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Rocketship Public Schools

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Rocketship Public Schools reviews

2.2

19% would recommend to a friend

(401 total reviews)
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Preston Smith

19% approve of CEO

26% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.0

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.5

Culture & values

2.3

Career opportunities

1.8

Senior management

1.6

Work/Life balance

Rocketship Public Schools has an employee rating of 2.2 out of 5 stars, based on 401 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Rocketship Public Schools employee rating is 41% below average for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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401 reviews
1.0
Jul 4, 2026

Toxic environment that will over work you.

Teacher
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Pros

They will pay for your credential. The organization has lots of money, so you'll get tons of catered lunches and up-to-date stuff for your classroom.

Cons

Where to begin? It's only now that I've been away from Rocketship for several years that I can truly wrap my head around what a horrible work place it was. Words like "overworked, exhausting, micro-managed" come to mind but they are not strong enough to describe what the Rocketship structure is like for teachers. And to say that "some" people at Rocketship are unhappy is the understatement of the century. All of the teachers were absolutely beaten down mentally and exhausted. Same with the support staff. I had a talk with an administrator once who said "Rocketship is a Monday-Friday 7 AM to 7 PM job and if people can't handle that, they need to leave". So I left! I'll say one good thing about Rocketship administrators/higher-ups: they have really strong work ethics. Now I'll say the other side of it: The overwhelming majority of them don't have legitimate admin credentials (or even teaching credentials!) so they stay at Rocketship because they're stuck. I know people in management positions making 6 figures with no college degrees - those people **have** to stay at Rocketship working 12 hours a day because there's no other way they can make that kind of money. So they stay at Rocketship, become miserable, and spread their misery. My advice to the people working there: if you want to stay in education, get your credential and leave immediately. If you don't want to stay in education, leave immediately. Trust me, it isn't worth it.

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Rocketship Public Schools Response
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Five years is a long time to give somewhere, and what you're describing, especially being told this was a 7 AM to 7 PM job, isn't the standard we want people to experience here. Home visits and family engagement do mean our schedule isn't a typical 9-to-5, but there's a real difference between that and expecting teachers to be on for twelve hours a day. We've been adjusting planning time schedules based on direct teacher feedback, and that's just one piece of an ongoing effort to protect staff time while still showing up for our families.
2.0
Jul 1, 2026

Great kids and friendships, but poor leadership issues

Anonymous
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Pros

*The kids *The friendships you build with other staff

Cons

*Leadership (All the way up) *favortism *Lack of accountability from leadership and “veteran” staff *Clique culture *The workload does not match the pay

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Rocketship Public Schools Response
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This review comes from someone who clearly built real relationships in our DC community, and that context matters as we read the concerns about leadership and favoritism. It's fair feedback, and one thing we lean on to keep leadership accountable at every level is shared data: the outcomes teachers are responsible for in the classroom are the same numbers regional leaders are held to, so there's one standard, not different ones depending on your title. We also invest heavily in professional development because we want every staff member to actually grow here and find their community, not just get through the year. On pay, we work to keep compensation competitive, and workload expectations are part of that same ongoing conversation.
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