Wake Forest Charter Academy

1851 Friendship Chapel Road

School District

Wake Forest Charter Academy
Grade

K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:20
Type

charter

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on October 02, 2024

this school is so bad my kid was so happy when I moved him schools some of the teachers were mean and didn’t even care about the students half of the time they wouldn’t say something to the bad kids but when somebody else did it they were in big trouble worst school I ever put my kid in
Submitted by parent on October 02, 2024

this school is so bad my kids mental health was so bad and was struggling with bad anxiety there was lot of bullying and the teachers didn’t even do nothing about it some of them were really rude to the students
Submitted by parent on June 13, 2024

I hate writing negative reviews, but I truly think it's my responsibility to do it. Please do not subject your child to endure the damage that this school creates. We are trying to reverse all the damage caused by this school at the moment. I read the reviews before taking my child here and I thought that this simply would not be my child's experience. It turned out that I should made a wiser decision and stay away from this school. My child was broken in every way possible. Bullying is a REAL experience here. From students AND teachers. Huge learning loss happened and emotional damage that we are now struggling with. Every school has issues, but this one is truly problematic. Stay away. Do NOT think your experience will be different. STAY AWAY. Home school if you must but do your child a favor and STAY AWAY. I do not want another parent to make the same mistake as I did. (I can not give a review for special ed because we did not use this service) We are so happy that we are leaving. My child feels so much relief that this part of his life has come to a close. I promise to never put my child through an experience like this again.
Submitted by parent on May 01, 2024

i love this school the envirorment is so good but just one problem bullies my child comes home constant complaing about bullies but overall great school
Submitted by parent on February 29, 2024

My daughter was just accepted to this school for the up coming year. She will be in the fourth grade she will be coming from Richland Creek Elementary. But all I see on here is about the bullying and how bad the teachers are can someone please tell me the gods honest truth about this school
Submitted by parent on February 22, 2024

my kid said a student and they kept saying bad words like the nword and Bword the teachers do not teach at all they yell at all the kids the time
Submitted by student on February 21, 2024

In my experience this school is amazing. Since I came here I have only gone here and want to stay here, but sadly it only goes up to 8th grade. The teachers are kind, very helpful, and rarely ever harsh. There is only at max 1 bullying accident per year if there are any. In just my 7th grade class there are 25 students doing high school level things(there are 30 students in my class).
Submitted by parent on September 06, 2023

TERRIBLE SCHOOL! Do not send your kids here! I moved my kid here from their bad public middle school thinking it would be better but it is even WORSE! The education is so so SO bad and the environment your kid will be in is even worse!
Submitted by parent on September 05, 2023

Me and my kids are happy with this school I don’t know why there is a lot of negative comments. I want to say something about bullying once my kid was bullied by a student so i didn’t get involved i let the teachers, dens, and the principal to take the decision and they did the right thing my daughter said she never saw that kid again in the school. I was happy and satisfied that my kids are in a good and safe place and about the education it’s the best my kids are always an A honor students.
Submitted by parent on August 11, 2023

I love this school it is do good
Submitted by parent on July 17, 2023

Do not send you child to this school if he or she has an IEP. I unenrolled my child this year after a series of run arounds, refusing to provide accommodations, and suggestions of "this school not being a fit for my child". The school had the worse and unresponsive administration. The school is also made up of substitute teachers.
Submitted by parent on May 01, 2023

My child has been attending elementary school here for a year, and so far, no issues. She always speaks positively about the school and teachers, and I am satisfied with what I have witnessed. Of course, I worried about the teacher-student ratio, but I noticed the same problems at other schools. So, I am staying put for now.
Submitted by parent on April 12, 2023

this school is good and all its jsut that i understand yall are a healthy school but yall dont got good food and thats it everything else is fine yall have no burgers like only 2 times and i tired of eating the same stuff every week
Submitted by parent on March 19, 2023

