Cabrillo Elementary School

My daughter has been going to Cabrillo since she started TK. She’s now in kindergarten and we can’t rave enough about how much we love it. The new principal (Mrs. Vogel) is easily the nicest, sweetest lady you will ever meet. Over all, it’s a really wonderful school. It’s a small school, but that makes it so much for “homey”. All of the teachers and principals know every student by their names, no matter what grade they are in. My daughter has absolutely thrived going here

Worst of the worst in the entire district!

We LOVE this school. This school is small but mighty! The principal and staff know all the children by name. They take care of the children as if they were their own. There are many many times that I see the staff/teachers going out of their way to help a student. There is always communication that comes home in both English and Spanish (as 49% of the school is considered Hispanic) ,just turn the paper over. If there is another language that is needed there is no doubt in my mind that the staff would go above and beyond to communicate with you appropriately. The other schools that we toured in our neighborhood (including our neighborhood school) seemed to be overwhelmed with students and the staff's attitude reflected that. Average class size is 32. My child's class at Cabrillo has only 18 students! This was one of the main reasons we "choice- in" here! This helps with students that may have learning difficulties as the student to teacher ratio is low. I also try to keep in mind that a teacher has 17 plus students in their class (imagine 17+ of your kids running around) and they may make a mistake (they are human) writing a note to you to communicate, but they communicate! There is emails that are sent that let you know of different things going on in the neighborhood as well as after school activities. The principle has calls and emails that are sent out almost weekly for reminder of events and different things going on at the school. Based on my experiences at this school the kids are well taken care of and cared about.

Great school and staff. There is also after school activities and their education program is great (look into Prime time for working parents). Classes are small and the kids get a lot of attention similar to private school.