Public | K-5 | 704 students |
San Jose's Williams Elementary School serves grades K-5 in the San Jose Unified School District. It is among the few public elementary schools in California to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 10 out of 10.
This school has an average Community Rating of 4 out of 5 stars, based on reviews from 39 school community members.
School highlights:
| COMPARE | SCHOOL | GREATSCHOOLS RATING | COMMUNITY RATING |
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0.6 miles | |||
0.7 miles | |||
1.3 miles | |||
1.6 miles |
Great school. Lots of fun activities. Great teachers and programs, needs lots of parent involvement.
Some teachers are great, but there are a few (especially in higher grades, 3rd and up) that are horrible. Those teachers have not taught at Williams for a long time and bring inappropriate teaching styles to an otherwise great school.
Great teachers, excellent programs, structured environment, very involved parents, higher standards all around. Not a school for you if you are just looking for a daycare.
Great teachers and a superb lunch time activity program.
Great enrichment programs, amazing staff, parents volunteer a lot, art program, high scores
The leadership is not approachable & has no understanding whatsoever. However most of the staff is excellent.
The teachers are great - the students and cultures that demand more academics are removing the childlike feeling from the school. They need to be more well rounded. They will get more out of life if they had more time to play, be creative and not spend all waking hours doing homework.
I have two children that attend, a second grader and a fifth grader. The teachers for the most part are fantastic..and even the strict or 'grumpy' ones are still very approachable compared to other schools. The principle is the main drawback as she is very unaccessable. She seems logical and has good ideas but when you have a complaint...good luck getting any response from her. On the upside the artwork is fabulous! Music has never taken off but most have their children in private lessons after school anyways. Most of the teachers have their own 'plays' or musicals that they do every year anyways...but there is no school play which would be nice to have.
I found the teachers are extremely helpful, caring, loving and dedicated. We met great teachers that went above and beyond to help the kids with special need. Parents involvement also contributes to the success of the school. Very diversified culture and very fun environment for the kids.
Very happy with this school. Both of my kids are attend school from K-5th grade. A lot of parent involved. Academic and activities are quite balance well. Teacher are very nice and very helpful
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