Kilo Middle School

4400 South 308th Street

School District

Federal Way
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on November 07, 2022

Kilo is a good school, the teachers are very nice and kind and will try to help you. You learn a lot of things (and somehow a trouble maker who never focus got straight A’s) . ASK FOR HELP the teacher will help you. And also focus on class too. The only problem is the fights, there are multiple fights at school and yes the teacher tried to stop it but the fights never stop. So overall the school is good, just stay away from drama and think before you say anything.
Submitted by other on August 15, 2020

I am a former student from Kilo(Class of 2022) and Kilo is a good school with a lot of great teachers that are willing to help. Although there are some bad teachers, that does not mean it is a bad school since problems like this almost exist in every school. Test scores in the school(or almost the whole Federal Way school district) is low but it is really up to you(the student) to decide whether if you want to learn the material or not. The only drawback I can think of is the old campus that needs to be rebuild or something.
Submitted by parent on January 13, 2020

Great! Almost all of the office staff are kind and happy to help! The teacher support students and do a great job of teaching! I love visiting this school, and being here.
Submitted by parent on April 14, 2019

Great small campus with caring staff and teachers
Submitted by parent on July 15, 2018

Very good strong teacher participation my child came out with a great education
Submitted by parent on March 23, 2017

They can't claim to specialize with kids with special needs but they specialize in calling the parents they have no real special education or seem so with children with special needs lack of connection lack of empathy lack of caring I was forced to take my child here when I didn't want to because they had a program in Federal Way didn't at the end of the day I hate the school teachers hate the staff and so does my son don't take your kid here whether normal or special needs
Submitted by parent on August 11, 2016

Class sizes are overloaded. Too much bullying and behavioral issues. The good kids get ignored, while staff spends all of their time with behavioral issues.
Submitted by parent on August 09, 2016

My experience of this school is nice,I think these teachers are very nice, helpful , professional ,and they care for the students .
Submitted by parent on October 22, 2014

It is painfully clear that several reviews here were written by the same individual, a dis-service to this site. this site. I could understand if someone posted a new review every year (if opinions changed over time), but three of those reviews were posted in the same month by the same person. Second, many of the reviews here paint all Kilo teachers with the same jaded brush. This is not fair to the dedicated, hardworking teachers I know at Kilo. I actually attended Kilo as a youth and my child attends Kilo now. My personal experience at Kilo was off-the-charts positive. Some of my teachers are still there today and I have nothing but good to say about them. Ms. Owsley is fantastic. And you would be hard-pressed to find a better teacher than Anthony Haver. These are just two examples. My several interactions with new teachers were positive. Even without knowing them well yet, it s clear that educators like Jeremy Bort are doing some things very, very right. I look forward to getting to know more teachers; if my impressions change over time, I will be sure to post another review to help others. But look for it in a year (not two more reviews from me this month!).
Submitted by parent on June 15, 2014

Really less star. Terrible experience, waste of a precious period of life. Out of control most of the time. Hostile teachers (not all thankfully, but most). 2 Special ed teachers are very passive aggressively MEAN! Resource room on 2nd floor sped teacher has serious hidden agendas and I think she detests all students. she refuses to work with them and parents, talks about them in vicious ways, is obsessed with no students being in her classroom and more. Does she know this is a school??!! I don't know how they get away with it. Lots of griping from teachers that students can hear, and other inappropriateness. These teachers get summers off PLUS additional paid vacation time on top of all the other days off and still gripe, still do very little, still scream at kids. Anywhere else should be better.
Submitted by other on June 07, 2014

Stay far, far away! Terrible bullying exists and from teachers! Little clicks among teachers acting like middle-schoolers themselves. Special Ed teachers do as little as possible and enable students by blatantly giving them answers on state exams, desiring only to look good with those scores. They gossip about students and parents. They are also mean and egotistical and supposed to teach social skills!? Art teacher destroys all creativity for life. Sadly, I feel scarred and I am an adult who worked here! I tried to address as much as I could but the meanness here is too much. Please do not let your child attend.
Submitted by other on June 24, 2013

Do not send your child to this school. There are MAYBE 5 teachers here that care about the students. Everywhere you go in the school there is bullying, and the teachers see it and don't do a single thing about it. I had to spend 3 years of my life at this school that I consider a waste. I regret choosing to go here just because my friends did.
Submitted by parent on October 23, 2012

I don't like this school too. My son has completed elementary school with A grades. He has never had problems with classes, homework or projects. And he didn't have any problems with health. Now, it is second month in middle school and we get problems one by one: strep troat, emergency room, problems with phisical education and math. Teachers don't want meet face-to-face to discuss any issues that come up, but only by phone. They are not really supportive. So I am going to take my son from this school and do homeschooling.