Park Crest Middle School

1500 North Railroad Avenue

School District

Pflugerville Independent
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on February 21, 2025

This school is one of the best schools in pflugerville im definatly going to this school if 2025
Submitted by parent on January 11, 2025

We are thankful that our son attends Park Crest. The teachers are excellent, the classes are small, the admin is very involved. Our son is doing well academically and he is happy here. This is a great school.
Submitted by other on October 08, 2024

I'm torn on what to put because on one hand, this school has some of the best teachers/adults I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. On the other hand, everything else was (and there's no more accurate way to put this), the WORST. If you have a quiet kid and you care about their mental health, reconsider sending them here.
Submitted by parent on June 23, 2024

If your kids are willing to work, they will do well here. This school has some of the best teachers that my son has had the privilege of learning from. We moved here from New York and have seen our son improve in all areas, but especially math and science. The principal send out weekly updates. Teachers reply to emails and calls quickly and they're empathetic to parent concerns. We have no complaints.
Submitted by parent on March 22, 2024

Great school. Exceptional teachers. Fantastic admin. I really have nothing bad to say. Happy to send my daughter here.
Submitted by parent on October 04, 2023

My son is doing very well at PCM. He likes his teachers, he has made lots of friends, and he is learning quite a lot. The curriculum is strong. He is working on things that his cousin that is 2 years ahead of him is working on at Cedar Valley Middle. We are very happy that this is our zoned middle school.
Submitted by parent on August 17, 2023

PCMS is an excellent school with fantastic teachers. The staff is knowledgeable, caring, and they're all very accessible. The class sizes are smaller than other area schools and they have a lot of experienced teachers. We love PCMS!
Submitted by parent on June 28, 2023

Park Crest has been great! We came from California and we've been very impressed by the schools here. Caring teachers that really push the kids to the next level seem to be the norm. There are low classroom ratios and a fantastic principal too. It's a refreshing change.
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2023

Over the years, we have had kids in 2 other middle schools. I would say that this is a pretty good one. Engaged and accessible teachers, a principal that cares about students and staff and an overall good vibe. The kids seem appropriately challenged (sadly, this definitely can't be said for all schools). The teachers don't all teach entirely to the test. In fact, staar testing is not brought up often at all. One of my daughter's favorite things about this school is that some of her teachers aren't afraid to veer off course and take the time to dive deeper into areas of a subject that the kids are finding interesting. As a parent, I like that too. She is learning a lot, she likes all of her teachers, and she has made some great friends along the way. We are happy with Park Crest.
Submitted by parent on February 06, 2023

this school doesn’t care about you dont pick this school the teacher blame everything on us
Submitted by parent on February 06, 2023

This school is very sexist towards girls. If you look at the dress code it is only directed towards females. I have watched a boy walk around without a shirt and no one said anything but I went in with to tight of pants and I was dress coded. The staff is always getting on girls for things they can not control and it is not fair. They favor the boys at this school and they do NOT deserve that. The teachers do not care about your education as much as they care about the dress code. I only had two teachers out of my 2 years of being here who do not dress code every little thing. If you care about your child’s mental health PLEASE do not send your kid here. I’m speaking from experience.
Submitted by parent on December 30, 2022

We love Park Crest! My daughter has compared her 7th grade work with what her friend at Kelly Lane Middle school is doing and Park Crest is far ahead of them in some of the areas and on par or somewhat ahead in the rest. My daughter worked on some of the same things last year in 6th grade that they're working on this year in 7th at Kelly! That made me happy to hear. Even more important is that she likes all of her teachers and she has a great core group of friends that all study together regularly. She's doing well academically and she's happy, so we're happy too.
Submitted by student on October 28, 2022

I have great friends! everyone is so friendly and treats me well. I have great teachers and nothing is wrong with this school. Highly recommend, very amazing, I have learned so much. This is very child friendly and there is a 1% chance of getting bullied. Shout out to Mrs.Brown, and everyone else who works here for keeping my school and everyone in it safe. Y'all are truly the best people ever.
Submitted by parent on May 12, 2022

Park Crest teachers are great! The kids that want to succeed have plenty of opportunities to excel here. We have 2 currently attending. Our kids usually have 1.5-2 hours each of homework nightly (in their opinions, far too much). Overall, they're doing well, learning a lot and each have a great group of school friends. As parents, we are happy. For those interested, there are lots of clubs and sports.
Submitted by parent on May 10, 2022

While has taken a while, I have come to appreciate all of my child’s teachers at the school. I communicate with most of them at some point during each quarter as my child struggles with a lot of his academics. They almost always get back to me pretty quickly. There are some teachers I have to email multiple times but eventually get a response. That said my son has had many issues with bullying. These range from being physically touched or pushed or knocked into to being humiliated in front of his peers to personal items being put into toilets to other items being stolen and yet others being completely destroyed and caught on camera. It has been impossible to ever get a police report for one incident that I just could . My son was never told who did it and based on the fact that he did not see anyone missing from class it appears that they were allowed to stay in class with him. I have had a Lot of trouble communicating with admin both the principal and the AP for sixth grade. I’ve had to be extremely aggressivd with emailing to ever get a response about time sensitive issues (ie regarding testing, etc.) and the Response I finally got after I had to CC the actual principal made it seem as if I was making a big deal out of nothing. But this was after waiting for responses for weeks with not even so much as a “We will look into it”reply. Sincethe most recent and serious bullying incident that happened I have been getting more prompt responses however all of this stuff should not have had to happen for this basic level of communication. The sole reason I am having my son stay there next year is because of his teachers. I really hope admin steps it up. I alsohope they have actual events on campus. Since schools have reopened there have been zero events. Sans the eighth grade formal and seventh/eighth grade sporting events. I have never even been to the inside of the school nor had a chance to - besides the front office and the police officer’s office. It has been extremely difficult for new kids that have not previously attended PFISD schools to make friends there.
Submitted by parent on April 28, 2022

I got referral for not writing in agenda and lunch detention for throwing paper with a sub
Submitted by parent on April 05, 2022

Park Crest is an excellent school. The teachers all care and really go above and beyond for the kids. My daughter's previous school felt cold and unwelcoming. The teachers taught to the test and nothing more. They mentioned staar testing almost daily. If it wasn't on the test, it wasn't being taught. At Park Crest, they go beyond that and really want the kids to have a deeper understanding, a working knowledge of what they're studying. I have come to realize that the highest rated schools are generally in the wealthiest areas and are more indicative of the socioeconomic status of the kids that attend the school, rather than the actual teaching and curriculum. My daughter is doing extremely well and she is happy here. For these reasons, I am as well.
Submitted by student on March 06, 2022

I dread going to this school but the school has ok teachers but majority of the teachers dont care there is always fights at that school and the teachers there don't handle bullying well
Submitted by other on July 12, 2021

i went here worst time of my life make me hate going to school
Submitted by parent on August 14, 2018

awful I wouldn't even give them one star