Rocky River Elementary School

All 3 of my children attend RRES and we LOVE it. When we were buying a house, the very top priority we asked our Realtor to keep in mind was to stay in the RR district. My children are performing way above their respective grade levels and they are even in the AIG programs. The teachers are very compassionate and they love the kids like they're part of a big family. My youngest son is in Kindergarten and has been diagnosed with ADHD. His teachers are working with him and helping me to come up with ways to keep him focused and on his best behavior. My fifth grader's teacher pushes him to reach for his true potential and she won't settle for sub-par work. It is so refreshing to have teachers care so much for their students. I have also seen the principal working with the kids and he is never stumped to guess a name. Mr. Lamm is the perfect educator to lead our kids. I would absolutely recommend RRES to anyone new to the area or just looking for a better school. How this school hasn't received the highest rating is beyond me.
--Submitted by a parent

We just completed our first year at RRE. We loved the teachers our children had been assigned to. The principal is new and seems to be very involved with RR. The library/office staff have always been very pleasant.
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This is my daughters 2nd year at Rocky River Elementary and the Regular Education setting is good. The teachers do a good job of teaching, although aren't pleased with mainstreaming and making modifications for special needs kids. I've been struggling for the classroom teacher to incorporate the necessary modifications identified in the IEP consistently. If I had a "regular student" this school would be fine.
--Submitted by a parent

Rocky river has been a great family oriented school for my kids. They have taught them to respect them selves, patients, family and responsiblity. The staff does what ever it takes for the safety of each and every student.
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Not at all impressed with this school. Feel like I am sending my child to a prison, instead of a place for education.
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My daughter entered Rocky River in kindergarten and is now in 2nd grade performing on a 3rd grade reading and math level. I have been very happy with Rocky River. Her 3 teachers have been awesome....Ms. Furr for kindergarten, Ms. Brafford for 1st grade and now Ms. Banks for 2nd grade. She loved all of her teachers and Ms. Banks is her absolute favorite. She loves to learn and looks forward to going to school; whichmakes a parent very happy. I'm especially impressed with Mr. Lamm this year, who've I've seen more than I ever saw the previous principle. He is much more accessible, approachable and down to earth. His presence is definitely a plus. Please keep up the good work!!!
--Submitted by a parent

This is an excellent school. The teachers have always been great and now the school has a great principal. Thank you, Mr Millard Lamm. The students are hard working and put forth extra effort to do their best.

Seems pretty good to me, teachers are very active with the students.
--Submitted by Jonathan Smith, a parent

Rocky River is a very good school. My child is performing well above average. I am pleased that the teachers he has had have broken students up into groups based on their performance and taught each group at their level instead of teaching all students at the level of the lower performing students. However, I am concerned with the ever growing immigrant population and what effect that could have on the school's curriculum. I give this shool an 'A-'.
--Submitted by a parent

I am very dissapointed in this school thus far. My daughter transfered from Weddington where she was doing great, and then we come to Rocky River and it has become very apparent to me that this school does not want to communicate. I have tried to reach the principal with regards to the picking up your child policy and she has yet to return my call. The staff really does not know how to communicate with parents. I am blown away that the prinicpal does not check her messages every day what kind of principal does not check her messages. I was told this by an office staff member that if she checks her messages she will get back to me. This school needs to learn to communicate so the kids are not stressed out about simple things at school.
--Submitted by a parent