My daughters have been attending Walnut Park Elementary since Pre-K. I currently have a 5th grader…read moreand a kindergarten. I've never experienced anything bad. Ever since Ms. Luna became the new principal a lot of good changes have happened. She truly has made a difference. From creating the valet car for dropping off students in the mornings to having the after school program STEM where they create robots and compete against other schools. This motivates students to be involve in activities. If parents don't have the time to take them, they manage somehow to find the time to take them. I appreciate the effort! As far as teachers they're all have been great teachers! Just to mention a few Ms. Rodriguez, Ms. Castillo, Ms. Torres, Ms. Rosas, and Ms. Reedy. They've done a great job in teaching my daughters. Good amount of homework given. Field trips have been great. My daughters have been happy so far. Office staff, not the greatest but they try their best! I believe they can be better and more organized. I understand it can be insane speaking to over 50 parents a day just with 2 staff members. The school nurse is on point. Always calling me with any issues when my daughters go to the nurse's office.

My 3 sons have been attending Walnut Park for 6 years now (starting in Pre-K) and I love the…read moreteachers and especially Mrs. Luna! They have so much patience and are all really great with the students. They have everything at this school, my 2nd grader needed speech therapy for a couple of years and it really helped him, the staff is really good about seeing that the students needs are met. They have a dual language program for the kids who can benefit from that and hey work so hard to keep the parents updated, informed, and involved! Thank you Walnut Park for all you do for kids! *as for the comment about 1 office staff assisting 10 parents and the long wait time...that happens every morning to the parents who can't get their kids to school on time, so yes, after 8am there is a line to get your kid checked in because the gates close promptly at 8 am, when the bell rings. But other than that, the office staff is quick to assist each parent as they walk in.

Great school. Good teacher, excellent staff very nice. My son is in summer school his teacher Ms…read more Garcia is a really good teacher.

The after school program teacher are mean and give more attention to the girls then boy I do not…read morerecommend this school.

My son is 5 he was assigned to Ms Kissell. We were very…read moreanxious for him to start public school, unfortunately we had such a bad experience, even after reading the "good" reviews this school had. My son would come home with bruises continuously during his second week at school he would tell us that he fell in the playground and no one came to assist him. One incident he told us that when he fell a kid stepped on his forehead while he was on the ground and again no one helped him. When we would pick him up from school no one mentioned anything to us not the teacher, not the assistant nor the lady by the gate. A simple "Hey your son fell in the playground, we took him to the nurse office he is fine" Something so simple is all I needed. The first 2 days I let it slide until he kept saying that he got another ouchy from the school. After getting fed up I messaged Ms Kissell asking her if she knew about the bruises he was coming home with and she told me that she knew he had the bruises and yet she did not tell me anything. She had told me that my son is responsible to let the adults know. Keep in mind that my son is 5, the recess assistants should be outside doing their job instead of gossiping. I proceeded to post on the Facebook Downey group for advice from other parents. Right away I got someone reporting my post and the next day received a phone call from the principal asking me to take down the post and questioning me if my son is telling the truth. I will always believe my son 100% The school district sadly does not care about your children.

They had one of the best programs for elementary students and when I went here, this was the school…read morefor everything you needed.

This school is great. My child just culminated from 5th grade. She had an awesome teacher, Mrs…read more Cano. The new principal has made so many changes to improve the school. The new murals and hallway college banners are awesome. This year my daughter participated in an awesome SBAC parade! It has been a great year. I feel we should have pride for our community and school and not post negative comments. I'm sad to read that someone would say negative remarks about the school. I have not had the same experience. I have always been greeted and helped at the office. I wonder if the person who wrote the previous review had a badge or the dog had a service dog tag or label. Keep up the good work!!! Go RAMS!!!

I had an amazing time when I was here, I'm now a 7th grader. All the teachers were nice, the events…read morewere awesome, the food was average, I miss Friday pizzas each month. I'd like to shout out to Mr. Newman, Mrs. Lanners (retired), Mrs. Shull, Ms. Loera (I forgot how to spell her name sorry), Ms. Davila, and especially my favorite principal, Mrs. Becker (retired). I loved this school so much, I hope you love(d) this school too ;) -Mia. B

The best elementary school around this Tri city area. Just the lunch menu not the best, lol. But…read morethe staff are nice and they try to learn all the kids names. But over all they get my four stars ;)

The school itself looks nice. The front desk ladies have always been nice and helpful. I don't like…read morethe release areas since it's so crowded with parents waiting on their children. Especially during the hot days. It's the first year at this school and I don't like it. The teacher that my child has doesn't seem to motivate my kid. His classroom just looks sad and depressing. He always lets them out way after last bell . There are no clubs for the children. During parent teacher conference we didn't get an option to choose a day we were given day and time a few days before the conference. I just don't like the way a lot of things are. I've never had to deal with a school like this before .

Me personally will say this school was not it for me the girl ms Abby was very weird always yelling…read morein people face and touching students when they asked not to also the principal I hated her she will smile in your face but be fake when you're alone

The BEST elementary school in Lynwood, especially since I'm the Duchess of this place ..lol :)read more