The major i/llent of this swdy was to assess the currellt practices alld the illfluellce ofrnschool alld COllllllllllity factors 011 the level of commullity participatioll ill thernimplemelltatioll of school improvemellt program ill government prim ary schools ofrnCOlldar tOWII. To achieve rhese objecrives, a descriptive survey merhod was emplo,·erl.rnFrom a rota I offorn' govemmellf prilllUlT schools, rell schools were selecred as a samplernof the stud,' usillg simple ralldom r('chll ique. Data were collecred from prillcipals,rnteachers, parents, conllllluliry represen{{/ ri1'(!s ill Parent Tea cher Associarions (P TA ) alldrnSchool Improvemenr Commillee (SIC) and education officials through questiollnaires alldrnillrerview. The surve' quesrionnaires , .. ere distributed to 90 teachers, 264 parenrs, and 40rnPTA and SIC members. Among rhe fOral 394 distributed questionllaires, 372(94.42%)rnquesrionnaires were filled and retumed. Moreover, interviews were held with schoolrnprincipals and educational officials. The data obtained Fom quesrionnaires werernallalyzed using percentage and fII ean scores and the data gathered employing illterviewsrnand opell ended quesrions were qualiratively described. Accordinglv, rhe resulrs of rhernsrudV have suggesred thor rhe relarionship berween school alld COllllllull ir." was nor closernenuugh to lead ro a cooperarive e[fon rOlvards rhe implefllenrarion of school improvemellrrnprograms; rhe ejJon of school admillistrators to involve the cOfllfll ulliry ill rhernimplementatioll of school improvemellr program was inadequate; finallcial constrailltsrna ll the parr of comllllmity significanth' ajJec1ed their participation in rhe ifllp lemelltariollrnof school improvement program; alld community awarelless on school improvemel/rrnprogram was low. Thus, to minimize problems related to commulliry participarioll illrnschool improvemel/r prografll , school-commullity relationship should be strengrhelled;rntraillillg should be organ ized for school administrarors on how to in volve and work wirhrnthe commlmity in school ajJairs; and orientalioll should be given ro rhe commulliry tornenhallce th eir {Il vareness all roles alld responsibilities they have to play ill thernimplementar ioll of school ifllprovemellr program