Alcova Elementary School

I attended kindergarten here not long ago, and this school is terrible. We had a child who only spoke spanish, and another child who couldn't leave her mother and would cry the entire day. Both of the teachers spent all of their time with those students and the rest of us played with blocks. I never remember seeing any principle the 5 months that I was there. My mother was so upset with this school that she just transfered me to Hebron to get me away. PLEASE DO NOT GO TO THIS SCHOOL!

I refuse to have my four children attend this School, and we live in walking distance. Four house down.
--Submitted by a parent

Great school and great administration. This will be my child's 5th year attending Alcova. We have not had any problems with this school. The teachers are wonderful, along with the principle, who is very hands on and runs a good school. My child loves her school and EVERY teacher that she has had.
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Not sure if it was a cruel joke to be redistricted to this school after buying a $400k home a few years ago. Staff is inadequate - this is me being nice. They districted this school to mix higher income and lower income - it doesn't work. I pay far too much in property taxes for a school to be this horrid. It's very urban, if you catch my drift. Better schools exist in downtown Atlanta where the CCRT scandal just took place, that should say it all.
--Submitted by a parent

I have two kids that attend this school and I think that the teacher and staff are all awesome.
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AWESOME SCHOOL!!! I have four children that have attended Alcova. Love it, the principal,teachers,staff, and the parents are very much involved. It's great when the teachers care about your child. I would highly recommend this elementary school...it's the best!
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My 1st daughter has attended Alcova from 2nd thru 5th grade and has loved the school she was in the focus program and is going into the probe in middle school. My 2nd daughter is going into 2nd grade and loves the teachers as well. They are very caring and will do and has done anything to help my youngest with some problems and work with her the vice principals and counslors and very attentive to the children . We would and have recommend this school to eveyone. I would give this school 5 stars
--Submitted by a parent

In my three years of experience, I've found that this school is more about meeting policy and appearances than actually making sure that the students are succeeding. They seem to aim to get their requirements covered. It is also true that the principal is pratically nonexistant. A lot is left up to the staff to mediate. Although you will get plenty of friendly smiles and greetings, underneath the fluff, there are few teachers that actually show genuine interest in seeing those that required extra attention succeed as well. They don't do real field trips and they seriously lack in application of the curriculum to real life. Overall, I would say that it is a good school if your child is a fairly independent learner that can excel without much individual attention. For this reason, I would not give them any more than three stars.
--Submitted by a parent

We had horrible experiences in this school! Though you can find great teachers, you can also find some who aren't motivated in the slightest and are merely collecting a paycheck. This was disastrous for my student and we managed to get him out and had a much better time in a different school. The principal was practically nonexistant in my experience. She could never pick out my son from a crowd and know he was her student for three years. Sad
--Submitted by a parent

I love the attention my kids get. The principal has always been accessible to me. My 4th child is preparing to start Kindergarten in August, and some teachers have already expressed excitement about this.
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