Daniel Hand High School

286 Green Hill Road

School District

Madison
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:10
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 26, 2022

There are more kids on the High honor roll than kids who are not. So many kids go through the school days watching netflix and youtube on their phones. No one seems to care about bullying. Everyone cares about sports. Music program keep getting cut. Teachers are moved around and many are not even in their classes during the day.
Submitted by student on November 09, 2021

I'm a student at Hand. The school is good and there are plenty of opportunities to push yourself both academically and athletically. However, teachers don't usually tend to the capacities of individual students and instead treat their student bodies as a whole.
Submitted by student on March 02, 2021

Some math teachers can be subpar, but math is very difficult to teach. School is built well, classes are easy to get to, teachers are all-around incredibly smart, talented, and genuinely care for their students. Atmosphere is so friendly and accepting. Absolutely zero "senior bullying" or anything like that. Everyone is there to grow and get an education. Good variety of courses and so many fantastic, passionate teachers.
Submitted by student on October 22, 2014

This school provides rigorous learning and excellent learning environment. However, I do want everyone to know that teachers do tend to be biased and show favoritism. Also, the school does not offer a hell many courses, but there are enough to make everyone happy. People here are really nice and use fairly good English-compared to kids from the school I am now. I also like how there are not too many kids here at DHHS. Everyone gets enough attention from the teacher and the teachers remember mostly everyone.
Submitted by parent on November 24, 2013

Two of my children attended the Madison Schools and I can definitely say that they do an adequate job educating students. In other words, there is nothing special happening here, despite the excessive and shameless self-promotion engaged in by school officials and residents alike. Two of my other children attended a top notch high school in another state and the difference was obvious! My advice to the town and school district is this: lose the ego and do some serious self study. Look for opportunities to improve instead of propagating the myth that everything is already perfect! It is not.
Submitted by student on October 29, 2012

Daniel Hand High School provides an atmosphere only enriches students. The stereo type that all Madison kids are rich or that they think they are better than everyone else in the state is a total falsehood. The student body is open to all new and incoming students as I have first hand experienced this. Hand excels in athletic and academics which is a polishing rarity. Madison prizes itself in it's football program which receives most attention and was ranked in the top 10 teams from Maryland to Maine . The Boys soccer team this fall was ranked #8 in the nation for a long period of time as well. Hand also boasts many advanced placements classes that are open to students. Overall, this school continues to amaze me with the extremely helpful guidance offices, the office administration, the teachers, even the janitors, and the coaches. This school is a gem in this town.