Birney Elementary School

775 Smyrna Powder Springs Road Southwest

School District

Cobb County
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:11
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 27, 2023

My daughter attended second, third and will be going to fourth grade here. For the last two years, she was assigned to a teacher who I believe was not qualified to hold her position. There was no attention to detail and she had no idea how to help my child learn. Despite all my child’s paperwork clearly outlining her disability, the teacher assigned to her case didn’t realize she had a disability until I pointed it out to her. That in itself was unacceptable to me. I’m addition to that, there is really no sense of community at this school. There was no class website, no parent group chat…for the first time I felt like I was in the dark about what was going on in the class room.
Submitted by parent on December 20, 2019

It has disappointed me. My child is in Kindergarten and comes home misreable. They are not channelling in on the uniqueness of each child. They are following the book and ignoring learning styles. My child is well behaved most of the time. She tends to act like a typical 6 year old sometimes. For example, talkative and playful at the wrong time sometimes but overall and very sweet kid and yet all they ever seem to notice is her faults and now she feels like she can't do school right because she think she is bad when she is not. I overall hate the school. My income os changing therefore she will never be in attendance at a low income school again. They do not have a clue over there. Only thing they have mastered is asking for money week after week.
Submitted by parent on February 06, 2019

Both my kids go to this school and they love it there.... The teachers they had so far are all amazing... They are strict but loving. If you as a parent are involved then this school is great and the teachers will do whatever it takes to help your child be the best they can be. The whole school is just a big family to us and people are always nice when you walk in... We will miss this school when we move....
Submitted by parent on May 29, 2016

Our son just finished his kindergarten year at Birney and we could not be more pleased. The teaching staff is fantastic and very involved. Very happy with the decision to use our local public school! It is true there needs to be more parental involvement at the PTA level but they are actively working on it. Looking forward to a great summer leading into a great first grade year.
Submitted by other on December 08, 2015

Our boy loved getting up in the morning and going to school. He loved his teacher and still does. He was excited about learning and his appetite was whetted for further investigation and learning.
Submitted by parent on October 23, 2013

My daughter attend Birney a few years ago. The quality of primary education was top notch which enabled her to progress and later was accepted into South Cobb's magnet program. Great leadership and teacher staff. Great communities surrounding the area.
Submitted by parent on October 08, 2013

I love Birney. And the staff are amazing. My kids love Birney too. They are like a second family to us.
Submitted by parent on April 01, 2013

The teachers are really what make this school great. Overall it is an average school - with very below average parental/teacher involvement in the PTA. The test scores are improving, but the demographic is Title I. They really need to get the parents more involved, but you can only do so much.
Submitted by parent on August 12, 2012

I can see tangible results of good teaching and leadership towards my daughter(s) and her teachers. Both daughters are above their perspective reading/math levels. My wife is active in the PTA. As a father, I read to the students on 'Father's Day' activities. This is a good school -becoming predominately Hispanic/African American.
Submitted by other on November 04, 2011

this school make me a better learning in school and it buitls me a best worker
Submitted by parent on February 15, 2011

My step daughter came to this country unable to speak English. We put her into second grade. Birney has a special language teacher who worked with her every day. I was quite impressed how hard the school worked to integrate my daughter into the "normal" classroom. The school works hard to get everyone involved in school activities and your child's education. I'm not sure that the homework is very challenging, however. She's in 3rd grade now and maybe I'm being overly critical as to how much homework 3rd graders should be doing. I'm overall happy with the school.