Some of these negative reviews are hilarious…read more One even suggests to view the demographics of the school as if to suggest something nefarious is going on. I'm sure the demographics in the the area might have something to do with it. Sounds like a more logical reason. Complaints are all by parents who don't have kids attending the school. There is a reason why parents that do have kids attending give it 5 stars. It's because the school is amazing, the teachers and staff are all involved, and communication between faculty and parents regarding our child's progress is top notch.

My review is based on the cleanliness and beautification of this school and I do not know anyone…read morewho attends and/or works at this school. Overall, I came here for my daughter's Volleyball game and it is a beautiful school with a small gym but very clean. I like how there was also a food truck there as well. The only reason why I did not give it a 5 star is because the parking stalls are a bit compact (and being that I am originally from Hawaii, we have compact stalls there) and someone scratched my car when they opened their door.

I'm a 5th grader at the school and I have been going since it opened. The school is AMAZING!I think…read morepeople should give the school a better chance, especially since it is a new school! The teachers and other staff are perfection! Sure the playground could use some work, but that is why they added a SPORTS COURT! I understand at first if your children wanted room to run, but the school fixed that! So don't pick on the school!

The school could do better and be better. Some of the teachers and staff were great and some others…read morenot so great! After several years, the school has gone down hill. I wish I had pulled my kids from this school and kept them all in public and/or private school. My son(middle schooler) told me that bathrooms were disgustingly dirty and being locked during classroom lesson time because some middle school kids were caught in the bathrooms doing inappropriate things to each other. God forbid an elementary child walks into that! Kids caught with vape pens. The middle and elementary grades should definitely be separated but because the campus is so small, that that would be impossible. And their classroom students to teacher ratio(30+ students to 1 teacher) is terrible! Their recess area that they call a playground is a joke. It was broken most of the school year. Only certain policies are followed and some ignored. I mean, I could keep going on about what needs to be addressed but then I'd have to write a novel! If you choose to enroll your child/children into a charter school. I highly do NOT recommend this campus!

I visited Escobedo Middle School for a CS training class through RPDP. It was my first time there…read more I did not see more than the 800 building, but what I did see was nice. The front parking lot is large and it was easy for me to park the truck. I walked in and the halls are wide and tall and decorated with positivity and team pennants. The colors are light and bright. The room we used for our class was well equipt to accommodate plugging in a couple dozen Chromebooks/ laptops. Chairs were comfortable. The big screen computer on the wall allowed us all to see the slide decks. Sound system was great. Bathrooms were large, clean and appreciated. The building manager was able to make sure the water was on for us right away when the class started. It was a good day! Thank you Escobedo MS for lending us your facilities.

This school is not really good bad food bad everything and the teaching is so bad I am a student at…read morethe school for 2 years, I am 7th grade right now

I went here and it was great. I would give it a five star but I could t explain why i gave it a…read morefive star. they went all out for st Patrick's day, halloween, and Christmas. loved it so much, i miss the teachers at had

If you have a child who gets placed in special ed preschool here, request another school.read more

