moves on to middle school next year.
Submitted by parent on January 13, 2023

We have a 2nd grader currently enrolled and it’s been a pretty fantastic experience. They are extremely family oriented and have tons of activities throughout the year for their students. We were there through COVID and the mask mandate was pretty brutal. They would isolate kindergartners and other kids if they wouldn’t wear a mask, which we all now now never worked. I wish the administration, or anyone for that matter would have stood up for these kids. Other than that, it’s been a great school…
Submitted by parent on December 21, 2022

Principal is on a power trip and way out of line in terms of professionalism. Staff is inefficient and follows in the principal's footsteps in terms of professionalism (or lack thereof). Obviously there are members of the staff here that are exceptional as well but that is no excuse for the leaders here to act in a way that takes away from the integrity of the school as a whole. This school needs to be cleared out of the bad apples if they ever want to truly be a wonderful place for children to learn and grow.
Submitted by parent on March 17, 2020

Pretty terrible. Pulled my kids and sent them to private school. They are excelling. At JFCES, they probably would have fallen through the cracks only because they DONT have disciplinary problems. Principal is a joke. Condescending, as was the prior Vice Principal, who was eventually pushed out, probably after parents heard he was living out of his van. Seriously, some good teachers, some good families and a handful of bad ones. But the administration, especially the principal, are horrendous.
Submitted by parent on June 28, 2018

Terrible. They need a real guidance counselor that can address the needs of the students. They need a principal that can support children as well as staff. The one they have now is a great pretender.
Submitted by parent on September 18, 2016

Jupiter Farms is really a great school. The staff knows your child, not only his/her teacher. They make everything possible to accommodate your child. My son has ADHD and they worked with us to allow him the best experience possible. Mrs Wenst in particular is a wonderful teacher .She allowed my son to go upside down on the mat on the back of the room when he had "too much energy to sit still". Unfortunately we had to move, but JFES is still in our hearts.
Submitted by parent on June 01, 2014

This school has been great for my son. He started in kindergarten and is now in the 3rd grade. HOWEVER, it has been nothing but a nightmare since my daughter started school there. This school is terrible for kids with special needs even if it's just ADHD. They don't want to help your children. They could care less! The principle and VP don't want to be bothered. They don't adhere to plans and drag their feet in setting up services. What's worse, they lie on reports to make your child appear to be something their not (this is verifiable). I detest this school and what it has done to my daughter! The only way to get your child the serves they need is to hire a lawyer. That's pretty sad!
Submitted by parent on January 15, 2014

I give the school a 1 star on the behalf of my son who's in 3rd grade. My other son who's in 1st I personally give her 5 stars. My 3rd grader and I have been attacked by the teachers. I have never felt so uncomfortable around a group of teachers. My son has A.D.D and thy treat him as if he has a disease. He is ridiculed I front of his classmates and his teachers talk down to him. He is a very sensitive and loving boy. He doesn't understand why this is happening to him and feels like he's the only one in class who can't do anything. I have had meetings with back up from the district and they too sense some hostility with the teachers. We have even set up a way to better help him and the only one who's trying is me. They do not communicate and could care less about him. He doesn't even want to attend school anymore. I think a lot of the staff there are inadequate for the job and should be fired.
Submitted by parent on May 30, 2012

Good size , has a coomunity feeling, and there are some wonderful teachers, however , our child was bullied in front of staff and students by a teacher for 3 months, by a teacher. Our child did went from loving school to having stomach aches and not wanting to go to class. After meeting the teacher, we asked for evidence that showed our child was "lazy" and a "the worst student ever" , since all the other grades were straight As, she could not give us one reason, except for a missed test. (that she refused our child to make up for)This teacher stopped the humiliating remarks and open bullying in front of staff and other kids, but started bullying another child in the class. Hopefully other kids can express if this is going on to their parents, so they can stop it in time.
Submitted by parent on February 23, 2012

I wish my grade school had been this awesome! JFCES is like going to a private school in the suburbs, without the private school pricetag. The amount of parent and community involvement and support is outstanding. If they had a gifted program or offered a foreign language, they would be absolutely perfect.
Submitted by parent on February 15, 2012

I agree with the post below if you have a child with needing extra help from a learning disorder forget it look someplace else such a struggle to get tested etc. Teachers are worn out they need to get some fresh teachers in that realize you are working with children not adults
Submitted by parent on September 13, 2011

I have lived all over the country. I have children from high school to preschool. My children have attended close to 10 elementary schools. I currently have a child enrolled in this school. If your child is a normal cookie cutter individual, you will probably have a good experience. If your child has a disability, look elsewhere. I have had both and the school is substandard in accommodating disabilities. Be forewarned, your child will most likely have loads of homework. Also, be prepared to teach your child at home the concepts they didn't learn in class. Also, it is hard to reach the Principal, I compare it as requesting an audience with the King of England.