Evergreen Elementary School

215 Eddy

School District

Mead
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 03, 2025

Absolutely love this school! My son transferred here in the middle of first grade and it was total upgrade! The teachers,staff and principal are amazing. You can tell they take so much pride in their school.
Submitted by parent on March 11, 2022

At conferences they kept telling me my kid was behind and although I begged for books and materials to catch him up throughout the year, I was denied them, and told by the principal that I would never get a chance to look at the work or curriculum my kid was using. His teacher denied him access to after-school reading groups then lagitamitly told me he "fell through the cracks." Took my kid right out of that school.
Submitted by parent on July 08, 2014

Love the Mead school district -- they challenge their students and push them achieve more. I would give Evergreen a five star rating if it weren't for the principal. I am not impressed with Mr. Iverson at all. He TALKS -- and does not LISTEN to concerns. When I went to him with an issue, he gave me the same canned speech he gave every other parent -- VERY frustrating. He's good with the kids -- not so much with parents (and it doesn't seem like he is with teachers, either).
Submitted by parent on February 15, 2014

Poor leadership, lack of communication among staff. Lots of bullying. Staff does nothing to stop it. No follow up, false promises from staff. The only reason they didn't get a one star is because of the extra curriculum and some teachers are carrying (emphasis on the some).
Submitted by parent on September 10, 2013

Love this school. My daughter went there since 1st grade and is now in the 8th grade at Northwood and now my son is going there and is in the 1st grade. The teachers are nice, the staff is friendly and the principal is always out greeting everyone. You can tell they are all there for the kids and families, not just work!!! Love everything they do for our community!
Submitted by parent on September 04, 2013

Principal (Iverson) and teachers are great! Lots of volunteer opportunities and they are good about keeping parents informed.
Submitted by parent on August 01, 2013

Our son had a great experience at Evergreen, and so did we. I've heard grumbling among parents since the school was knocked off its top perch among Spokane-area elementaries when Prairie View opened a few years ago, taking Evergreen's very popular principal and some of the richer families, but this is still an outstanding school by any measure. Great music program. Huge playground. Nice neighborhood close to Whitworth University.
Submitted by parent on July 13, 2013

Evergreen was perfect for my daughter. She had great experiences with teachers. There are some good teachers and there are some terrible once. My son was super bored in 1st grade. I tried several months of trying to ask teachers to give him extra work. I was told that he should not read on higher level. Mr. Iverson did not give me an appointment though I asked for it twice. I moved my son to private school where he finally got challenged.
Submitted by parent on June 19, 2013

I currently have two children that attend here. It is a great school! The teachers and staff are very friendly and helpful. We did have one bullying issue this year with my daughter and it was handled quickly and I was told that if we had anymore problems to let them know right away and they would handle it immediately. Thankfully we didn't have any problems after that. This school has a good amount of parent helpers/volunteers. It also has a ton of after school activities for the kids to get involved in.
Submitted by parent on June 07, 2013

My child has just finished 5 years at Evergreen and while I was very happy with staff initially I have come to realize that there is a lot of special treatment towards students, bullying goes unpunished and the Principal Iverson is very politically motivated. I see a trend among the "old timers" that is not appealing. Ready for my child to move on.