**NO STARS** I am…read moreonly adding a start to this review because it is the only way that I can't post my experience! My children and I are new to this school but we've been apart of CCSD for about 4 years now and the 3 weeks of school so far have been the worst experience when it comes to dealing with the office staff! The school we came from worked so efficiently that it is literally giving me aneurysm daily to deal with these people! 1. School starts at 8:00 but they CLOSE AND LOCK the gates at 7:58 every morning! Here's why that is an issue. For one the gates only open at 7:40. So if your closing the gates early your giving SEVEN GRADE LEVELS of children and parents about 18 mins to get on campus and to class. AND THERE IS NO GRACE PERIOD! But here's the catch, you can easily sit in the drop of line to drop your kid off for 5-10 mins because the staff "monitoring" the drop off are doing all but that! So you have parents at the front of the line almost completely getting their kids ready out of the car in the drop of line holding everyone up, and no one is saying anything! But when you sit there for 5 mins because you can't reach the point to safely let your child out of the car, they have no problem knocking on your window telling you to now get out of line, park, and go inside to sign your student in late! Also this morning in particular, since this has happened a few times, I actually walked my kids to school because I've had issues in the drop off line, I told the staff at 7:58 am IN THE OFFICE (and this is after I walked from the closed gate on the south side of the school) that I would not be signing the form because my child was not late and she literally told me "don't worry we'll fill it out for you". I'm sorry but I do not recall signing anything that said if I REFUSED TO SIGN, the front office staff had authority to ignore me and to sign on my behalf! 2. The power trip and condescension. I read other reviews before posting mine about someone who stated they were hung up on multiple times. The first week of school I needed my son's teachers contact information because she was new to the school and hadn't been completely set up so I called the front office. When they initially answered the phone, I was immediately put on hold for more than 5 minutes, which I understood being the first week! HOWEVER I am a parent just as the people in the office are so if I had to wait my turn to be helped once you pick up that phone, I should be helped. I asked for the contact information, the woman who answered the phone directed me to where she believed the information was, and when I told her that I was having no success locating it and requested that she please give it to me. She told me that it was too busy in the office and I would have to hold. She did not ask me did I mind being on hold or if I could hold, she made a statement and immediately threw me on hold before I could respond. Mind you I had already been on hold for over 5 mins waiting my turn and when she picked up the phone she did not truly address my concern! I called back six times before someone else picked up the phone and decided to help me because apparently she must've known that it was me calling back because each one of those calls no one spoke, the phone was picked up, there was no greeting spoken, and it was placed on hold immediately! Additionally, there is an older blonde (white at this point) in the front office that I am almost 100% sure was the Regina George of her time! She will smile and have a chippery tone but what comes out of her face is condescending and rude! Not sure if she was the one that I had the issue over the phone with or if it was the Hispanic lady that is new and doesn't have a clue ‍ but something has to be done! I am in contact with the school district to hopefully make a difference but if someone from the district happens to see this, please run an attendance report for the first 3 weeks of school on every grade! I can almost guarantee the numbers are disgusting because your staff could do better! This is an elementary school NOT a Jr. High, middle, or high school! These children are still reliant on their parents and your making things hard for the parents and penalizing the children in the process!

Sandra Thompson has been an amazing school for my entire family. I have always been greeted with…read morekindness, the office manager always surprises me, she seems to know so many kids by name, now I think that says a lot. Now have I walked into the office and encountered rude people...yes but not coming from the staff its the other side of their counter. I was taught, and I always teach our children ...treat people the same way you would like to be treated. I just think this is a better way to try and come together as one. What I do like a lot is they are strict with checking ID's, doors staying locked, I can go on with my business knowing that my children and all students are safe while I am away. Maybe when we are having a bad day, we should think about it like that. Our kids safety and how everyone inside the school is doing their part to keep our kids safe! I have not had any issue with any of my children's teachers either, look no teacher is the same personality, you like some better than others, but they all are doing their job to educate our children the best to their ability. This Principal is new, but I always see her greeting the parents, and children. My son tells me she is always giving incentives to the students to help motivate them, heck I never was crazy about school but I wouldn't tell my children that. lol I think Sandra Thompson Elementary is a wonderful school and I am proud to be involved with the PTA, fundraisers, and anything to help out to make this world a better place !

School isn't good - simply put. Reading reviews, the school most likely was good years ago, but the…read morepast few years has gone way down (combination of bad teachers and administrators). Pulled my child from this school a few years ago and it was one of the best decisions I have made for their education. Sometimes I threaten my child that if they're "not good, I'll send you back to Bilbray". You would think the area would have a better school, but very far from it. Send your kid somewhere else if you can.

What can I say, it's a Five Star school and they have done wonders for my kids, so I give them five…read moreYelp stars! They actually deserve more than five stars, more like six or seven! Currently Bilbray ES is ranked the #2 elementary school in the Clark County School District and that's not too shabby out of almost 300 elementary schools! Actually that's amazing! My kids used to go to another school in the district that I will leave nameless, this school was ranked in the lower 200's and was only a three star school. Needless to say my kids were truly getting left behind and just shuffled along in the mix of kids. My daughter is Dyslexic and that school failed to help her in any way, even after I told the school what she needed. I was doing all the work and still not getting any help for her, they didn't seem to care :-( After extensive research on elementary schools in Clark County, my husband and I found Bilbray ES. Once we decided that Bilbray was the school for us, we actually moved and bought our current house a block away from Bilbray ES just so our daughter and son could get enrollment into this school. After the other school failed my kids, we meant business! This was a life changing decision for my kids! Bilbray ES has gone out of their way to help my daughter with her Dyslexia and now it is almost unrecognizable in her! She went from an F student who could not read that had to repeat the first grade, to and A/B honor roll student that is in the highest level reading groups in her class! The speech therapist at Bilbray is a miracle worker and my son is thriving with her help. This school has a great staff and they are wonderful with all of the students. Bilbray ES also offers lots of programs at this school that aren't at other schools, such as Drill Team, Tumbling, and Garden Club. They also have lots of family friendly events throughout the year such as carnivals, renaissance fairs, and family nights. If you live in this neighborhood, this is hands down the school you should send your kids to.