Do not send your student here. The school is incredibly insufficient on the majority of fronts.Your student will be bullied by others, with little to no intervention done. Especially if they are in any category of being "different". You as a parent will not hear about it being an issue until your child has a meltdown or nervous breakdown because they want it to stop.If your child has learning disabilities or special needs, expect them to not get what they need. This school cannot hold onto a special education teacher for more than two months. They've gone through three special ed teachers this year alone. Your student will just wind up sitting in the principal's office instead of, at the very least, being in their class. Not to mention the fact their IEP is so poorly crafted and implemented, it makes you wonder if they even try. The ONLY exception to this is the Speech Therapy teacher who gives you proper outlines for where your learner is, what they are working on, and where they are in terms of their goals. ALL OF THE OTHER rubrics are just based off of imaginary percentages and accuracies without identifying what the student's needs are. In our case, my learner is reading at a grade level below his own, which impacts his math scores because the majority of problems are word problems. Beyond that, even after your IEP meeting and if any discussion is had on Extended School Year (summer school) services, they will just say no. Meanwhile we see his regression.The grades you get at the end of the year are not indicative of what their actual progress is. The teachers will say they're getting A's or B's meanwhile their state scores will leave you unimpressed. If my learner is getting A's in class but only scoring a 26% on the state test in that same subject, then something's wrong and someone is lying. The dishonesty is the most apparent thing. On top of that, when you get your student's grades at certain times they will make sure to include flyers for donations and to pressure your kids into asking you to donate.The school also wastes time by teaching a "moral focus" where your learner will see a word like "compassion" or "kindness" instead of learning something actually useful. The advertisements also push how they outscore everyone in the district, or they offer a plethora of programs. My nephew who is falling behind somehow didn't qualify for extra help and tutoring the school was "offering" saying he "didn't qualify". Just don't go here.
Submitted by parent on December 01, 2022

This school is full of bullies and kids with behavioral issues that the school simply refuses to effectively control. There is a tremendously high turn-over rate of teachers and the upper administration wants to blame them for their lack of dedication. It’s the upper admin that has ran off all their dedicated and devoted teachers with their total over-saturation of work and zero support. The teacher student ratio is excessive and they’re still accepting new students half way through the year! Many teachers rule by instilling fear and talk to their students like dogs. Don’t let the facade of uniforms and “high” test scores fool you. This school only cares about checking boxes and looking good on paper. Do your kids a favor and look elsewhere.
Submitted by parent on September 03, 2022

My son is in middle school and transferred from a private school in a completely different county. I found the transition to be very smooth. Admittedly I was on high alert and was not sure what to expect moving from a small private school. The teachers were very approachable and any issue I had was immediately addressed. There was quite a bit of turnover due to COVID and salary issues but fortunately my son kept all of his teachers. I did notice a large number of parents not supporting teachers. For example when COVID numbers were high teachers required children to take home Chrome books in the event virtual school occurred. Many parents were upset they had to keep (parent) children off of the internet at home. Some children were unruly and distracted from the environment and I felt more discipline was needed.
Submitted by student on July 23, 2022

a girl i know got called the nword hard r and the person that called her that got half a day suspension
Submitted by student on April 01, 2022

This is a trashy school. They have janitiors but if they never clean why have them? When we had a home basketball game we went to the gym and were warming up. There was dust everywhere. No janitors were to be found. There was food everywhere on the floor, dust bunnies and trash.
Submitted by parent on November 22, 2021

If you send your kid to this school you are literally mentally destroying them
Submitted by parent on October 06, 2021

Terrible school. No leadership. Bullying. Physical violence. Moral focus doesn’t mean anything because teacher are contradicting what they preach. We had to transfer and it was the best decision. A lot of behavioral problems in the classroom on a daily basis and nothing is being done about it as teachers have no snitching rule. They don’t seem to want to get involved and keep kids safe. The worst experience we have ever had in a school.