Dutch Neck Elementary School

Great school that can only be beat by paying 30K for a private school. Good to see the excessive taxes in WW paying off.Each of my children have excelled academically and I believe it is to the base that Dutch Neck provided.

Teachers are too concerned about their own personal matters or furthering their career goals, constantly absent from the classroom or keeping kids busy in the class by turning on videos for them. My son learned nothing substantive all 3 years. Principal just tries to keep status quo and does nothing to fix the problems...he's only there to keep his teachers happy. I wonder if it's the kids who get after school tutoring that make this district get such good rankings because it's definitely not the teachers. Maybe other schools in the district are better, but this school was a very big disappointment for us.

Mr. Argese is more concerned in his own image then being a TRUE principal, it is not a coincidence that it is ALWAYS Maurice Hawk and Wycoff the schools that go and give presentations to the BOE and not DN. Argese only wants to be in his office and not be bothered, he is always happy to put the blame on the student instead of the adult. It is terrible that a blue ribbon school district has changed all the curriculum and now they devoted over 6 weeks to PARCC and give 3erd graders Chrome Books to train them for the exam, like if our kids are robots! DISGUSTING!

The teachers and principal are very friendly. They create an environment for children to empower themselves. PTA is very good.