West Hernando Middle School

14325 KEN AUSTIN PKWY

School District

Hernando
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on September 06, 2024

The school is what you and your child make it. Reading previous reviews, I dreaded being zoned for WHMS. After enrolling my child, I realized it is not what the reviews make it seem and rather, there may be a lack of parenting and discipline at-home which leads to some misbehaved/disrespectful students.I have spoken with all of my child’s teachers over the last two school years either in person or via ParentSquare and have never had any issues. If my child is missing work, I am informed right away via Skyward and can easily access the teachers to find out what is going on. The teachers are more than willing to allow the children time to make-up missing work and allow for extra credit. They are also very understanding and send many reminders throughout the course of the year. The children are not all bad and there’s not 1,000 fights a day, like the past reviews make it seem. My child has made many friends and has not had any issues with his peers. My child is respectful in class, as I raised him to be, therefore he is not kicked out of class for being disruptive. Are they kids? Yes. Will they argue and possibly fight over nonsense? Yes. However, this is not the case for every single day. The admin is always sending out information on ways parents can get involved with the school community and change the culture around, but there is very little parent involvement from what I can see, and this may very well be the cause of many issues! This can also be a reason this school has way less funding than most other schools in Hernando County. Overall, WHMS was not my top choice, but has quickly become a school I would recommend to others! Change the culture at home and the culture at school will change. With those changes, we will create better students, better athletes, and receive more funding for more programs/better equipment!
Submitted by parent on July 30, 2024

Great staffing. A lot of activities and opportunities to get succesful students.
Submitted by student on May 07, 2024

school sucks the staff are not good food is not good and there was bugs in the water fountin
Submitted by student on January 23, 2024

this school is great and i would recommend this school because the teachers are supportive, and administrators are always looking to help your child with any possible challenge your student may need help with
Submitted by parent on October 25, 2022

Terrible it is disgusting like the principals additude
Submitted by student on May 03, 2020

The teachers here are rude, disrespectful, and dont help you when you need it.Theres too much tests and homework and students can barely even focus on their mental health/ anything outside of school because theres so much homework. NEVER GO HERE!
Submitted by parent on July 30, 2018

Pretty bad, 8th grade year was the worst. Teachers were worse than uncommunicative, bordering on apathetic. School does not encourage communication with teachers and makes it very difficult to schedule conferences. Teachers were unresponsive to concerns and even lied about what they planned to do to help.
Submitted by other on May 01, 2017

What's sadly ironic about West Hernando Middle School (WHMS) is that despite its administration's obsession with testing, more than 80% of its students are not proficient in English and Math. Let me briefly explain why that is the case, and why you should not send your child here. At the end of each quarter, students at WHMS take computerized exams, so its administration can closely monitor their progress, and there are four quarters in a year. Theoretically, this sounds like a great idea. In reality, however, it takes valuable instruction time away from teachers and is highly disruptive for the students, given that it takes about a week--a week during which students are not in their regular classrooms and don't have regular schedules-- to administer these tests. To be more precise, throughout the year, they will take tests for their regular teachers, four computerized tests for English, four computerized tests for Math, four computerized tests for Science, a practice computerized writing exam, a real computerized writing exam, and a end-of-course exam for English, Math, and Science. Excluding the tests they take for their regular teachers, that's total of 17 exams; they should only take the five additional end-of-course exams. Clearly, the administration at WHMS has placed too much pressure on its students and staff, and they are burning out because of all the testing.
Submitted by other on February 13, 2016

bella in sixth grade likes blood on the dance floor. it ruins peoples lives. don't send your kid here or she'll make them scene.
Submitted by other on August 23, 2013

I went here for 8th grade and enjoyed my year there. Being mostly a lonely student and just trying to focus on my studies; all my teachers except one were very nice and graded fairly. Art was fun, and I usually hate P.E. but this past year I liked it because they let you do so many different things. The 8th grade dance was awesome, with popular music for kids our age and a slideshow running in the background of pics of us. Lots of food and drinks for free, the only things you had to pay for was $5 for a ticket and I don;'t remember how much for pictures. 8th graders also get a graduating T-shirt with all the names of the 8th graders on the back, the t-shirt design was a drawing contest last year. We also had a field trip to Epcot for those of us with no really-bad disciplines, and you could run a fundraiser for money to go. 8th graders - as long as things stay the same, I know you'll have fun.
Submitted by parent on October 31, 2012

This is to all parents that have children going to this school or will have children going soon.. Some of the teachers in this school dont care about teaching only a paycheck. The principal Rufa is all talk and NO action so dont waste your time having a meeting with him. I also noticed they dont care for hispanics. If your child will be attending this school good luck with your teachers. There are a few teachers that are young and love to teacha few men as well but thats just a hand full of them.
Submitted by other on June 07, 2011

I LOVE this school. It is the best school i have ever went to. I <3 WHMS!!!