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Maple Grove Elementary School
(303) 982-5792
3085 Alkire Street
Golden, CO 80401
Level: K-6
District: Jefferson County R-1

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Cenus Info	Value	Year
Percent Free and Reduced Price Lunch:	8.16%	(2008)
Native American or Native Alaskan:	0.77%	(2008)
Asian/Pacific Islander:	2.04%	(2008)
Black, non-Hispanic:	2.3%	(2008)
Hispanic:	7.65%	(2008)
White, non-Hispanic:	87.24%	(2008)
Student Teacher Ratio:	16.85%	(2007)

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Maple Grove Elementary School Ratings Summary

Average Quality Rating	4
Average Principals Rating	4
Average Teachers Rating	4
Average Activities Rating	4
Average Parents Rating	5
Average Safety Rating	4

Maple Grove Elementary School Reviews


Posted By: parent Quality Score: 4 2005-04-16 “The academic program is strong, although strongly focused on the basic CSAP subjects. The music, art, and PE programs are adequate. Extra-curricular activities are limited. A small group of parents is very involved and the rest of the parents are minimally involved. Some teachers are stellar but there are also extremely mediocre teachers, too.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 2 2005-01-24 “This school is so obsessed with csap scores that it has lost touch of the overall learning that need to take place in a childs life! teachers for the most part can not deal with children who tend to be creative in their thought processes. Instead of embrassing unique qualities they are squashed! this school will not recognize any way of learning unless it will prove fruitful on csap test scores. As for fun..It does not exist!! there is more to a child's development then learning how to score well on tests. If your child complete conformist than by all means sign them up. If your child has feelings, creativity and a desire to learn in an non-threatening environment.. Go somewhere else. In addition this school lacks leadership. The principal should worry about budgets a little less and worry about the overall quality of the school a lot more!” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 4 2004-09-30 “This is a school obsessed with test scores, which are high. The principal is a bureaucratic number cruncher. Each of the classes are focused on preparing the kids for test-taking and to insure that the 'core curriculum' is covered. This has meant, in the eight years that we have had kids in this school, a significant decline or elimination all together of fun and creative teaching (hands-on projects like field trips, Young Ameritowne, Huck Finn Day, Pioneer Day) that engages and excites the kids. If you are looking for a school with high numbers, this is it. It you're looking for a school tuned into the kids and how to make them love learning and school, this has become less and less of that type of environment. Additionally, if you have a kid with special needs, the school simply is not good at accommodating 'outside the box.'” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2004-08-01 “Excellent school. Great parent involvement.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2004-05-11 “Great parent involvement.” Posted By: student Quality Score: 5 2008-09-30 “I left another elementary school to attend Maple Grove and it was the best decision I could have made. The environment fosters learning, community responsibility and dedication to work. The teachers, especially 5th and 6th grade, are amazing and well qualified. I was so well prepared for The Manning School and I made so many great memories.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2008-05-09 “We have loved our daughter's experience at Maple Grove so far. It's an amazing community of students and families in a nice, safe, small school setting. The level of parent involvement is fantastic and the teachers are amazing. Our daughter hasn't gotten to the testing phase of schooling yet, so maybe I'll feel differently eventually, but I'm impressed with all she's learning and happy about the academics and social environment.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 3 2008-03-21 “Maple Grove has historically been an ecellent school. The new principle has been here for two years. We have found him to be very much a politician. He is very smooth and will say what he feels will pacify you, but don't expect much to get implemented. He will attempt to talk circles around you so you really can't pin him down on anything. Follow through and communication is difficult with this Principle. The math program is terrible (this is district wide) and there is NO writing program of any kind. There are some fantastic and dedicated teachers here, but have heard rumblings that they are frustrated with the Principle are some are leaving because of it. I'm hoping the district can set things straight with this school befroe it falls apart.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2007-08-17 “Maple Grove has a great learning environment, and kids do learn cooperation and how to be creative. Tons of choices for extra curricular, parent involvement, and the teachers are great. They also have to learn self control and do get tested like other CSAP schools. But they are always supportive at CSAP times, and the kids get plenty of rewards and positive feedback.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 2 2007-07-18 “Don't expect your child to learn much besides academics....co-operative skills,creative skills and simply thinking out of the box don't exist. They will definitely learn how to take a test.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 3 2007-04-12 “Maple Grove is an example of what happens to a school under NO Child Left Behind, when the Csap scores reach such a high level. Under the law, the school needs to continue to improve each year, statistically impossible whe you reach 95%. The pressure on the new principal is huge, it rolls right down through the teachers to the kids. Morale among staff is low--stress among kids is high. The kids are bright and accomplished but are not rewarded with exciting learning. Tachers are passing along their worries about test grades to the kids. Lacks imagination, fun, and real learning. Don't be fooled by test scores! Any similar school could do the same if they spent as much time and curriculum on the CSAP. Upsides: high paren

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