School 5

118 Lockwood Avenue

School District

Yonkers City
Grade

PK, K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:18
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on January 16, 2024

I am going to be honest, this school is literally out of control. I'm a person in which I'd rather not say, had witnessed several fights in a single school week. This is OUTRAGEOUS. And I obviously would not recommend this horrible school. One person in my class, always gets hated on and always gets into fights in a physical manner every few days.
Submitted by student on May 20, 2023

I’ve been going to this school since 1st grade, and ever since then this school (particularly the middle school side) is out of control. We are missing our principal, have multiple assistant principals and two part-time guidance counselors because of all the fights between students in this school. I’m in the middle school, and we are significantly behind in English because of students. They run around the classroom, never listen to the teacher, and constantly fight w/ people. Seriously, this school needs some help..
Submitted by parent on September 05, 2021

School 5 is a very good school. Teachers and staff are very committed to the children. Parents need to help a little more with homework and become more involve.
Submitted by other on July 26, 2014

I've been going to this school since Pre-K and the teachers are switched around. There's almost always some kind of drama because of work, mostly because the teachers don't communicate with each other about what homework they are giving to the students. Sometimes we have two or three huge projects due or tests on the same day, and it's very hard to keep up when you need to relax a little. In addition to this, teachers will often make the whole class suffer because of somebody's need to disturb everyone else, causing us to receive even MORE homework. It's kind of disappointing that there isn't even a school counselor OR an assistant principal for the kids that need someone to talk to. We used to have an assistant principal, then the next year we had a different one for a while but for some reason she went to another school. I think that you are better off working by yourself whenever you can, like I did so that you get a LOT more work done than everyone else. I'm going into eighth grade in September. Once you hit seventh grade, it's hard to avoid getting in trouble, even for something you didn't do. Overall, School 5's biggest flaw is that things can tend to get unorganized.
Submitted by parent on October 03, 2013

My child was there for kindergarten and the teachers are very helpful and they keep parent up to date with there child behavior and class work.
Submitted by other on October 02, 2013

It's Alright....I've Been Here Since Pre K Was Full Time And When 8th Grade Was Introduced To The School,Im Currently In 8th Grade...They Always Tend To Switch Teachers Around Every Year,They Switched A 1st Grade Teacher To 6th Grade And A 4th Grade Teacher To Kindergarten In The Past...Students Are Out Of Control!