Neighborhoods and Homes nearChiles Elementary School

My daughter attended Lawton Chiles last year. It is a terrific school with great teachers and great kids and tons of support from parents. We moved out of state and I wish we could have taken this school with us.

Chiles is making fantastic progress for such a young school...only two years old. The added features of Math Academy and grades 3-5 addresses the need for extended curriculum in the area of math for students who have this area as a strength.

Chiles Elementary is a nice, new school with many students from high income, educated families. But does that mean it is a 'good' school? It also boasts an 'A' grade from the state based on FCAT... I would argue that these do not mean it is a 'good' school.

I feel that this is a safe and very nice environment for my 3 children that attend. But, I hate the fact that since it is in a very nice community I am constantly solicited to buy stuff and the cost of the parties and other extra stuff is outragous.

The teachers are constantly worried more about pleasing the principal than their students. I totally agree with the person who wrote: looks at this school are very deceiving.