Tanglewood Elementary School
Derby, KS 67037
Phone: (316) 788-8565
District: Derby School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades PK-5 • 607 students
Derby's Tanglewood Elementary School serves grades PK-5 in the Derby School District. It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 6 out of 10, based on its performance on state standardized tests.
Tanglewood Elementary School is a public school located in Derby, KS. 607 students attend Tanglewood Elementary School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 7/10 | 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 Kansas State Assessments data from Kansas State Department of Education. |
| Academic Progress | 6/10 | The Academic Progress Rating is a growth proxy rating based on a model using unmatched cohorts, or school-level data instead of student-level data. The Academic Progress Rating was created using 2024 and 2025 Kansas State Assessments data from Kansas State Department of Education, and using 2024 demographic data from the National Center for Education Statistics. |
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This school is terrible the student are below grade level and they act crazy
Posted: August 8, 2016
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Posted: August 8, 2016
I'm so disappointed in the new principal. Mrs. Sites left big shoes to fill. I've had 3 interactions with Mrs. Demel; all negative & school hasn't even started. I came in to volunteer twice & for enrollment & wasn't even acknowledged by her. She didn't even come out of her office. When I was introduced later she seemed too busy to engage with my child. Great teachers, poor leadership. You're better than this Derby.
Posted: April 29, 2016
Teachers at Tanglewood love to teach and you can tell by their enthusiasm and ability to engage their students in learning.
Posted: April 29, 2016
I have to say depending on the grade level they are in my answer may change for this. I have felt some years my student didn't have enough and one year that they had too much. Overall they have a good balance and try to teach the kids time management as they get older and to use their time wisely so they won't have a lot of homework for the evenings and weekends.
Posted: April 29, 2016
The school has a wonderful DARE program for the 5th grade that teaches kids about good decision making skills. They also have a fantastic integrated system for their special needs students that makes sure they spend as much time with their grade level as possible which is great for all students to learn and observe how everyone learns differently.
Posted: April 29, 2016
Tanglewood is a wonderful elementary school! My children love coming to school every morning and always come home happy with something new they learned to talk about. The office staff is welcoming and very helpful whenever you need to get a message to your student or take them out for an appointment. The teachers and paras are all wonderful people who seem happy to be at work everyday. They have a fantastic parent group that helps with hosting family events and fundraising for field trips and school supplies. We were very scared when we first walked in to Tanglewood 5 years ago because of the open concepts, but have been pleasantly surprised how well the kids learn and focus when they are older because of the skills they learned at an early age at Tanglewood.
Posted: February 24, 2014
My son is falling behind in his academics due to the lack of attention from his teacher. Very disturbing to see red notations on his homework yet nothing corrective has been done about it.
Posted: April 23, 2007
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| Base | Distance |
|---|---|
| McConnell AFB | 4.9 mi. |
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