St Edward School

9610 SUE HELEN DR

Louisville, KY 40299

15 Reviews

School District
Grade

PK-8
Type

private

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 04, 2025

My daughter will not be coming back at the end of the year. Some kids are allowed to treat other students terribly and get away with it because of money or their family name. The principal can be condescending.
Submitted by parent on February 18, 2025

Bullying is a major issue at the school. The principal can be very condescending and passive aggressive. Some of the teachers are good and the counselor is the best. But the culture is changing. I know of three other families that are looking for a new school. Look elsewhere.
Submitted by parent on February 07, 2025

Our student didn’t reach their goal on the math MAP test. What’s the teachers solution? More IXL homework! Only the students who didn’t meet their goal have to do the homework. Instead of addressing the issue in the classroom, or finding ways to help the students who might be behind, the teacher just gives more busy work homework. Conferences are always a waste of time; each year the teachers seem to barely know anything about our student or how we can help. We walk away feeling like we didn’t get any information. School doesn’t properly handle conflicts between students or issues in the classroom. Very disappointed and unimpressed with this school. On the positive side; the school counselor is absolutely amazing. Spend your money on tuition elsewhere.
Submitted by parent on November 08, 2024

The school lacks resources to assist low performing and high performing kids. Communication is a struggle at the school.
Submitted by parent on January 16, 2019

My children are happy to e at St Edward. Our new leadership is invigorating!
Submitted by parent on May 01, 2018

I am a St. Edward alumni, class of 2004. I feel so blessed to now have my son there, class of 2023. St. Edward is a special place. Everyone is so welcoming and it truly has a home feel. It is very cool to have so many of my previous teachers still there, teaching my son. I love this school, parish & community. There's no where else like it.
Submitted by parent on March 08, 2016

Great school. Great teachers. Wish they had more resources for children with learning disibilites and adhd.
Submitted by parent on July 21, 2014

My child attends st. Edwards and is happy to be at school. She also misses school during summer break. I am pleased at her response to school, it certainly isn't the one I had. However, I sometimes get the feeling people in administration are more concerned with drawing new families and their money in than the education of its current students and their well being. Catholic education sells itself. It doesnt need slogans and incentives and cheap get-a-buck means of charging parents for 5 minute late pickups from school. Glad my kiddo is happy, but my advice would be to focus on excellence not dollars
Submitted by parent on July 19, 2013

St. Edward School is a caring academic community where everyone likes to be. The staff are teaching children to be good learners and good people. Our new administrator sets the bar high with expecting nothing but the best Catholic School Education a kid can get. Through leadership and vision he and the community leadership council have made important decisions and changes. It is more important today than ever that our schools stay current and push to the highest standards. We are so happy with St Edward's School Community and their forward thinking plans. Our children our in a great place!
Submitted by parent on July 01, 2013

My family has attended St. Edward for the past 7 years. We currently have 3 children there, 6th, 5th, and 1st grade. Our experience has been nothing but wonderful. We take great pride in our school community and all it has to offer. St. Edward is changing and growing, but only to offer even more to our community. Exciting things are happening at our school, and I hope that even more families will want to be involved. One of the reasons we love St. Edward, is because of the people who also attend the school and church. It is a welcoming environment full of people who care.
Submitted by parent on July 01, 2013

My husband is a graduate of St. Edwards and 11 years ago we happily decided to make it home to our 2 children as well. Our oldest graduated last year with great confidence and strong academic success. He has now moved on to high-school where he was well prepared and has flourished. My youngest is ready to start middle-school this year and he is succeeding academically as well as socially. He is making life long relationships and has become a compassionate and caring person largely in part to his school environment. We are in the midst of great change within our church and school, but are surrounded by families that are excited and eager to make St. Edwards all we want it to be! "It is a great day to be a Brave"
Submitted by parent on May 29, 2013

The previous post misquoted the school's mission statement. The post quoted the mission of Partners in Education, a volunteer group that organizes activities and fundraisers. The school's mission is, We inspire, We prepare, We create future leaders. This is expanded upon on the website. Staff either found other employment or retired. Change is difficult especially when some of the teachers we love have decided to leave. St. Edward has been lucky to have most of their teachers stay for a very long time. From what I have observed, the new principal is trying to do things 'by the book' and some do not like that. Everyone was yelling for a change and now we have a change and people are still complaining. I think we need to give the new principal some time to reorganize. I do hope that the improvements to the school building will occur soon. I know the pastor doesn't want parishioners to incur the debt but we do need him to expedite these updates. The last report I saw stated the funds were available for the school to build and update. When will these updates occur? Teacher quality is still very much present. My children love school. That is what is most important!
Submitted by other on May 07, 2013

This school has gone through a lot of changes that will result in a very bad institution. This mission statement : "The mission of St. Edward Parish School is to provide a Catholic education with Christian values rooted in a tradition of academic excellence for the children of the Jeffersontown area from Kindergarten to the Eighth Grade. Partners In Education, a committee of volunteer parents and teacher representative, assists the school in fulfilling its mission" is a very pathetic mission statement for an institution. As for values, the priest, principal, and others in administration are laying off the most important individuals in the community and don't "treat others the way they would like to be treated." This parish/school is not rooted in Christian values because the most important individuals who should be teaching these values are hypocrites and only care about money, not individual and family values. I would definitely not recommend getting into this mess of a parish because most likely it will be closed within the next five years because of the individuals "in charge."
Submitted by parent on May 15, 2010

I have 2 daughters that enjoy their friends there and believe in what they are taught.
Submitted by parent on June 26, 2008

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