Dillard Drive Elementary

5018 Dillard Drive

School District

Wake County
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:11
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on October 11, 2024

I am writing to express my satisfaction with my son's experience at Dillard Drive Elementary. He has been attending the school for 3 years and has had a truly positive and enriching experience. I particularly appreciate the school's approach to homework. The lack of excessive homework has allowed my son to have more time for extracurricular activities, family, and rest, which I believe is essential for his overall well-being. They also provide tutoring if needed for the EOG test.
Submitted by parent on April 09, 2024

Dillard drive es una escuela con malos administradores y profesores y profesionales terribles malos para enseñar y para apoyar a los padres en la necesidad de los hij@ la peor escuela de usa
Submitted by parent on October 19, 2018

I'm not sure if the problem lies at the administrative or educator level, but I've noticed that my child is not excelling or progressing with his school work. We recently moved and Dillard Drive was our assigned school. Compared to her past experiences, we have not seen improvements in her academics and if anything, her behavior at home has been affected.
Submitted by parent on June 02, 2017

My kid started his journey with this school from Grade -1 and doing awesome great school, great management, great teachers, This School is awesome. Complete School staff are really Helpful specially Mr.Douglas always motivating kids to improve theirselfs.. Wow..
Submitted by parent on May 03, 2017

I am so satisfied with DDES my 2 boys attend first and kindergarten. My kids are so different but each one of them got the attention and support he needed to progress academically. I also feel that they are very safe and loved and respected by all their teachers. dDES is a great school with a great friendly stuf Dr. Douglas is very modest and has great ideas to improve the school and motivate the kids to read more and SOAR. The front desk lady is just awesome.
Submitted by other on March 26, 2017

Veo que se esfuerzan mucho cada dia y motivan al estudiantado a superarse. Nunca he sentido ningun tipo de discriminacion por ser inmigrante. Mis hijos estan muy felices en DDES. Mi unica critica es sobre el servicio de autobus. Tenemos que esperar a que el bus haga otra ruta asignada (imagino del middle school) y despues vuelven al colegio a hacer la ruta donde vienen mis hijos, por lo que vienen llegando a casa 45 min despues de haber concluido la jornada escolar, cuando estan a 5 min de nuestra casa.
Submitted by other on January 20, 2016

Mi niño tiene 4 años en la escuela me gusta como se preocupan por qué todos los niños aprendan la interacción con los padres - maestros es muy bueno
Submitted by other on January 11, 2016

My 2 kids go to Dillard Drive, I live so close and my kids love their teachers; Mrs.Vick 1st grade and Mrs. Liso Kindergarten, so far everything has been very good and these 2 women have a lot of patience and were made to be teachers. The principle is a very sweet man and does a great job.
Submitted by other on November 16, 2015

Most of my kids went to dillard drive elementary school and they are now in high school and middle school. And I have my last one is about to graduate this year. It's a Great school and teachers are very helpful towards my kid. Not only it's a great school ...but they are also like a family. because of non stop caring to all the students to make sure they have been helped reaching their goals. The school always have fun activities to support the kids school education needs. I have a great experience with my children from this school, so I definitely recommend this school. :)
Submitted by parent on August 12, 2015

Both of my boys are attending ACA. One in Pre-K and the other in 3rd grade. Transitioning from HomeSchool was a scary process for me so I stayed all day in my youngest son in his Pre- K/ K class. I SO enjoyed how kind the children were and how loving the their teacher is. I enjoy that the school is small and each child is so important. The phrase has been coined " learning Club " rather then school. My very active boys are excited to leave early in the morning! So happy!!
Submitted by other on September 23, 2012

I love DDES because I attended dillard 1st grade through 5th and I got to know all the teachers. They en they have to be are really nice and strict when they have to be
Submitted by parent on July 31, 2011

My child attended Dillard Drive Elementary from K-5th grade and I will say that our experience was primarily good. I was concerned when I dropped her off for kindergarten but after her first week and throughout the years that she attended, I was fairly confident that Dillard was a good fit for her. Most of the staff was very friendly and nice and I felt as if I could go to them for anything. I can relate to the parent who made the statement about the front desk person there. With the office staff it was kind of hit or miss. For the most part they were friendly to decent but were at times a bit rude and failed to appropriately greet parents who entered the office which made me feel like I was bothering them b being there. I will say that everyone was nice and friendly to my child and treated her with kindness and friendliness which was most important to me. It will be very different for me dropping my child off at a school other than Dillard this school year but she has already contacted some of her former teachers and made plans to go back and visit them.
Submitted by parent on May 09, 2011

As another review stated, front desk person is rude, followed by the principal with a forced smile at all times. I was very happy to remove my child out of that school, where I felt like entering a military base camp; Not "migrant" friendly nor sympathy towards 'minorities'.
Submitted by parent on January 21, 2011

I loved having my daughter go to DDES. I volunteered almost daily and had an excellent relationship with the teachers and the rest of the staff. Sadly I had to move and my daughter could no longer go to DDES. I feel like I lost part of my family when we moved
Submitted by parent on January 06, 2011

My son came to this school mid year. I was very unhappy with the way the school functioned. The office was very unorganized and frankly the secretary and principal were very rude, it seemed to inconvenience them that I was registering my son in school there. To make things worse, when my son and I showed up on monday for him to start school the teacher was not even informed she had a new student and was totally un prepared. We have since pulled him out of that school I was not impressed by any means.
Submitted by other on April 27, 2010

Dillard Drive Elementary is a phenomenal school were teachers and students want to come each day. As Dragon Flies soar, so do our students academic achievements.
Submitted by parent on April 24, 2010

the appreciation of parent involvement from the teachers and staff. everyone works together to make our goals a reality for the students
Submitted by parent on April 22, 2010

Its a great school with very good teachers my children go there.
Submitted by parent on April 22, 2010

The encouragement to excell is excellent
Submitted by parent on April 22, 2010

We have the greatest Teachers/Staff - they are very loving and nuturing to the students. They strive to have the students 'Travel the Road to Excellence'.