Dalton Elementary School

Posted: July 24, 2026

I’m horrified reading the negative comments and they make me laugh. I’m just thinking they are due to a lack of education themselves or had one bad experience and and has to blame someone for it.

The school is very effective and does everything possible to meet the students needs. I’m not familiar with their special ed department though, but they have small groups & interventionists that meet students needs with reading.

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Posted: July 11, 2024

The school does an excellent job at bringing the community together with special events such as Back to School Night, School Carnival, Trunk or Treat, Family Field Day and their Culture Night. The staff really pitches in to make the students and their familes feel welcome. My kids have always had a positive experience here. We are a multicultural family and I have seen many staff members who speak spanish helping other families who need assistance. A very caring school community.

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Posted: March 7, 2023

The school's community came together for Culture Night. Volunteers, families, and teachers filled the hallways with music, food, and laughter. This event brought a lot of joy to Dalton!

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Posted: March 30, 2022

Horrible! The teachers are RACST and disrespectful and don’t even care.

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Posted: April 5, 2018

Posted: April 5, 2018

Everyone at this school turns a blind eye towards bullying.

Posted: April 5, 2018

Respect or compassion is the last thing they teach at this school.

Posted: April 5, 2018

Can’t be a good leader if you allow bullying.

Posted: April 5, 2018

It’s hard to learn when you are constantly being bullied and the school won’t do anything about this.

Posted: April 5, 2018

As you can see there is absolutely nothing being done about bullying at school even when it happens in front of everyone and they have it on camera. They make of the parents the enemy for complaining and will do everything to highlight your kids mistakes just so they don’t have to do anything about the bully.

Posted: April 5, 2018

Awful 100% awful. As I said above you are the enemy for complaining and asking someone to do something about the bullying.

Posted: January 7, 2016

Based on our experience last school year I would say this school hires teachers that are burned out and ineffective.

Posted: January 7, 2016

After my son was moved from one classroom to another he was not given any homework.

Posted: January 7, 2016

My son was not treated fairly on multiple occasions. If the administration does not treat children fairly you can't expect children to learn what fair is.

Posted: January 7, 2016

Last year my son had a teacher that was swearing at him and other students in the classroom. I did report this to the principal but nothing appeared to be done about it. My son had several teachers that were sub standard and this was just one case and point.

Posted: November 9, 2015

All teachers at Dalton Elementary are highly qualified. Approximately 90% of our teachers have Master's degrees or are working towards a Master's Degree.
Dalton has a Teacher Partner who supports teachers with collaborative or individual coaching based on teacher needs or the professional learning that takes place on a weekly basis. Teachers meet weekly to discuss data, professional learning to support our Major Improvement strategies, student learning objectives and professional growth goals. Teachers meet quarterly with the administration to share student growth and discuss the supports they need. Teachers also meet mid-year with administration to discuss their personal growth goals, student growth and the teacher effectiveness rubric. We also have an English Language Acquisition teacher leader who works with teachers who have 2nd language learners, We have a Read Plan teacher who works with students on Read Plans and plans with the classroom teachers. We have 4 retired intervention teachers who work with students in Reading.

Posted: November 9, 2015

School expectations are that students read no less than 15 minutes every night. Depending on student age levels they can read with an adult or family member. Homework is grade appropriate.

Posted: November 9, 2015

Dalton Elementary's vision is to create a community of life long learners who are safe, responsible and courteous.

Posted: November 9, 2015

Thank you Dalton Elementary volunteers. Dalton Elementary has a great volunteer force of parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, teachers and community members who work in our media center, crosswalk and lunch duty and work with students one on one or in small groups. Volunteers work "in-home" to help teachers with sorting, organizing and trimming projects. Dalton volunteers have time clocked the equivalent time of over 2 full time people for one year. We have one full time and two part-time community liaison corps persons who coordinate our volunteer workforce. They provide support to the Dalton Community with information to help parents and coordinate our Scholastic nights. We want to give a "shout out" to everyone. We have a fantastic PTSO group who supports our students with great events (Veteran's Day) and supports teachers during conferences and supports teachers with little things that make teachers feel appreciated. Thank you to the teachers who volunteer their time to provide Art Club, Choir Club, Bokowa, Running, Homework and Science Clubs as well as our Step Movement Team. Thank you to the teachers who sponsor our NAESP Student Council and our school safety group. Dalton Elementary is a great place to work, volunteer and attend school.

Posted: July 29, 2015

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Posted: July 29, 2015

Dalton is a wonderful, community based school that offers a wide variety of oppporunities for its students and their families. The teachers are committed to providing the very best education they can for their students and the administration is responsive to parents and addresses any and all concerns immediately. Kids Corner is a great place for kids to hang out after school if childcare is needed and there are many different ways for students to become involved and develop their leadership skills. I am so lucky that my child had the opportunity to attend Dalton!

Posted: July 29, 2015

The teachers here are very knowledgable and caring. They work hard to support students and create positive relationships with parents. My child is well-prepared both socially and academically to attend middle school due to the strong foundation Dalton provides.

Posted: May 13, 2015

Communication is terrible! The principal is grumpy and disrespectful to students and parents. Violent acts are not attended to and are ignored. Most of the staff is incredibly rude and sarcastic. I have never felt that my children were safe at this school however we are forced because of the boundaries and lack of communication about attending a different school. The message we get as parents is that the state test scores are more important than our children.

Posted: June 7, 2014

Poor teacher/parent communication throughout school year despite efforts email/agenda. My child excelled each year until placed at Dalton. See my remarks from Kendallview & Vassar. Sons teacher ex correctional officer with little to no empathy or compassion, introverted. Being an educator to 3rd grade students troubling when your child fears his teacher and felt bored all the time. Lack of hands on teaching, lack of student understanding. Only parent teacher conferences would show graded school work despite repetitive request. Attempting to grow friendship with peers conflicted with my child following school dance addressed inappropriately by the Principle with our son. Personally witnessed young girls crying in the bathroom over boyfriends. Disgusting the encouragement of inappropriate relations in such a claimed great school. Following, peers pressured making fun of him having no girlfriend. Brought up in a Christian home, shocked the exposure and damage Dalton has had on our son. He was punished for teachings of such behavior allowed from peers! ***Recommend Vassar less than .5 miles away! Excellent educators focused excelling your childs excellence as it should be!