My experience at this school was close to terrible. The administration/ office people are super…read moreunsupportive. I remember telling the school COUNSELOR that I was getting bullied. Her response is forever imprinted in my memory. She told me I was overreacting. What kind of adult has that type of reaction to a CHILD telling them that they were getting mistreated. On top of that, they are quick to point fingers, accuse students for being "bad", and not look into the students' situation at home. I was going through the roughest period of my life and they made it a thousand times worse. I hope no child has to go through that. Miramontes, Villa, Canales, and Schreiber. I hope you guys do the world a favor and retire.

Be prepared if you send your child to Alvarado. It's not all bad. The administration tries, but…read morethere's just too many students and not enough support. This school can get pretty scary and unsafe. Dropping off in the morning is a nightmare. Leave early and be prepared to wait. Major traffic and unsafe driving. Daily fights occur between both boys and girls. Smoking, vaping, alcohol and drugs are a common place at Alvarado Intermediate School. Not much justice for the victims. No substantial consequences for the criminals. Bullying is a part of the culture. Rarely do the offenders receive more than a, "talking to" for their offences. Pay the money and go to a private school or opt to Ybarra or Oswalt. You won't regret it.

After a couple months, this school was an excellent choice for my daughter. She's definitely…read moregrowing and learning a lot and the teachers here are very professional and outstanding when it comes to teaching kids!

My daughter attended this preschool for one year in the preschool program. Her classroom teacher…read morewas wonderful, caring, and one of the few positives about our experience. Unfortunately, our overall impression of the school and several other staff members was disappointing. One experience that really stood out involved a teacher named Esther, who teaches the 4-5-year-old class. While she may appear friendly at first, our experience with her was very different. One morning, my wife was holding the security gate open for an elderly grandfather who was walking into the preschool. Instead of appreciating the situation, Esther immediately yelled at my wife to close the gate and began lecturing her. Even after my wife explained that she was simply helping an elderly person enter safely, Esther continued to scold her and insisted that the grandfather could open the gate himself. We found her response unnecessarily harsh and lacking basic compassion and professionalism. Another concern was the school's annual Jogathon fundraiser. Families are encouraged to donate money, and children who participate receive a special T-shirt. Staff members then visit the classrooms to celebrate with those children by handing out small toys and snacks. We chose not to participate because we already pay significant tuition and did not feel obligated to make an additional donation. Later, the school sent parents a video of the celebration. Watching it was heartbreaking. My daughter was one of the children without the fundraiser shirt, and she was left standing in the back while the other children celebrated together. She was essentially separated from the group because we didn't donate. Regardless of the purpose of the fundraiser, I don't believe young children should ever be singled out or excluded based on whether their parents contribute financially. The children have no control over those decisions, and schools should make every effort to ensure all students feel included. I'm glad we ultimately decided to move our daughter to another school. While we appreciated her classroom teacher, our overall experience left us disappointed, and I would not recommend this preschool based on what our family experienced.

Great school great teachers and many people use to here when I was a kid pretty cool placeread more

I call today in morning ask for something, the lady who answer the phone looks like having bad day,…read morevery not nice for simply question.. I heard a lot good things about this school and this not it !!!

We enrolled our son into this school and he had a rough start but the teachers and staff and…read moreprincipal have been so helpful with solutions to whatever we need.

The parking is bad when picking up in the afternoon. Make sure you get there early to get parking…read morein front of the school along the street. If not you'll be forced to park in the neighborhood and walk

ACS is an amazing summer school choice! My boys enjoy learning Chinese, other topics such as math…read moreand science, and having spirit days on different days of the week. I've also attended ACS when I was a child and I had a wonderful experience that I believe my kids would love to have. Overall, my boys look forward to school every morning!

My daughters has been going to ACS for a year. All stuff and teachers are not nice and patient. I…read morerecommended this school to all parents

horrible school! my daughter always comes home with bad news for me after school. The teachers are…read morevery rude! The nurse as well. Why even be a nurse if your just going to tell someone to deal with it? This schools needs a way nicer staff. This school needs to something about this.

My son's experience at this school... He starts 7th grade with 8th grade books easy fix right no!!…read moreTheir staff witch includes EVERYONE from the ppl at the front desk to the vice principal and principal Mr. Smith they all said he's going to need to work with what he's got not enough books witch would be understanding BUT two days later a new student shows up and he gets brand NEW books and my son still nothing he fished 7th grade with good grades....8th grade comes around and he has the right books thank goodness but he's not even in the year book..His name not even his pic asked him about it he couldn't retake his photo witch is understandings because of the situation the world is in but they couldn't even put his name with the cap picture like they did for everyone else that didn't show up for picture day the only time my son's name is mentioned is for the award his getting LEADERSHIP!!!

The AIDS in the cafeteria or outside ARE SO MEAN and the teachers don't care about the students…read morelike if there is drama they won't even help an if your head herts they will send you to the office but the they still do nothing in the office most of teachers are nice but the AIDS and the lunch ladies are not like so mean. I have been in this school for 6 years it is not that good the teachers yell a lot and the people in the office are very mean and they allow teachers to bring their kids and the teachers kids always get special attention and they are dumb

The aids are really bad at solving problems and the bathrooms are never clean. Also they serve a…read morevery little amount of food for lunc.

Great school. Amazing staff. They have afterschool tutoring. And the kids are good.read more

Class of 2025 student here (Junior as of writing this review)…read more Academics are rigorous but fair. The teacher quality is varied, but most teachers (I took mostly AP and Honors) are fair and motivated. Student organizations (clubs, teams, ASB) vary, some being well organized, and some being poorly organized (it's just what happens when you put students in charge of something). School events are nice too, HOCO and Prom are overly expensive though (Rowland has their homecoming for ONLY $20, ours was ~$80) The staff are helpful, I went to the office 15+ times in Sophomore year because my mom sent me to school with the flu, and the cold. The office administration were understanding and dealt with all situations well. Counselors are helpful. Fights rarely break out. School is a mix between two majority races - Hispanic and Asian. Security does their job well, and the school has procedures in case of emergency. In the 2022-23 school year, a false shooter call forced the school to lockdown procedures. This situation was rapidly taken care of. Not gonna lie, our sports teams aren't the best (except Badminton, they're really good). The STEM pathways in the school are great. School lunch improved drastically in the last few years (it's also free). Would give a 5 star but our campus isn't in optimal shape. Restrooms smell terrible. The bottom floor boys restroom had its stall door stolen as a result of the "devious lick" trend in 2021. The boys restroom up stairs always smells like weed and raspberries (vapes).