James Marshall Elementary School

9525 Goethe Road

School District

Sacramento City Unified
Grade

K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:18
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on October 10, 2024

My kid goes to this school and since last year she has had issues with one of the 1st grade teachers bullying her. When brought to the teachers attention all she does is transfer my kid to a different teacher, all this while this 1st grade teacher talks badly about my kid to other kids. Now this school year (2024) my kid is having issues with a student from her now 2nd grade class. This school don't care about its students well being. When there are issues the school don't contact the parents. We have to hear of all the B.S from our children when they get home. Some of the teachers at this school shouldn't be teachers. At least they shouldn't be working with younger kids who can't defend themselves. My child is already starting to dislike school. Thanks a lot James Marshall Elementary in Sacramento, CA. Also going to the district don't help. Do research before signing your child up at this school.
Submitted by parent on July 16, 2018

They are 3rd for a reason. It's not the children or parent activity. It's the staff that are failing the children, teachers are a product of their leadership. Parents start writing into the superintendence office about the poor leadership going on. Beautiful campus with petty, power-playing, bullies. This school is in desperate need of a Principal that cares about their job.
Submitted by parent on September 05, 2017

I give it a 10. Teachers n staff are great and so is the principal. Great school so far.
Submitted by parent on June 19, 2017

I have 1 daughter that just promoted and 1 going in to the 2nd grade. I have been at Marshall for my older daughter for 7 years. It has just declined throughout the years. I am considering transferring my other daughter else where as I do not want her innocent mind corrupted by wrong and mean teachers since it is still early with friendships.
Submitted by other on April 10, 2016

took my son to school 10 min to 8:30 and the principle told my son to wait outside of the open gate because they will not let kids in early and then she told me im front of my son if i drop him off early and he gets kidnapd it wasnt the school problem because parents should not drop them off a couple min early then she said if i have a problem with it go make a complaint she needs to be fired
Submitted by parent on March 17, 2016

They bully and shame the children. When I have tried to address the issues they blame the parent, the child, the schedule etc. No one takes responsibility for their job here. They are educators, but they seem to think they know better than everyone else without regard for the community. Teachers are very inconsistent and unprofessional. The principal is unresponsive for the most part, likes to do the "it's all about me" attitude. In general, very disgusted at their behavior in general.
Submitted by parent on February 12, 2015

I am going to let the scores speak for them selves. Go to the test scores on the left hand side open and read. Please remember that you are looking at. The bar charts below tell what percentage of students are performing at or above grade-level. that is a quote from the page. Remember at or above! Now do a tiny bit of math. If 58% of students are at or above then 42% of students are below or shall we say failing. Just have a look at the numbers that way and it will tell you just how poor this school is doing. The average is 60% passing and 40% not passing. Remember NOT PASSING. Not at grade average, below standard, failing. Your odds then are 4 kids out of 10 are below state average. Now what do you think of the school.
Submitted by parent on May 14, 2014

My daughter has been going to James Marshall for 2 years now - I am really considering on transferring her to a different school, I read the reviews before but I wanted to give the school and staff the benefit of the doubt since it is situational and different for everyone but I have actually experienced various problems with the staff throughout the two years that my daughter has been going to James Marshall. The principle along with her minions including Tina are complete joke! On one occasion, they had drop the ball when my daughter needed to be sent home due to an emergency but instead of following protocols, they don't know how to handle the situation, could be pure laziness or they just don't know what "professionalism" is - The reviews are here for a reason and the district need to do something about the principle and the staff here, do a random evaluation where they don't expect it and see what is really going on behind close doors. It is sad, when a situation arises and when confronted with the situation, they show no respect or concern for the students whatsoever - can you just imagine what it's really like when the kids are in a one on one conversation with them?
Submitted by parent on September 04, 2013

Bad experience . I would suggest patents to visit School district to confirm. Principle and lady at the office Named Tina are unprofessional. My son was supposed to start school there went on the day school started his name was cancelled from the list. Very rude and unprofessional .
Submitted by parent on August 22, 2013

after reading other parents reviews of this school ;before my child started in 2012, I was did not have a positive way of thinking about this school. Once the school was put on the list of schools that could have been closed and I saw how the community of Rosemont rallied around this school to save it from being closed, I started to notice all the positive qualities. I hope for my two younger kids to receive Mrs Bridgham for kindergarten she is an awesome teacher and has taught my oldest a lot. I look forward to seeing my kids grow at this school.
Submitted by parent on August 01, 2013

This is a great school. The staff is outstanding. The kids are very safe. The staff does parking lot control before and after school to ensure saftey for the kids. They have a great ptg alwya planning events for the year.
Submitted by parent on June 10, 2013

I wish I had listened to all of the bad reviews about this school.If you send your child her,make sure you put a recorder on them or they risk being the target of abuse.If you file complaint,they will terrorize your child in retaliation & everyone up to the district will disregard proof/complaints,say you & your child are the problem,& tailor their lies to fit any new proof that is presented.Even the staff that knows what is going on who seem to show some guilt do not have enough backbone to protect the kids.They tell the kids that their parents can't help them & that it is not important how they feel about discipline.Any request you make to protect your child like requesting that you be present when child being questioned,they deliberately speak to them alone & threaten consequences for obeying parent over staff & coerce them into confessions.They administer unusual punishments not documented & then lie about their existence when questioned by press.Yard Duties scream in their faces.One staff member quit due to the treatment of students.My daughter has thrown up at night from dread of going there.There is no protection for students or parents rights.Pray one with ethics/power come
Submitted by parent on August 28, 2012

My 6th grader ended up being bused to this school when the elementary school she should have attended was full when we moved to Sacramento. Although I couldn't believe the School District was making her ride "the short bus" for 45 mins to and from school, we actually had a very rewarding experience with James Marshall. I have to say that the school Secretary was hands-down THE BEST at the entire school --- or any school my kids have ever attended. It was so apparent that she loves her job. She took my daughter to the cafeteria and found her a buddy to partner with for the day. My daughter's teacher was wonderful as well. She's off to middleschool this coming year, but we'll miss James Marshall.