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Creekside Early Learning Center

Public | K-1 | 174 students

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9 reviews of this school


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Posted June 10, 2008

Perfect enviornment for our children! The teachers are excellent and having an all kindergarten school is perfect. I cannot wait for my younger child to attend this school.
—Submitted by a parent


Posted June 22, 2007

Creekside is an excellent school with an excellent staff and an excellent Principal. Their academic program is of high standard, teacher expectations are high and realistic, the school has a dance class, art class, and a piano keyboard class. The school has so much to offer!
—Submitted by a parent


Posted May 30, 2007

I just love Creekside Early Learning Center. I highly recommend it. My daughter has learned so much this last year. I wish she could go there longer! I will miss the teachers and principal so much!
—Submitted by a parent


Posted March 31, 2007

I have been so impressed by how great CELC makes the transition from preschool to 'scary' elementary. Everything is their size. But I have not been impressed with the communication of our teacher and the principal. The principal is quite stand offish and seems like she is never around. I am holding out for the end of the year to see if it gets better. But I also have not been impressed w/the communication. It seems that I feel I am always finding things out by accident or I have had to ask numerous questions and when I do our teacher seems to have zero patience. I would hope she would remember that for many of us this is a first.
—Submitted by a parent


Posted June 3, 2006

My daughter has really loved this school, and she is already reading and writing...It has been a great experiance for kindergarten. Their reading program is so wonderful, it has exceeded any expectations I had for what she would learn in kindergarten.
—Submitted by mother of 3, a parent


Posted October 28, 2005

Our son just started at Creekside Early Learning Center, and from the very start we have been impressed with the warmth and professionalism of all the staff. They truly have a focus on quality education and safety. My son's teacher, Mrs. Montalbano, has such an excellent teaching style that he asks to do homework and looks forward to school days. The variety of learning opportunities is impressive, from the classroom, to the library, and computer lab. He is even showing us what he learns in music. I highly recommend this school!
—Submitted by Debbie Dickie, a parent


Posted October 11, 2005

I find the teachers and staff here to be very caring and positive. Students are focused and eager to learn. Overall, it has been a very good experience so far.
—Submitted by a parent


Posted August 19, 2005

High parent involvement and great teachers. This is a super school for new kindergarteners making the transition to school. My kids loved it there!
—Submitted by a parent


Posted March 3, 2004

Creekside is a fine, well funded school with wonderful opportunities available to its young students. The administration of PTA and extracurricular activities is a bit lost in elitism and politics, thereby shoving out any parents who find themselves outside of the core group of parents. I have also found that the overwhelming amount of beauracratic fettering gets in the way of the end user (students) in the extracurricular activities such as art, language, and sports. While I believe that the entire group of staff, administrators and parents are well meaning and funded, it is a little like the social clicks that develop in high schools, and sets an unkind example to the even slightly disadvantaged youth, and the newcomer parents.
—Submitted by a parent


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Student ethnicity

Ethnicity This school State average
White 66% 28%
Hispanic or Latino 13% 49%
Multiple or No Response 12% 3%
American Indian or Alaska Native 5% 1%
Filipino 2% 3%
African American 1% 7%
Asian 1% 8%
Pacific Islander 0% 1%
Source: CA Dept. of Education, 2008-2009

Student subgroups

  This school District averageState average
English language learners 14%N/A24%
Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program 219%N/A52%
Source: 1 CA Dept. of Education, 2008-2009
Source: 2 NCES, 2008-2009

Home languages of english learners

Language This school State average
Spanish 92% 85%
Vietnamese 8% 2%
Source: CA Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

Average class size

  This school District averageState average
Average class size 19N/A25
Source: CA Dept. of Education, 2007-2008

Teacher experience

  This school District averageState average
Average years teaching in district 17N/A11
Average years teaching 18N/A13
Source: CA Dept. of Education, 2008-2009

Teacher credentials

  This school District averageState average
Full credential 100%N/A96%
Emergency credential or waiver 0%N/A2%
Source: CA Dept. of Education, 2008-2009
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8818 Harbison Canyon Road
Alpine, CA 91901
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Phone: (619) 659-8250

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