D. R. Hill Middle School

1303 Holly Springs Road

School District

Spartanburg 05
Grade

7-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on January 16, 2025

this school is terrible. there is a fight every other day, constant fight threats from other students, and more. teachers dont even teach, they just give us slides to copy down onto paper and yap nonstop about random things. the lunch is disgusting. the kids are so immature. other kids mental health is horrible due to this one teacher that assigns so much work. please do not send your kid here.
Submitted by parent on May 10, 2024

This school is complete trash. I'm so thankful that Beech is becoming a middle school, and my child will no longer have to attend here. Bullying and threats are AWFUL at this school, and nothing really gets done. How does a child threaten physical harm and fatal violence and return to school the next week!? There are also a few 7th grade teachers here who could really use a refresher on the subjects that they are supposed to be teaching. My child was made the butt of a joke in front of the whole class by a 7th grade math teacher who apparently thinks she's a comedian. Adults who are supposed to be setting an example are bullying children! This school is a cesspool.
Submitted by parent on April 02, 2024

The principles are trying to make a middle school like an elementary. My child is closer to hight school than elementary. There is no point for my child to be walking in line in middle school.
Submitted by parent on September 22, 2023

Watch your kids! My daughter just informed me that yesterday and today edibles had been passed out at the school. The schools aware as kids went to the nurse both days, yet the school DIDNT notify all children's parents so we could be aware and talk with our kids.
Submitted by parent on June 26, 2019

My son is in 7th grade; the teachers have been phenomenal. Without fail, they've communicated with us openly, offering guidance and support. (Admittedly, 7th grade is a tough year!) I do find the Principal to be somewhat lacking in communication. There was a pretty radical incident that happened in December 2018; I reached out to the Principal because I wasn't happy with the way the situation was handled and wanted to talk about it. I left several messages without a single call-back. I do need to give a shout-out to the coordinators of the Washington DC trip - it was extremely short, when you look at everything we crammed in to those few days, but I felt like the coordinators did their best to give everyone a really amazing time. I think DR Hill is a good school, but we do try to be very involved. I will say that I believe it's harder as parents to know what assignments kids have, and what they're working on, with the laptops. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I miss paper! And, I feel that my son had a TON of homework this past 7th grade year!
Submitted by other on February 05, 2013

DR Hill Middle School is an amazing institution of continuous learning for teachers as well as students. Teacher are held to a high standard of teaching and students are expected to behave, whether they are a "straight A student" or not. Learning takes place every day. I would send any child of mine to DRH for a great educational experience!