Horizon Elementary School

The school is okay. Most of the teachers are great but the principal is a horrible leader. The previous principal was so involved with the kids and they respected her. The new principal does not have the same effect on the kids.

My daughters are going through mental stress and I have no support from school.

Ones I did bad on a test and the sub was screaming at me and she said you're horrible why are you here

I will preface this by saying that my oldest child just started kindergarten this year and that I grew up in Florida so I am not familiar with the school system in Illinois. I was worried that this school wasn't a 9 or 10, but decided to just see how it goes, and if the school wasn't good, we would move. I will say that my experience with the school so far has been really positive. The principal, Dr Gehrig, is very involved. My son's teacher, Mrs. Weathers, is very well organized, very responsive, adaptive, and truly seems to know and care for my child. She will partner with parents on developing good study habits right from the start, which is a lifelong gift. The school in general is excellent at communication. It seems to me that biggest drawback to the school, at least as much as i can tell so far, is the fact that it is housed under U-46. The district is large, and schools much accomplish much with little funding. Horizon seems to be doing well despite this. My personal rating for this school is much higher than the greatschools rating.