Does Summit Public Schools pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Summit Public Schools employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.6 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Summit Public Schools. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Summit Public Schools?

47% of Summit Public Schools employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Summit Public Schools 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Summit Public Schools?

Teacher (46) , High School Math Teacher (7) , English Teacher (5) , Dean of Operations (4) , Director (4) , History Teacher (3) , Education Specialist (2) , Executive Director (2) , Math Teacher (2) , Science Teacher (2) , Spanish Teacher (2)

What are the pros of working at Summit Public Schools according to real employee reviews?

"If you want amazing colleagues and leaders who will both support and push you, this is a good place for you." ((in 9 reviews)); "Some friendly coworkers who try to make the best of a bad situation." ((in 7 reviews)); "workers are great people to work with, Pay is decent" ((in 5 reviews)); "Staff is great, students are great, curriculum is already built out for you on their online learning platform" ((in 5 reviews)); "Benefits are great." ((in 5 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Summit Public Schools according to real employee reviews?

"The school is based in white supremacist culture" ((in 7 reviews)); "The leadership would be a great case study example of gaslighting." ((in 6 reviews)); "This means that every year there is at least 25% turnover in staff, and we are constantly training new folks, and losing those with the most experience." ((in 5 reviews)); "Long hours (8am" ((in 5 reviews)); "They promote a work/life balance yet the workload doesn't allow for that." ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about Summit Public Schools layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Summit Public Schools layoffs and their outlook for job security at Summit Public Schools in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Summit Public Schools locations?

Redwood City , San Jose , Sunnyvale , Seattle , Summit , San Francisco , El Cerrito , Daly City , Richmond , San Pablo , West Seattle , Amherst

Summit Public Schools reviews

3.3

47% would recommend to a friend

(147 total reviews)

Diane Tavenner

42% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.6

Senior management

Summit Public Schools has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 147 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Summit Public Schools employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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Reviews by job title

147 reviews

1.0

Jan 15, 2017

Hostile workplace environment at Redwood City

Teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Summit is full of dedicated teachers who care immensely for their students. They are trying hard to be progressive and efficient in their educational model so that they can help as many kids as possible to get into high school.

Cons

So many cons. The educational program only superficially helps many students-- it unfortunately does not make an impact on many students' lives the way that Summit claims, as students are falsely passed through the program without doing any work because Summit wants to claim that all its students are succeeding. Administration was a nightmare, colleagues were often hostile and not assuming each other's best intentions, management is stretching their resources too thin, pay is low, teachers teach all day without prep, and then have to stay until 5pm or later for meetings.

3.0

Jan 13, 2017

More gloss than substance

Teacher and program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Rapidly growing with support of strong marketing, funding, and legal machinery (including Facebook) Opportunities to advance if you play the political game

Cons

Burnout factory: most teachers/staff are younger, less experienced, and don't have children. A lot of turnover within two years (one site saw 70% turnover last year) No counselors for students Concerns about validity/appropriateness of pedagogy (eg "learning" from multiple choice tests) "Volunteerism" culture = a lot of early/late hours before you even get home to do grading, planning, etc. You cannot completely trust management. Multiple promises were broken, to myself or others, around contracts, ideas being "borrowed," etc.

2.0

Nov 17, 2016

Experimenting in Education

Teacher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-If you care about students, you will be surrounded by other staff that does too (this is not always typical in a school environment). Students still reach out to me and will always be welcome connections in my life, because I am eternally invested in their future, despite no longer being their teacher or mentor. -Interacting with a team creating a digital tool to individualize learning was so unique and really exciting

Cons

-Staff does not practice self care. Many are worked to the bone and feel terrible when they cannot work harder. This attitude is enforced by every layer of leadership, and it is a big reason that people do not stay in the classroom (they move into a core service or they move on. -Summit is experimenting with education. That's really exciting! However, if you are in the classroom, you see first hand how some decisions affect test subjects, and that can be really hard to be the face associated with failed experiments. This is especially true as teachers become less autonomous with regards to curriculum and program choices in their classroom. -Boundaries between teachers/mentors and students are very blurry and management encourages the lowest level of personal boundary. (eg, you are expected to give all mentees your cell number and staff did not think it was strange to add students on snapchat)

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