My husband and I have not decided whether to put our son in private or public school. We already…read morehave registered for private and decided to register for public school as well, as an option. Although we registered late, the lady that I spoke on the phone (forgive me, I forgot her name) was very nice and accommodating. We got there and received our registration packet. She answered all our concerns/questions. I put four stars only because this was our first time to go over there and start the registration process.

Roy Herburger was the publisher of the Elk Grove Citizen, the newspaper that serves the city of Elk…read moreGrove and the south Sacramento area. He was also the owner of Herburger Publications, a newspaper printing plant. His support for education and Elk Grove schools resulted in a partnership with the school district and many statewide awards for his education reporting beginning in 1959. Roy Herburger was born in Cambridge, Missouri but was raised in Stratton, Colorado where his parents were involved with printing and publishing. He graduated from Stratton High School in 1948 and the University of Missouri, School of Journalism, in 1953. He then attended the United States Air Force where he graduated from Officer's Training in 1955. He served in the military until 1957 as a first lieutenant navigator, instructor. When Mr. Herburger took over the Elk Grove Citizen in 1959, he determined that schools and education should be the central theme of his newspapers. In addition to the Citizen, Galt Herald was also under his ownership, so he became a supporter of schools throughout south Sacramento County. Consistently through the years, Mr. Herburger made it very clear that education was the reason he was able to accomplish what he had set forth to do. In his words, he felt that "education held the key to life's success." Mr. Herburger has been a supporter of colleges and universities and he worked with a statewide committee to keep journalism as a major in schools. He assisted high schools with the production of their newspapers and taught students how to finance their publications through advertising. A long time community advocate, Mr. Herburger contributed to the betterment of the entire Sacramento area in his efforts. He was one of the persons responsible for the placement of Cosumnes River College in the south area and served on the CRC Foundation Board for 39 years. He is a supporter of the Los Rios colleges and Delta College as well. Mr. Herburger was active in statewide publishing groups, and since 1981, he served on the California Newspapers Publishers Literacy Committee

Love this school. My son is learning so much. The teachers really care about the students. They are…read morealso very serious about the safety of the students.

Have been asking for shade to be put up for kids and nothing. Have not had the greatest experience…read morewith teachers my son was given a computer that he can use to go into the internet with no restrictions at school time and it's still being allowed I complained about it not being restricted and all they did was sorry. Kids need normal school work in class as it's very distracting. After school class for kids to catch up academic is needed.

We are so thankful for this amazing elementary school. The teachers truly care about their…read morestudents, and the environment is warm, safe, and encouraging. We also deeply appreciate the principal's dedication. Seeing the principal at the school entrance every morning greeting, it creates such a welcoming and positive start to each day. Our child is thriving here, and we feel very fortunate to be part of this community.

Hands down.... one of the best teaching staff! *Opportunity…read morefor parent involvement...check *friendly atmosphere... check *high quality instruction...check *communication from school to home ...check Only thing that sucks about this school is the traffic!

I am sharing this to make other parents aware of serious concerns regarding Ms. Choi's conduct in…read morethe classroom. Although she may present herself as friendly, my child experienced repeated condescending, inappropriate, and troubling behavior. My child was bullied by other students on multiple occasions, and I personally witnessed some of these incidents. Instead of intervening appropriately, Ms. Choi dismissed my child's reports, denied that incidents occurred, and labeled her a liar.She made inappropriate comments about my child's appearance, including remarks about her skin color, and spoke negatively about me as a parent directly to my child. My child also reported being physically touched in a way that made her uncomfortable. In addition, she described instances where Ms. Choi would whisper comments in her ear so that others could not hear, which caused her to feel isolated and distressed.When I brought these concerns to school administration, I did not see meaningful action taken. After contacting the district multiple times over several months, I was finally able to have my child transferred due to limited availability.I encourage parents to remain vigilant, listen carefully to their children, document concerns, and advocate firmly when necessary. Every child deserves to feel safe, respected, and protected in their classroom.

The budget and poorness really shows at this school. Half the teachers don't care and the buildings…read moreare incredibly old. Compared to other elementary schools, they have electricity run billboards and mckee brushes it off. New principal and not even noticeable. Second of all the food is disgusting!!!!! Not healthy and they serve chunky milk, expired food and cold food. Third of all, staff doesn't care about special needs kids or quiet kids. The younger special needs groups would get treated bad. Favoritism was obviously shown with supervisors on the playground, "yard duities" but they really only care for a group of girls. My math teacher in the later years treated me horribly and always accused me of cheating just because I was smart. I had good memories with my friends since early childhood but didn't enjoy the school. Some sweet teachers but the teachers were rude and mean, I absolutely hated 4th grade. The playground is also bleached from the sun and never has been repainted. This is a small school if you live in the small town part of elk grove. Dont recommend that much it's just a simple school that ruined my mental health.

