Colfax Charter Elementary School

My son began attending Colfax this year after we moved to the area. The difference between last year (1st grade) and this year for us is HUGE. Last year my son proclaimed he "hated school" and was constantly getting in trouble and didn't want to do any work. This year he is completely engaged and is proud of how successful he is academically. Our teacher said he may be gifted. I realize now he was really bored last year and his teacher was so overwhelmed she didn't have a chance to connect with her students. What a difference a year and a great school make!

Very bad. They don't treat kids equally. If your child is smart then Colfax isn't for you. No knowledge for gifted kids, who later on become no gifted at all

There is a lot to like about Colfax: the parent community is amazing and filled with dedicated, hard-working volunteers. They really help tremendously in the school as well as with the fundraising efforts. However, those funds are mostly used for aides to assist kids that are lagging behind. If your child is high ability or gifted he mostly gets ignored. The focus in the classroom is to help the children with academic difficulties and lessons are repeated over and over until the smart kids are bored. There is no differentiated learning despite any claims made by administration. So it really depends on luck of the draw if your childs ends in a classroom with remedial kids how his year will be. Until Colfax decides to have a magnet, if your child is a gifted learner he would be better off in another school such as Wonderland or Balboa.

My child is traumatized from attending a school where the Principal broke educational law and the teachers colluded.