Charter | PK-8 | 253 students |
Houston's Northwest Preparatory is a charter school that serves grades PK-8. It has received a GreatSchools rating of 6 out of 10 based on its performance on state standardized tests.
The school community has reviewed this school and given it an average rating of 2 out of 5 stars.
School highlights:
| COMPARE | SCHOOL | GREATSCHOOLS RATING | COMMUNITY RATING |
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Neighborhood Educational Center 0.2 miles | |||
0.3 miles | |||
0.4 miles | |||
0.4 miles |
Initially this school will fool you into believing that they have your child's best interest at heart, BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE!!!!! The administration alone is a joke, who I have spoken with on a number of occasions and he has smelled like an alcoholic and is very disrespectful to parents. This school has no support and they allow students who are not in compliance according to the Student Code of Conduct to have free range and do as they please because they want to count heads and not the interest of students. Furthermore, the administration (Principal), is very rude and a bad example as a leader of this school or any school. I have been at the school on a number of occasions to hear him using very vulgar and profane language towards the staff, as well as, the students.
On the surface, this school seems to be a good choice. They have recently moved into a newer building, have an administration full of smiling faces and they have a phenomenal graduation ceremony. In actuality the graduation proceedings are indeed a nice show, however the grandeur, magnificence and dedication put into this event does not extend to the education of children. The greatest priority of the administration seems to be keeping bodies in seats so that money can be made. There are competent teachers there, but they lack support, resources and organization from their administration which would allow them to be more successful. So, If you would like to have a thorough well rounded educational experience for your child, I would recommend you go elsewhere. However, if you do simply desire a nice graduation ceremony to attend at the end of the year, you have definitely found your choice!
I am embarassed to say that I work at such a place! The administration is all out for themselves and not for the bettering of the children. There is little to no parent involvement. There is no structure for the students to follow, they basically do what they want when they want. They have free range of the campus at all times. I would not suggest this school to anyone!
No extracurricular activities. Cramped learning enviroment.Not enough teacher parent communication. Had after school program but nothing was being done in that program to help with preparation for the TAKS Test and other studies.
This school is doing good in its starting year. It has several things to work on such as getting more extracurricular activities for the children, like add a music class. The children are all great and eagar to learn. The school's parent involvemnet was not that good, some of the parent didn't agree wiht the staff but their involvement was okay. The school also needs to get a facility for the parent's to see school functions. It does need some imporvement. The academics were good from what I saw children exciting about learning. They all left school knowing how to spell their name and most their abc's and numbers. The basics for any child. Hopefully this second year will be better for the school.
This school starts off good, but once it gets your child's state fund money, you began to see a change in the whole school's performance. None wants to talk about anything related to this school. This school is family oriented and friend also, meaning they only cater to the one's that have been their. This school isn't concerned with your child's acedemic performance, only your child's state money.
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