James McKee elementary doesnt allow access to disabled parking in the mornings. If you try to park…read moreby going around d their cones, they will make sure to tell you, you can't park there... that's 100% illegal. I thought about just handling this privately but they haven't earned that respect from me. They have student aids that put their hands aggressively on students etc.

My child is deppresed because of the teachers AND student there, one of them was a pedo as well,…read more please hire better teachers, i suggest not going here, go to schuylerville elementry in ny instead.

Attended school here 1982-1989 elk grove unified was and is a great school to grow up. Good times.read more

The PE teacher Brian Seifert is really not worthy of being a teacher. Since I was in third grade…read morehere, the number of times I have been assigned to a group with my friends in physical education class is very small. The explanation he gave was "you won't listen carefully together", and at the same time, he grouped other friend groups together every time. I don't understand. Is it our fault that our classmates don't pass the ball to us when we are playing games? People only give it to the kind of "popular kids", okay? Why should the fault be blamed on us? He gave me the feeling that he was targeting both of us. He was particularly disrespectful. He once said to a student, "If you have a brain problem, would you please go to the hospital?" Is this what a teacher should say? Every time when we want to form a group of two, others have already divided us up and only me and my friends are left together. At this time, he will say, "I have told you several times that you cannot form a team with the same person twice. Listen to me." Don't you understand human language? "what is the difference between this and bullying students? He gives me a feeling that he only likes the "popular" kids

It's my school. The facility is great, and they offer many great lunch choices and after school…read moreactivities!

Went to school here in 06-09 (7th and 8th). Hated the math teacher who took over my other teacher…read morewhile on maternity leave! She was mean, insensitive, had ego issues and the worst! Even my brother didn't like her when he was forced to have her because she was impatient with him even though he's autistic and always behaved in her class. She was impatient and hostile with me if I was ever wrong on a math problem (and I'm talking if I made a typo error or multiplied wrong just a quick fix) when I'm great at math and always made it a point to behave. Whenever I needed to stand up against bullies she was mean and told me to "ignore them" but ignoring DOESNT WORK! Maybe it works for her oh wait it didn't not when that same bully called her the very name that describes her accurately (the b word). Hypocrite! You should've ignored him? Yeah what good did that do? Did you ignore him when he called you that? Exactly! Idk if she's still working there but I'm glad I don't have to see her anymore! I'm so glad my mom put you in your place and threatened to report you to the superintendent if you didn't change your behavior with me because the way you behaved was like that of a bully, it was senseless, counterproductive and disgusting. I always behaved myself in your class but you showed the same animosity to me and students who behaved themselves better as you did to the bad kids. I'm not dismissing the fact that we had bad students in class, I hated being with them too but you didn't need to get your anger out on the good kids. I'd say drop that stupid ego of yours and stop mistreating your students! And to some of the rude office staff including this tall African American woman who always came in either a frown and spoke nastily to me, I hope you know that your sins will find you out for carrying this attitude and ego of not wanting to help others. I learned you weren't just this rude with us students but were the same way with parents! You disgust me! I'm sure my mom put you in your place at one point because my mom doesn't take crap from anyone not even you!

I love toby Johnson middle School, I am currently a seventh grader, and the food is amazing, the…read moreteachers are an improvement from Arlene hein and they're super nice, and I like this school. Mr Thompson and Mr Tomlinson are the best teachers, and I love this school GO TIGERS!!!!!!!?

We love this school! My little one is in kindergarten this year. The staff is great. Mr. Campbell,…read morethe principal, is super involved (even the young ones know him by name). They do quite a few fun activities for the fundraisers that aren't painful. The PTA is well organized and really seems to work hand and hand with the school. The extra events outside of school hours are super reasonable priced so that it's affordable to all families. All in all, our experience here has been top notch! One thing to note, it is a track school (year round school with 3 months on and 1 month off). My understanding is that they try to align siblings with the same months off but I have heard challenges where people have kids at different schools or are different ages and vacation scheduling gets challenging.

Terrible school. Avoid at all costs, transferring my child out of here ASAP. Inexperienced teachers…read moreand staff. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid.

The School sucks my kid got into a fight and got 2 bruises. The teachers are horrible and kept…read moreyelling at them FOR NO REASON!!

Past enrollment for my sons, (ages ago) have to rate 5 stars!…read more Created long lasting memories and stability for them as we had moved up from Galt, Ca. Back then the EGSD had higher ratings than in Galt, which was part of the reasons of moving. All the fun activities of field trips to Sutter's Fort, and Monterey Bay Aquarium... The boys still keep in touch with a few classmates, which is impressive! Glad we chose a great school!