Edgewood School

737 Edgewood Avenue

School District

New Haven
Grade

K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on March 29, 2023

The school is pretty good but could improve in some spaces.
Submitted by parent on May 04, 2020

Edgewood has a very diverse and involved community. Teachers and administrators care about the students and work hard with the very limited resources that come with a city school. The family atmosphere is priceless, giving it massive potential if more funding was available for academic support and teacher recruitment/retention.
Submitted by parent on October 16, 2018

Edgewood cares so much about their students! Our son had been at a well respected private school in 1st grade, but when we discovered he had some emotional and mental health challenges, the cut him loose. We returned to Edgewood, where he'd gone for K, and the school provided more than a dozen resources to assess, plan for, and execute a full program for him. He is now significantly improved, knows everyone in the school, and loves school again. They've even provided him advanced math training because he and others in his grade have tested at that level. The PTO is also very engaged, with many family events to bring the community together.
Submitted by parent on June 23, 2017

I totally regret putting my son in this school! I feel like I've done more than his teacher at this school. I don't know if it's the school or just his teacher but I had to work with him one on one so he wouldn't fall behind. The class/homework was not challenging enough. If you want your child to excell academically this is not the school!
Submitted by other on September 21, 2016

Shame on you Great Schools. Edgewood is a far better school then the suburban school I went to in 1988, which is 7/10. My kids have teachers who care about them and they are learning and thriving. They have an amazing arts program and foster a wonderful diverse community. The Edgewood after school play program is the best!!! If you are considering sending your child to Edgewood or moving to the area, please do. It is a great place to live and send your kids to school. Keep in mind that there is more to a school than test scores and free lunch percentage. Edgewood is actually one of the best schools in New Haven.
Submitted by parent on September 07, 2015

Involved parents and community working together with the school make it a loving place to learn
Submitted by parent on December 28, 2014

Typically developing children seem to thrive at Edgewood. However, my son has a major disability and has not been given the tools he needs to succeed. I do not believe his IEP is being fully implemented, but I would need a team of lawyers and experts to prove this since my son cannot communicate what is going on. The school does not have students getting reading support from a reading specialist until 3rd grade even if they know of a disability. They also do not support having a 1:1 paraprofessional even if it is recommended by doctors and other experts. They ignore outside recommendations and rely on their own experts in order to save money. My son's IEP states that he will learn to play and gain social skills with other kids, but no adults are encouraging him and helping him to play at recess. Sadly, he is not gaining academic or social skills at Edgewood--a school that seems to have so much potential. I wish I could afford more for my son so that I could get him better resources. The teachers and school system are simply not doing all they can to help him despite my best efforts. I would not recommend Edgewood for children with special needs!
Submitted by parent on October 08, 2013

Our daughter recently started kindergarten at Edgewood and we have been very happy with how it's going. There are two kindergarten classes and both teachers are excellent. Parents are very involved and the school is truly a community school. We considered several options for our daughter, including one of the many private schools in the area, but we chose Edgewood (and were able to get in through the lottery, with preference since we live in the neighborhood) because it seemed like a place that our daughter could 1) learn and play in balance, 2) grow with children in the neighborhood - truly feel like she's part of a community and a village, and 3) go to school in a diverse environment reflective of the real world, which would prepare her for living as a citizen of the world.
Submitted by other on October 07, 2013

Let me start by saying that recently, there was a change in leadership at Edgewood. This change was met with optimism, at first. I returned a year later to find that Project Pride, the Eighth Grade gym program, had been discontinued, despite teaching about good ideals such as teamwork, and huge success on the overnight trip to Camp Cedarcrest, to name one. As for the new administrators themselves, they'd added the referral system, which took trips for every referral. I am not exaggerating when I say that the administrators went trigger happy with this system. For example, a friend of mine exhaled, and received punishment. She inquired if she should stop breathing, and got another referral. When she told us, she got a third. One of the administrators overheard HALF of a conversation, and the students participating received referrals. A more notable incident: an Islamic student took major prejudice from a self proclaimed priest substituting for a teacher, and when the student got in trouble, the sub called in an administrator, and the student got a referral. I'm saying that Edgewood was a great school under the old principal, but is now a sinking ship of a school, at this point.