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William M. McGarrah Elementary School
(770) 968-2910
2201 Lake Harbin Road
Morrow, GA 30260
Level: PK-5
District: Clayton County School District

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In-depth school information including test scores, student stats, parent ratings and reviews for William M. McGarrah Elementary School, Morrow, GA.

Census Info	Value	Year
Student Teacher Ratio:	14.29%	(2008)
White, non-Hispanic:	6%	(2008)
Black, non-Hispanic:	59.08%	(2008)
Hispanic:	16.92%	(2008)
Multiracial:	5.23%	(2008)
Asian:	12.77%	(2008)

William M. McGarrah Elementary School Ratings Summary

Average Quality Rating	3
Average Principals Rating	3
Average Teachers Rating	3
Average Activities Rating	3
Average Parents Rating	2
Average Safety Rating	3

William M. McGarrah Elementary School Reviews


Posted By: parent Quality Score: 4 2009-08-05 “My step-son moved in with us in April of Last year and he had some issues at his other school. This school seems to care what his best interests are. They compliment him and give him praise where his other school just shot him down all the time which lowered his self-esteem. This school has been really corporating with us to get his motivation and self-esteem back up. I am very impressed.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2009-06-04 “My daughters goes to this school. They made honor roll A and B and one of top readers in the whole kindegarden class.” Posted By: teacher Quality Score: 4 2007-11-23 “I am a teacher at McGarrah and this is a pretty good school. We have great administrators and an excellent staff. The problems that we have come from the curriculum that we are forced to teach. Teachers are not allowed to be as creative as we were in the past and we have to follow scripts to get the kids to 'learn.' They are just learning to spit back answers on cue. We have a good overall school environment and good people, just give us a chance to prove it to you.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 5 2007-10-04 “My daughter, and I think Mcgarrah is a great school! By far the best in Clayton County.The leadership, and staff have been great. Mrs. Burroughs, Mrs.Griffin,Mr.Iddins,Ms.Yarbrough,Ms.Penczek,and Mrs.Lamb have all been wonderful to myself, and my child. Mcgarrah is a great school!” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 4 2007-10-03 “I have three children attending and I believe the teachers are hard working and care very much. There is very little parent involvement it is the same ones every year putting in time and money. Sadly many students do not measure up on standardized tests and this takes a lot of time to bring them to speed. Parents do not take responsibility for their children's behavior problems. McGarrah is by far the best in the county, the county as a whole is a problem. There are too many fund raisers for other causes besides the kids. Mrs. Burroughs is fair, many teachers go above and beyond.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 4 2006-01-31 “I am a very proud parent of 2 students at McGarrah Elementary. I have great confidence in the staff. As far as these comments are concerned....You can't please everyone. It's usally the parents who are not involved that think everything the school does is wrong! Stay involved!” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 1 2005-08-04 “This school is the worst. Nice principle, but she defends the teachers when you try to show her there is a big problem.” Posted By: teacher Quality Score: 4 2005-04-27 “I feel that the parents aren't as involved as they should be. The P.T.A. nights an open conferences are a joke because hardly any parents show up. I am a teacher there and I'm offended by these comments. I would follow the principal to any school. The school is trying to turn around some previous bad situations and's aiming for higher academic standards. However, this is hard when the students and parents don't care and don't want to listen to what the teachers and administration have to suggest for their children. I truly feel sorry for the small percentage of students who's parents care. These good students get over shadowed by those who consistently get in trouble in school.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 2 2004-05-21 “It is hard to communicate with the front office staff, they give the impression that they don't care about the kids, they're there for a paycheck. (including the principal)” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 2 2004-05-18 “My child has had the same experiences previously described by the other parent. I am sorry that I have exposed my child to this for the last 5 years and I am truly happy that we will be leaving this school behind as my child transitions into middle school.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 1 2004-05-07 “This school is the worst I have ever encountered.The school makes it very difficult to be involved. They do not communicate with the parents about what is going on in class and about their children. I would reccommend that parents run far away from this school.” Posted By: parent Quality Score: 1 2004-04-09 “This school has a lot of favorites. Kids are taught to pass state test not an education. Kids are not treated fair. Theres alot of bulling. And every week school comes up with something else for kids to raise money for them.”