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* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'': Peach Creek Junior High, where the [[AdultsAreUseless staff]] not only ignores bullying but [[SelectiveEnforcement punishes students]] [[FelonyMisdemeanor for minor offenses]] [[MisplacedRetribution beyond their control]].

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': South Park Elementary is this in spades:
** One of the teachers is the bewilderingly incapable Mr. Garrison, who hardly knows how to do his job and is most likely to traumatize his students with whatever shenanigans he comes up with. In fact, one time he ''deliberately'' traumatized his students as part of a scheme to get fired, and [[SpringtimeForHitler it didn't work]].
** The "teacher's ass" that he hired as part of his scheme, the nauseatingly fetishy (but admittedly decent-at-heart) Mr. Slave, is pretty much the best teacher that school has -- this should set the tone for exactly how awful the rest truly are.
** The thuggish dudebro of a principal, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep PC Principal]], who will beat the manshit out of anyone, teachers, parents, and students alike, if they even ''accidentally'' do anything he can even remotely construe to be [[PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil politically incorrect]], once even resorting to an actual hate crime against Kyle's Jewish heritage as revenge for him badmouthing Caitlyn Jenner.

** Whenever Bart and/or Lisa temporarily transfer to a better school, the stark difference in teaching standards becomes immediately noticeable for both. Bart is sent to a remedial class because he can't read cursive script, whereas Lisa, to her dismay, is given B grades due to actual proofreading from the faulty, something her original teacher was too apathetic to do.

** Whenever Bart and/or Lisa temporarily transfer to a better school, the stark difference in teaching standards becomes immediately noticeable for both. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice You Only Move Twice]]", Bart gets sent to a remedial class because he can't read cursive script. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E19WaverlyHills9021Doh Waverly Hills, 9-0-2-1-D'oh]]", Lisa learns to her dismay that she's not a Grade-A student like she thought precisely ''because'' her teacher is too apathetic to bother correcting any of her mistakes and just gives her A grades and perfect scores without bothering to proofread.

** Whenever Bart and/or Lisa temporarily transfer to a better school, the stark difference in teaching standards becomes immediately noticeable for both. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice You Only Move Twice]]", Bart gets sent to a remedial class because he can't read cursive script. In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS20E19WaverlyHills9021Doh Waverly Hills, 9-0-2-1-D'oh]]", Lisa learns to her dismay that she's not a Grade-A student, like she thought precisely, ''because'' her teacher is too apathetic to bother correcting any of her mistakes and just gives her A grades and perfect scores without bothering to proofread.

** Whenever Bart and/or Lisa temporarily transfer to a better school, the stark difference in teaching standards becomes immediately noticeable for both -- one episode has Bart being sent to a remedial class because he can't read cursive script; another has Lisa learn to her dismay that she's not a Grade-A student, like she thought precisely, ''because'' her teacher is too apathetic to bother correcting any of her mistakes and just gives her A grades and perfect scores without bothering to proofread.

** The teachers run the mill between being apathetic, incompetent, or otherwise very controlling; the few good teachers tend to either be temporary substitutes or get driven out one way or another.
** The occasional substitute teacher who is a [[TyrantTakesTheHelm tyrannical asshole]] tends to arrive as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Springfield Elementary is regularly noted to be on a shoestring budget, mostly due to Principal Skinner (a Vietnam vet who still has flashbacks of the war and lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother controlling mother]]) slashing the budget to the point that the kids drink "malk" and the meat is "Grade F". The teachers also run the mill between being apathetic, incompetent, or otherwise very controlling; the few good teachers tend to either be temporary substitutes or get driven out one way or another. The occasional substitute teacher who is a [[TyrantTakesTheHelm tyrannical asshole]] also tends to arrive. Skinner also believes that almost none of the students have any future whatsoever and constantly tries to maintain discipline by [[HopeCrusher bringing down their spirits]] and molding them into a future of mediocrity and conformism. Whenever Bart and/or Lisa temporarily transfer to a better school the stark difference in teaching standards become immediately noticeable for both; one episode has Bart being sent to a remedial class because he can't read cursive script, and another has Lisa learn to her dismay that she's not a Grade-A student like she thought precisely ''because'' her teacher is too apathetic to bother correcting any of her mistakes and just gives her A grades and perfect scores without bothering to proofread.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Springfield Elementary is regularly noted to be on a shoestring budget, mostly due to Principal Skinner (a Vietnam vet who still has flashbacks of the war and lives with his [[MyBelovedSmother controlling mother]]) slashing the budget to the point that the kids drink "malk" and the meat is "Grade F". The teachers also run the mill between being apathetic, incompetent, or otherwise very controlling; the few good teachers tend to either be temporary substitutes or get driven out one way or another. The occasional substitute teacher who is a [[TyrantTakesTheHelm tyrannical asshole]] also tends to arrive. Skinner also believes that almost none of the students have any future whatsoever and constantly tries to maintain discipline by [[HopeCrusher bringing down their spirits]] and molding them into a future of mediocrity and conformism.

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': South Park Elementary. It says a lot when one of the teachers is the bewilderingly incapable Mr. Garrison, as he hardly knows how to do his job and is most likely to traumatize his students with whatever shenanigans he comes up with. In fact, one time he ''deliberately'' traumatized his students as part of a scheme to get fired, and [[SpringtimeForHitler it didn't work]]. Worse, is the "teacher's ass" that he hired as part of his scheme, the nauseatingly fetishy (but admittedly decent-at-heart) Mr. Slave, is pretty much the best teacher that school has -- this should set the tone for exactly how awful the rest truly are. Worse still is their thuggish dudebro of a principal, [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep PC Principal]], who will beat the manshit out of anyone, teachers, parents, and students alike, if they even ''accidentally'' do anything he can even remotely construe to be [[PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil politically incorrect]], once even resorting to an actual hate crime against Kyle's Jewish heritage as revenge for him badmouthing Caitlyn Jenner.

* ''Film/FistFight'': Roosevelt High School. The students are incredibly unruly; the staff is either too spineless and incompetent to manage them or going too overboard with their methods; and the school board decides to lay off ''all'' the teachers to save funding. Not to mention the security guard, who couldn't care less about his job unless the incident occurred ''during'' school hours. [[spoiler:Strickland's fight with Campbell does help the school go back on track and obtain enough funding.]]

* ''Film/{{Matilda}}'': Crunchem Hall Elementary School is really bad due to a [[DeanBitterman truly vile principal,]] who [[{{Sadist}} delights in inflicting terror and pain on all of the kids there.]] Thankfully, the goodly Miss Honey is actually nice and tries to protect the kids as best as she can. [[spoiler:At the end, Principal Trunchbull is permanently scared out of the school, leaving Miss Honey as the principal. She [[FriendToAllChildren makes the school so wonderful the kids never want to leave.]]]]