Phelps Luck Elementary School

The GreatSchools rankings need to be taken with a grain of salt sometimes. Our son attended K-5 at Phelps Luck, after spending two years of PreK at Waterloo. I am so glad we lived in the Phelps Luck neighborhood. The school is extremely diverse, but the teachers are incredibly caring and build a wonderful culture of respect and empathy among the students. Our son was challenged and allowed to excel at math, and we found that on the whole they were very good about providing an education that challenged all students, while recognizing that in some cases there were learning challenges, external stresses (family moving frequently, etc), or other issues. One of the most striking things to me is how they provided the opportunities for each student to find something they love. Whether it is chorus, orchestra, band, or art, they allowed students to find an outlet beyond academic, where they could excel. Though our son is now in middle school, we will do whatever we can to keep supporting PLES as local residents.

Great teachers very friendly all staff very helpful with all activity

10 stars! I'm very pleased by the education my daughter is getting. We love the administrators and teachers that we've gotten to know over the past 3 years. I'm shocked by the low rating and can't understand where the 4/10 rating is coming from. Phelps Luck is a 10/10 in my opinion.

I have the same feeling with many other parents of PLES students. PLES is such a great school under rated. The students are from different population, so it has diversity. PLES is full of wonderful teachers and staff, it deserves a much higher score of 10! The principle, Ms.Leader is so great and has good management. PLES organizes a lot of activities, reading nights, science fair, fit night, and it has the second language, Spanish, from K. My kids spent two years here, and we really love PLES!