Bentley School - Elementary
Hi Parents -
Are there parents out there who are willing to share their experiences about Bentley especially upper grades (5th) in elementary school? What has stood out to you? Anything worth noting that will change or confirm your decision of joining Bentley?
Thank you!
Mar 20, 2025
Parent Replies
Both of my kids went to Bentley K-5. It was a much better school when they started and they had a separate lower school head. Now it is a K-8 head, who I did not think was good for the school. Their 5th grade was strong, but then a lot of teachers have since left. The work was rigorous, but not necessarily well thought out. There were a lot of projects my kids had to do at home and too much homework.
I also did not feel the administration was responsive to some very legitimate concerns. In retrospect, I wish I had looked around more at other private elementary schools.
Bentley is designed to feed into their middle and high school, so there is no support for outside applications. The campus is too small for a K-8 school, so a lot of fairs/dances/etc are done at the upper school, which was inconvenient.
Both my kids went to a different middle school that was better in terms of curriculum design, teacher collaboration and openness of the administration to feedback. Their middle school also had a lot more diversity (especially socioeconomic)