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Kingsley Elementary School
(847) 859-8400
2300 Green Bay Rd
Evanston, IL 60201
Level: K-5
District: Evanston CCSD 65

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Census Info	Value	Year
White, non-Hispanic:	54.8%	(2007)
Black, non-Hispanic:	36.7%	(2007)
Hispanic:	7.2%	(2007)
American Indian/Alaskan Native:	0%	(2007)
Asian/Pacific Islander:	1.2%	(2007)
Multiracial:	0%	(2007)
Student Teacher Ratio:	13.2%	(2006)
Percent Free and Reduced Price Lunch:	36.28%	(2006)

Kingsley Elementary School Ratings Summary

Average Quality Rating	4
Average Principals Rating	4
Average Teachers Rating	4
Average Activities Rating	4
Average Parents Rating	5
Average Safety Rating	4

Kingsley Elementary School Reviews


Posted By: parent Quality Score: 3 2009-04-16 “The school has serious challenges to face, as it deals with a very diverse community of learners and severe constraints (no foreign languages, very limited enrichment, and overall limited resources). Given all this, some teachers are truly outstanding and some are disappointing. Principal leadership has been lacking due to high turnover. Lack of leadership at the principal level has limited the ability to encourage weaker teachers to adopt stronger teaching practices (with the help of some of their outstanding colleagues), and/or encourage some weaker teachers to leave the school, attracting good teachers. The school is doing quite well in early grades (up to 2nd grade), it becomes weaker from grade 3 on.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 4 2009-01-27 “Our child transferred to Kingley this year from a private school. We could not be happier with his and our experience to date. Our child regularly comments on how much he is learning in math and how much he enjoys reading and writing. The differentiated learning has been a very positive experience for him. And, we've been very impressed with how deeply differentiated learning is built into the curriculum. The PTA is very active, parents are very involved and the new playground is a hit. All schools have challenges but the current principal appears to have a solid handle on these and a measured approach to tackle them.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 4 2008-12-02 “Our experience at Kingsley has been great in terms of the community of parents and teachers with common goal of improving the education of all kids. The diversity of the learning community presents both benefits and challenges. Expectations of teacher are extremely high and the pressure to continue reducing the achievement gap here as in most Evanston schools is significant. Thus far I have been extremely impressed with our kindergarten experience and while much more structure shows itself in 1st grade, my child continues to progress. I challenge the school and all of us to continue to be creative and keep the needs of children first as we tackle the difficult problems of educating in such a demanding and varied educational environment. I think Kingsley has some challenges ahead and hope the administration, parents and teachers will continue a great partnership to facing these challenges.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: decline 2008-11-20 “Kingsley is a very unique wonderful school. We have two daughters that transferred into the school from a private school (one at 1st grade and is now in the 3rd grade the other at kindergarten) and we could not be happier. The community is filled with loving families that share a common bond in that they want the best for the kids. Our kids respect their teachers and love going to school. The school offers many before & after school programs including chess, Chinese, Spanish and drama brownies, cub scouts, etc. The teachers focus on the love of reading (even while doing Math) and technology (The kids use Promethean boards and Apple laptops in the classrooms). The administration is focused on order and learning both inside the school and the playground. What more could you want?” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 4 2007-06-11 “There is much to love about Kingsley: as others have noted the parents are extremely involved, the principal was caring and knew every kid. True, he just retired, but parents were critical to the hiring process and we have great hopes for the new principal. There are marvelous extra-curriculars: French and Spanish club, swimming, tai chi, chess. Diversity remains elusive; although classes are mixed, acitvities are not. Most of the black kids are lower income and arrive early for the breakfast program, meaning they don't tend to mix with the middle class, mostly white kids who come later with their parents. There is little interaction and close friendship across these groups; many black parents feel unwelcome in the PTA culture whereas the 'involved' crowd view black parents as uncaring or apathetic. Different behavior standards across the class/racial divide make discipline challenging. These issues need to be addressed in the coming year.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 3 2007-05-29 “Our experience at this school has been disappointing. The principle is due to retire and his leadership has been lacking. Teaching is directed toward test-taking. There is little or no attention to daily social skills despite the use of 'cool tools'(a social skills unit). Perhaps a new principle will turn this school into more of an educational community rather than a warehouse.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2006-11-13 “I love Kingsley-It is a wonderful educational community-The principal,teachers,art teacher, librarian,music teachers,physical ed the staff and parents give 110% to make this a fun and exciting learning environment. The parental involvement is outstanding and there is a great working realtionship between the PTA and Teachers. I have had 5 children at the school and my youngest has 2 more years. One of the best things I can say is that they loved their time at Kingsley and they have developed an apprecitation for school and teachers and community. My children feel loved there.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2006-04-09 “We have a kindergartener at Kingsley, and have been extremely happy with the school - the principal is very involved and personable, the teachers care about the children, and our child (who is very bright and came from a Montessori-based preschool)has learned a great deal, not only about reading and math, but also about making friends with other kids of all backgrounds. I've been impressed with the parent involvement and the degree of caring in place by nearly everyone at the school. Our child adores the school as well!” Posted By: former student Quality Score: 5 2006-01-06 “I attended Kingsley school about 15 years ago and it was as great a school then as it is now. It may not have the highest test scores, but the teachers are determined as well as Dr. Martin, who by the way was the principal when I was there and he is still going strong! Some of the teachers that I remember are still there, which I think says something about the school community and it's stability. The PTA is very involved and works together. There are also many extracurricular activites for children to get involved in. Kingsley school is a great school with high quality leaders.”

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