Wacoochee Elementary School
Salem, AL 36874
Phone: (334) 664-4072
District: Lee County School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades PK,KG,1,2,3,4,5,6 • 555 students
Wacoochee Elementary School, a public school located in Salem, AL, serves grades PK-6 in the Lee County School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 9 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
Wacoochee Elementary School is a public school located in Salem, AL. 555 students attend Wacoochee Elementary School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 8/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program data from Alabama Department of Education. |
| Student Growth | 10/10 | The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Alabama Department of Education. |
Posted: October 6, 2022
Wacoochee Elementary School is an awesome place to be! Great staff, great kids, and a great culture led by the principal, Mrs. Good. Wacoochee takes a lot of pride in helping the kids grow mentally, as well as academically throughout their experience. Mental health is atop the list when it comes to priorities for Wacoochee. Calm corners, teaching strategies, along with the therapy dog, Harper, are many of the strategies in place to create a warm, and nurturing culture. A+++ in my book!
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Posted: October 1, 2021
This school is sexist, and has a unruly way of treating kids. If they do not like a child they automatically have something out to get them and will make up any accusation to get what they want. They do not have an appropriate way of talking to parents about children. This school should really have a reevaluation on how they perform procedures.
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Posted: August 24, 2017
This again is respective to the teacher.
Posted: August 24, 2017
My son had been being bullied in 1st grade by other students. I told the teacher, had several "conferences" which were ultimately just me listening to the teachers spill about how my child wasn't "paying attention"... this from a 1st grade teacher with a masters in education. I would think that would give her a healthy knowledge of a 6 years old mentality but, I digress... My child was happy to start the year and a few months in hated going! He said he was picked on for his speech impairment and the teacher didn't defend him one bit. This continued, with the same bullying from the same kids into second grade, they were placed in the class with him again even though I had expressed concern that he was being bullied. Second grade was even worse, a NIGHTMARE! His teacher was terrible and she belittled him to his face, in front of other kids and to me! I adore his current teacher, 3rd grade, but during second grade I even went to the school in tears and spoke in length with the assistant principal who assured me this bullying would be handled. This was, however, not handled professionally at all. The child who punched mone in the eye was brought in with my son and they were asked "guided" questions, specifically worded to provoke an answer from the children that satisfied the adults asking the questions. I have had my own intelligence insulted by the staff, the 1st grade teacher saying to me "if that's true..." after I told her my own educational background, credentials, and experience as a child.
Posted: August 24, 2017
The below average students are highly frowned upon.
Posted: August 24, 2017
Mostly stated above, there have been a lot of poorly resolved issues with bullying.
Posted: August 24, 2017
I have had 2 children attend this school. My first child was very advanced and prospered as all advanced children do. This child is very responsible and mature therefore able and effective at handling theirself. My second child is totally opposite, a fun-loving free spirit. They are very kind hearted and eager to please but also easily distracted and very imaginative. This second personality type has not done so well in this school environment. Perhaps being open to the thought that EVERY person is different and cannot fit in the educational box of sociatal normativity. Rules made for an uncompromising, rigid mindset WILL be broken, even if by mistake. Let's work on helping each person grow as an individual instead of trying to fit our children that may be a "square" peg into the round hole that so many believe to be the only "correct" way.
3+6=9,
but so does 4+5
Posted: May 4, 2016
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Posted: May 4, 2016
I have received zero feedback from this school concerning my child. I have missed numerous activities that have taken place because of this. The teachers don't monitor the students. Teachers just let the kids basically do whatever they want. Please do not send your kids to this school.
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| 2 | Silver Leaf | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Phenix City | AL | 13.4 mi | |
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| 4 | Greystone at Country Club | Apartment Complex | Columbus | GA | 17.2 mi | |
| 5 | Eagle & Phenix Apartments | Apartment Complex | Columbus | GA | 17.6 mi | |
| 6 | Wrenwood | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Columbus | GA | 18 mi | |
| 7 | Whisperwood | Apartment Complex | Columbus | GA | 18.9 mi | |
| 8 | Independence Place | Apartment Complex | Columbus | GA | 22.4 mi | |
| 9 | White Elephants | Neighborhood/Subdivision | Fort Benning | GA | 27.4 mi |
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| 1 | Bradley Park | Columbus | GA | 14.4 mi | |
| 2 | Columbus Park Crossing Shopping Center | Columbus | GA | 15 mi | |
| 3 | Riverwalk | Columbus | GA | 15.2 mi | |
| 4 | Historic Downtown | Columbus | GA | 17 mi | |
| 5 | Uptown | Columbus | GA | 17.4 mi | |
| 6 | Uptown Columbus | Columbus | GA | 17.5 mi | |
| 7 | Callaway Gardens | Pine Mountain | GA | 19.8 mi |
| Base | Distance |
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| Fort Benning | 31 mi. |
