Brill Elementary School

I am so excited about our new principal! This will be a great new school year!
--Submitted by a parent

The Principle is the problem at Brill. She needs to retire! I had two three children that went through Brill, two are in the upper grades and my third, I took out and had to put in private school. Which we discovered Brill was very behind academically. I also rate this school a 0!
--Submitted by a parent

My kids began their second year at Brill this week and we feel that the school is exemplary!! Both of my kids moved from a small private school to Brill last year and their transition was flawless. Considering the size of the school I was impressed that Brill feels like a small community. Both of my children were met in their classrooms with teachers who truly love to teach and both were given extra attention when it was needed. It saddens me that some people have had negative experiences at Brill because we find it to be a stunning elementary school and we feel blessed that our children are receiving such a fabulous, student-centered education in a public school. I am also happy that my children attend a school with so much student diversity. My children are meeting and beginning lasting friendships with students that have a different religious background or cultural background than they do, and I love that this has reinforced what we are teaching at home everyone is different but we should celebrate and enjoy those differences!
--Submitted by a parent

Horible never go there. Really bad, no good education, some of the staff are mean and kids. I give this school a zero.

This is a horrible school with administration that covers up teachers' unprofessional behavior. Five children out of my son's kindergarden class tested into GT program based on the GT Aptutude test and all of them were placed around 25% percentile on achievement according to their kindergarden teacher evaluation. My attempts to reason with the administration that this evaluation could not possibly reflect abilities and performace by five "all As" students who tested between 90-99th percentiles on gifted scale were met with aggressive resistance and comments that the teacher is entitled to her opinion and answered questions on the evaluation form truthfully.
--Submitted by a parent

We moved here almost four years ago, and our youngest son is the second one to go through the school. there are SOME VERY good teachers here, the school is by and large not great compared to the subdivision it is in. Among various problems are an obvious bias against minorities, especially hispanic, as well as a clique-ish mentality that permeates the school from the principal down to the PTO leadership, which, until 2010, was both questionable in their ethics and placement of certain funds. Teachers who have private businesses are permitted to put their business cards in the "take home" folders, and funds given to the school by the PTO for a track and yard equipment was, upon deposit of the check, NOT used as planned. You are either an Insider, an Outsider, or part of the nameless rabble that comes here. I am so glad he is our LAST child to go through this school. Ironically, the JR/ Sr High are superb. The Neighborhood is nice and quiet and relatiely peaceful and friendly.
--Submitted by a parent

My son attended 4th grade here. He is still unable to tell time or count money accurately. His math skills are below average. The worst part I suppose is how they padded his numbers to allow for promotion. 68 average, and they gave him 85 for cumiliative. I'm assuming for state funding? However, this inhibits him in 2 ways. One.. he will continue to struggle, and two..what kind of example does that set..its ok to fail, You still pass??
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My child has been here for 5 years and she loves it.
--Submitted by a parent

Our children did not receive and acceptable level of learning at Brill. There are some good teachers on staff, but far too many who are less qualified. Additionally, we were very unhappy with the amount of focus on the TAKS. It all seemed like time wasted, which could've been spent more effectively.
--Submitted by a parent

Brill is an outstanding school that my son loves very much! The teachers there are involved with the students and very helpful with any questions I may have about my son.
--Submitted by a parent