All CCSD schools are overcrowded but for an elementary school this is the WORST. There is over 1300…read morestudents!! Which is double most other elementary schools. It is beyond insane.

Out of the 9 yrs I've lived in Vegas this is the top #1 in my book overall the staff is amazing the…read morechildren are amazing the school is amazing

The teachers and staff here are all wonderful. This is our kids' third year going to Scherkenbach…read moreand we have never had a problem with anyone. The teachers are all fair and treat everyone with respect. The front office staff are amazing. They are always willing to answer any questions. The principle is involved with everything and is energetic and awesome. Over the last two years, two of our three children have had surgeries and physical therapy and we have never had an issue with doctors notes or attendance. The front office can get pretty busy at times and parents have to be patient and understanding. The only negative thing I can say about the school is the parking...it is awful.

Students from this school talks to each other but not doing class time. Also students from this…read moreschool also pays attention very well and they are very friendly.

If I had to choose again, I definitely wouldn't choose Challenger. My 3 1/2-year-old daughter cried…read morefor four months at Challenger. In the beginning I thought it was my daughter's problem -- she just didn't want to leave me. But after talking with the headmaster, I suddenly realized: it wasn't my daughter's issue -- it was their teaching philosophy. 1. They believed my daughter couldn't control her emotions, and they expected her to -- but she's only three, her brain isn't developed for that yet. Expecting a three-year-old to "control her emotions" is like expecting a one-year-old to control her bladder -- it's a physiological development issue. And the headmaster should know that. 2. My daughter didn't know any English when we first enrolled her. Within four months she could understand all the teacher's instructions and even speak short sentences. Yet the headmaster still said she wasn't speaking "long sentences." As an early-childhood educator, she failed to recognize this progress in a child entering a completely foreign environment. 3.Once she cried so badly that the headmaster came over to comfort her, but my daughter refused to talk to the headmaster and threw herself into the arms of her teacher. The headmaster concluded that my daughter lacked the normal ability to communicate. But my daughter had only met the headmaster twice -- she was basically a stranger to her -- so when she was sobbing, she rejected the stranger and ran to the teacher she knew. To me, that is a completely normal reaction -- yet in the headmaster's eyes, it meant my daughter "couldn't communicate properly." 4.The headmaster claimed my daughter would cry loudly, scream, and stomp her feet in class. But from a very young age she never behaved that way; even in the first two months at Challenger she only cried quietly out of fear -- never screamed or stomped. Only after being moved to a different class and failing to adapt to the new teacher's methods did she show those intense reactions. She was using her own way to cry out for help -- yet the headmaster and teachers didn't see it. At home she also became moody and unreasonable. Because of what the headmaster said, we decided to withdraw her. We enrolled her in a new school, and I was worried she might not adapt -- new environment, new teachers, new friends. But after only a few scattered days of crying, she quickly grew to love school! In talks with her new teacher, I, as a parent, deeply felt the teacher's love for children, her understanding and acceptance. She treated my daughter like a child -- a real child. That's why my daughter was able to feel safe and confident so fast. Now she's been at the new school for three months, and every day she's very happy -- her English communication is no problem at all. This has only strengthened my conviction: my daughter was never the problem -- it was Challenger's teaching philosophy.

This is an amazing school. My 3 kids love it. They are learning to think critically and write…read morepersuasively. There are not enough superlatives to describe this school and its curriculum. It's well worth every dollar.

Fantastic first school experience for our grandchild. The teachers and staff are interested in…read moreteaching and promoting learning. Children are encouraged and parents are included in the education plan.

This school pushes out any child with issues or concerns instead of addressing them properly. So…read morewhy does this matter? Early intervention is highly important for help with children with special needs so they can succeed later in life. This school is not up to the task to discovering those needs and assisting your child. Right now 1 out of 56 children are autistic. That's not counting any of the other children with additional needs. My daughter did not want to integrate with the preschool classroom. They thought it was purely a behavioral problem. We did everything they asked. She was "super smart" (their words) so they wanted to keep her, but she couldn't handle being with the group. Though she was still listening/learning from afar (again their words) They tried to physically force her resulting in major meltdowns. They ended up kicking her out. They made me feel like a failure of a parent and my child wasn't exactly excited to experience school again after that. With the assistance of CCSD and her doctor she was diagnosed with high functioning autism. She's doing great in a general education classroom and still super smart. My point is pick a school that will help your child no matter what the circumstances. This school isn't going to do that.