Independence Elementary School

11773 BRAY BIRCH LN

School District

Keller Independent
Grade

K-4
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on January 08, 2025

IES is an amazing school with wonderful staff! My daughter attended here for 5 years and now excels in Middle School.
Submitted by parent on October 19, 2024

In my experience, the school welcomes and includes families as partners in their children's learning
Submitted by parent on July 29, 2022

Great school staff and excited for a new principal. Have many friends’ kids who love their teachers a lot and just can’t wait to come to school after summer break.
Submitted by parent on April 18, 2022

Great school, wonderful teachers. Giving feedback about your child promptly. The principal is very helpful.
Submitted by parent on July 21, 2019

Disturbing. There have been many principles and vice principals That have come and gone. This Principal has managed to get rid of all of the best teachers that made this school night. He has made every day miserable for his teachers. Students can pick up on this atmosphere
Submitted by parent on April 01, 2019

It has been OK. I receive mixed signals of performance, straight A report cards below average standardize test scores. I really and not sure if this is a good school it is the only one we have attended. Schools around us have stayed the same and ours has dropped two points I am not happy about that.
Submitted by parent on May 06, 2018

Independence has been great for both of my kids. They’ve both struggled with reading and we’ve received tons of resources and assistance in helping them get to where they need to be. The teachers and staff are invested in helping the kids succeed. And they really encourage parents to take an active roll in their children’s education through various volunteer activities and a strong PTA presence.
Submitted by parent on September 23, 2016

This is a wonderful school. Both of my children are thriving at Independence. From the top down, I can see how much they care about the students.
Submitted by other on June 26, 2015

Wonderful school. Our daughter has had nothing but the best experience here. Mr. Basham and his great staff command the respect of the students, but not so much in the overbearing, authoritarian way. They actively refer to the kids not as "students" but "friends". PE teacher Coach Leach stands out in particular as another who interacts with all the kids, who love him. He's very active in the school's programming. Good music and art programs. STRONG PTA is very active and runs enough small projects that major fundraising (selling fruit, chocolate, wrapping paper) is not necessary. We'll be very sorry and will miss this school when we leave.
Submitted by parent on February 18, 2015

My son is in Kindergarten here and we have had a wonderful experience. The Principal and assistant principal communicate clearly schools news, upcoming events and programs and are always there with a welcoming smile. My son's teacher (Mrs Trautman) is excellent, she's hard working and manages the workload and class really well. I couldn't wish for a better teacher and my son loves her. She has instilled in my him a real love of learning and a yearning for knowledge in a safe learning environment, what more could you ask for!
Submitted by parent on August 04, 2014

INDEPENDENCE:My 2 children returned last year and it was 200% better than the previous years. I actually withdrew my children under the previous principal and really have enjoyed the empact Mr. Basham has made on the entire school. He is a lot more strick, in ways : no end of school party or farewell to retiring teachers , removed monkey bars- too dangerous? May have been a school district thing? He has created an atmosphere of uniting together with the parents, teachers and students a community of OUR students and OUR responsiblitiy to help and look after each other. He keeps paper to a minimum and I enjoy not getting millions of extra fliers from various organziations that may not be of interest: but we always have access: on-line links, or at the front office. ;) Teachers adapt to change and some like this new principal and get along well, others are ok, others don't like how strick he's come down: like not having younger siblings help during a school volunteer situation: library, volunteering in the class or even if you are going on a field trip you cannot bring siblings or you can only watch your child... this MAY be a district guideline, but it has ruffled a lot of people.
Submitted by parent on September 16, 2013

Blue bonnet Elementary: this is my son, second year. He loves this school and so do I. The principal is always present and accessible. His teacher is amazing. It's only about a month into the school year and his reading has improved immensely.
Submitted by parent on May 16, 2013

WORS SCHOOL EVER! this school was a nightmare. Starting from simple thing - no one says hello! Our teacher were to busy with her 4 kids and her own life, not even to mention that she pointed that if we will see any misspellings in her emails, just to take it as is since she's a bad speller. All info we got or day before or morning at the day of the event. To many excuses from principal assistant and in the end to hard to get conference with the principal it self, unless you go strait to KISD.After all spending 2 h getting to no point got pointed to my face about differences in the culture by the principal(I'm from Europe)and that everything will be ok, on the next day I get official letter that my son uncontrollable after he got concussion at the school (about which one I never got strait story) I spend month and a half coming to school 2 time a day to make sure that my son not will get hurt or left somewhere how they did once and horrifying how irresponsible and disrespectful IES it is to parents and students. We spend just 2 months in this school and got transferred after all. just be careful and make sure you don't ask too many questions as I did to get your child in a trouble.
Submitted by parent on April 25, 2012

Independence Elementary is an AMAZING school! The principal and office staff are very friendly and helpful. The teachers are amazing and care deeply for their students. As a parent, I HIGHLY recommend IES!!!
Submitted by parent on April 25, 2012

Wow! What a great school! The teachers and principal are top notch! This is by far the BEST school in KISD!
Submitted by teacher on May 09, 2011

Independence is a Great School because it has dedicated, caring teachers that are willing to do what it takes to support student success. There are after school activities provided by teachers volunteering their time. Music Zvakanaka, theater club, PE Moving Mavericks, Art Club, several book clubs for different ages and interests, and much more.
Submitted by parent on March 21, 2011

Re: all the comments w/low ratings--I would suggest that those parents need to get involved. I was frustrated with how things were going (not so much with our school but with KISD policies in general) and chose to become more involved w/IES and the PTA. I work full time outside of the home--as do the majority of the parents that are on the Exec. Board--so please don't use that as an excuse for your lack of participation. We all do what we can! I can tell you once you get more involved--you will see all the great things that go on day-in-day-out at Independence.
Submitted by parent on February 06, 2011

We were upset to hear about the armed person seen near Woodland Springs on TUESDAY. We were more upset that the principal did not inform us about this until FRIDAY. We learned about the incident because a friend called us and let us know. Principal seems unorganized in the way that she sends out information. It is February and she still can't get the morning drop off routine correct.