Drexel Hill Middle School

3001 State Road

Drexel Hill, PA 19026

School District

Upper Darby
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on October 10, 2024

It's decent and the students are fun mostly
Submitted by other on April 12, 2021

Hello Im Amora Cichocki and I think with bullying they really do not know how to take care of it. I was bullied three times in a row and when I did go to get help for my problems they were never token care of they would talk to the students and then say its token care of then the next day I was still getting bullied.I really think with bullying there should be suspension or even expelled cause it teaches that it is not okay.And also with Online bullying they say they can not take care of it when it is there students that are doing it.This is a real issue that should be something that they need to work on before someone will sue when not token over consideration.
Submitted by parent on March 31, 2020

My experience at this school was amazing it was lovely
Submitted by parent on January 18, 2020

This school is cold and seems to be tired of progress.
Submitted by parent on January 10, 2020

We have had an excellent experience to date. My son has great, caring and INVOLVED teachers, communication between administrators, teachers and parents is great, the music program is *amazing*, and the electives and gifted program are fantastic. The only cons, I would say, is it’s a very large student body, but the district is addressing that, fighting to build another school so ALL of the children can be supported appropriately.
Submitted by parent on January 21, 2014

When reading these reviews, please take the ones written by kids with a grain of salt. As a parent ,I have found the most recent principal,Mr. Manfre, to be much more reasonable and approachable than the previous principal. He responds quickly to parent concerns and is eager to resolve issues.As far as Mr. Jordan for math, he was my daughter's favorite and most challenging math teacher,she has gone on to be at the top of her high school class,and though she does not LIKE math she excells in it .Perhaps the child who had complaints about him does not like to work hard and be challenged. This school has something for every child, challenging academics,excellent music,performing and visual arts opportunities,compassionate and knowledgable sports coaches, engineering team,playwrites class,character building classes and clubs... the list is too numerous to go on. It's like everywhere,if you have a child who wants to do well, they will flourish at DHMS !
Submitted by parent on January 23, 2013

I am a parent of an 8th grader at DHMS. I will say it has been tough for him because of bullying; however the principal and teachers have always taken care of any situation I have approached them about. Most of the teachers are caring and understanding and doing the best that they can considering the handful of kids that seem to have no interest in being in school and lost of interest in causing problems and getting in trouble, but I believe that it starts at home. If you dont teach your children right from wrong and proper behavior at home they certainly arnt going to know it at school which is ashame for the other kids.
Submitted by other on January 29, 2012

As a student currently in DHMS, I can safely say that the school is great. The problem in the school isn't the staff or the curriculum, it's the students. There are a lot of good kids in the school, but unfortunately, just as many (if not more) of us act out all the time. Because of this, they don't learn much at school and the kids who actually are interested need to hear the teachers constantly disciplining the students (to no avail) and deal with the same material being drilled into their heads even though they learned it 2 years ago. The school really isn't at fault here. They do provide great activities for the students. Our musical program is top notch, with so many different areas to get involved in (many singing programs, a few band programs including orchestra, a yearly musical), quite a lot of sports for all grades and both genders (inter-mural sports for 6th graders and interscholastic for 7th and 8th), and various other extracurricular activities. As a child in the gifted program, I can say that it is very helpful to academically advanced kids. Unfortunately, there isn't much else for gifted kids. Students can be in an advanced math program with high enough scores.
Submitted by other on April 01, 2011

I am currently in 8th grade @ dhms and i ma loving every second. Only problem is the new principal mr manfre. He is not involved in the school and has taken away all of the that our former principal mr ross set for us. i pity the students coming in next year because they will have to deal with this terrible principal. The last problem is Mr. Mark Jordan... pray your child does not have him for math in 8th grade. he teaches and talks way too quickly. other than that, good school overall. would highly reccomend it