Robinson Ranch Elementary School

I am nanny to two children that attend this school and I can honestly say I really like this place! It is nestled at the base of a dead-​end street residential street next to a great sports park & playground.
The demographic is made up of predominantly white, upper middle class children from the surrounding suburbs and the parents seem to really take pride in getting involved in the classroom and extra-​curricular events.
The Principal is incredibly energetic and seems to know every kid by name which makes them all feel so important and actually makes them WANT to go to school!
Although its not the biggest school, there are acres of fields for the children to play on and plenty of playground equipment. My 10yo loves that there is an actual working football league organized by the principal where the different grades play against each other each day — something i’d never heard of in other schools and in my own education! That’s how much the principal cares.
They have «spirit days» seemingly every other Friday where they have a DJ at lunch and wear their school pride out loud and proud. Its so cute to see the kids excited about school and I know its credit to the caring teachers and principal!
This school was different than our previous elementary in Lake Forest because they focused more on in-​classroom learning instead of physical homework sent home. Both kids still have spelling homework/​tests every week, the usual math homework and 20 minutes of reading but not nearly the volume that we’ve had at other schools. However, they are still excelling and I credit this to the teachers and the classwork that is required of them to build understanding — which I think is a definite plus!
The teachers & staff care and are very good at what they do!
My only gripe is the way the pick-​up/​drop-​off situation works.
The school is at the base of a dead end street and so cars that come in have to loop around and tend to pack up 100s of yards. If you intend to walk your child to class, you must parallel park along the residential street because the parking lot of the school is only open to staff.
There is a grassy area that the kids gather on to be picked up so I definitely find it more timely to park and walk over to the lawn and pick them up but I could see how this would be annoying for someone with young children already in the car. In that case, most would rather wait through the line.
I would try to get there at around 2:30PM if you plan on waiting through the long line of cars to pick up your kids at the grassy area without getting out of your car. Its a little hard to explain — I’ll try to add photos for better illustration.
All in all, a great school! I just wish it wasn’t so crazy to pick up or drop off your kids!