Fox Chapel Elementary School

Posted: March 5, 2026

This is our second year at FCES, and we truly love this school. The sense of family and inclusion is wonderful, and the family engagement and PTA do an amazing job bringing the community together. Communication from the school is excellent, which helps parents stay informed and involved. My daughter has loved her teacher, and there are many parent volunteer opportunities that make it easy to be actively involved in your child’s education.

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Posted: April 8, 2025

Horrible since Zabetakis left. The current principal does not care about the safety of students or her staff

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Fox chapel is really good in teaching and academics

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Posted: August 24, 2018

Great educationally, not the best when it comes to good character and confidence. Some teachers have no sense of forgiveness and respect for their students. As a prior student myself, even though I was liked, other students who had a different personality (aggressive, procrastinative, rude, etc.)weren't given proper attention to control themselves. Teachers losing their temper didn't exactly fix any situation. Gifted students thought they had more power and labeled themselves "better" than non GT students. Keep in mind this doesn't apply to all gifted students. I'm glad I'm over with this school and I have moved on to Junior high.

Posted: August 24, 2018

When I attended Fox Chapel es staff didnt give too much hw, nor to little, but had enough that we were making learning progress at home too.

Posted: August 24, 2018

Even though there are some bad teachers, there are great ones too.

Posted: August 24, 2018

Our councler would just worsen the situation. When I just asked on what to do, I stepped in and talked and i lost a good friend because of that.

Posted: June 13, 2017

Excellent teachers and staff. The principal is great. My son loves fox chapel es

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Posted: September 29, 2015

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Posted: September 29, 2015

Great staff, excellent teachers. But there is allways something that mess up is the horrible attitud of this female cafeteria administrador who is always rude to students,but also for parents who had seem this discusssed. Hope the principal will do something about it.. :(

Posted: March 19, 2015

If you judge a school by how engaged the students are and the commitment of teachers to get them excited about learning, then Fox Chapel is a fabulous school. My daughter is in the Center program, and she has been excited about going to school every day since she joined as a fourth grader. She is even excited about doing homework, which is usually project-based. I was worried about the social dynamics within the school, but so far, there seems to be no problems.

Posted: May 20, 2014

Our experience at Fox Chapel has been very positive. My 4th grader improved significantly in writing, and has done many interesting reading assignments. Very happy with the teachers and administration as well.

Posted: October 29, 2012

I am a student in 5th grade this year and I think the non GT kids are horrible. The outdoor and cafeteria staff aren't good, but the center teachers are amazing.

Posted: January 8, 2012

I am a student and this is the second Elementary school I've been to. Many, I mean MANY students in the Highly Gifted Program are bullied (Hint*Hint* Me) and there were fights going on in the lunch room more than once. In recess we had to play in the parking lot due to construction. Many students use inappropriate language and the patrols STINK. In my year of 4th Grade, 5th Graders chose who they wanted to be patrols. The staff is very helpful though they aren't the best at resolving problems. Outdoor staff just yell, same with lunch staff. Though if you were in Highly Gifted, you get to create a play (script, choreography, music,etc) or an "Opera" and in 5th Grade you get to do a play. There are many fun and challenging projects that make us think a little more. The teacher are great. Though I would give this school below average.

Posted: September 18, 2011

This school has its pros and cons. The pros are that they have an excellent staff that is helpful, understanding and experienced. They allow a great deal of parent involvement which is also nice. My daughter was in Fox Chapel for a year and she has excelled in reading and math. Her teacher did a phenomenal job with her. The cons were that I wasn't too thrilled about the social environment. I didn't like the location of the school; it was very congested and finding parking during a school event is very difficult. Hopefully with the new construction going on there now, there will be more space inside and out.

Posted: April 10, 2011

great staff, great school, very focused on academics of children, teachers are always willing to speak to the parents, and discuss child's needs! Glad we are part of this community!

Posted: December 18, 2010

I think Fox Chapel is terrible. The students there always bully and discriminate the GT program kids. The students there also use inapropiate language and fight all the time. But with all of this, it seems the principal does not care, and the aids just scream, yell, and do nothing about it. Also it seems anyone can go in and nobody cares who the person is or what he/she is doing there. Also, many teachers seem to hate the GT and gossip. The playground is also undergoing construction and students have to play in the parking lot. The parking lot is also littered with alcohol bottle fragments and cigarette parts. Thee bathrooms smell terrible, and all the time, little kids clog up the toilets with paper towels and try to spy on you while you are doing your bussiness . Even if you tell the office of the toilet clogging, it takes them hours, just to send a janitor. Fox chapel is just terrible.