Dodgen Middle School

1725 Bill Murdock Road

School District

Cobb County
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

School Map for Cobb County School District

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Reviews

Submitted by other on December 06, 2023

This school sucks for multiple reasons and it only has 3 stars which is terrible school society i do not recommend this school for future students in the future.
Submitted by parent on March 30, 2023

My child attended this school for Middle School. If you have a child with disabilities, this is not the school for you. The SSA does not work with parents to help your child improve and gain a quality education. Please consider a different school if your child has ADHD, Dyslexia, Dysgraphia or Dyspraxia. Your child will not get the proper support to help them. My child was so frustrated.
Submitted by parent on October 28, 2022

This school has good food. This school is so yummy.
Submitted by parent on July 27, 2022

The teachers were amazing and my child enjoyed all connections and clubs.
Submitted by parent on May 17, 2022

Both of my children had wonderful experiences at Dodgen and they were well prepared for success in high school and college.
Submitted by student on March 02, 2022

This school is complete dog water. Only 10 good teachers
Submitted by parent on October 23, 2019

My child is highly gifted and could handle the academic pressure. However, I was not happy about the behavior/judgment from some of the other kids. They have a cool ski trip in 7th and the 8th graders go to Disney. Great music program and honors class offerings. The late 9:15 start time makes it hard for working parents to get kids to school at 8:15 for morning tutoring and clubs because they are not the usual "after school". It is WEIRD that there are NO school sports in Cobb County for MS!?! They have fields out front that are used for rec programs. I wish this would change as the more involved students are with academic clubs and sports (we do both), they happier they typically are at school...
Submitted by student on July 26, 2019

Good . You can meet many new friends
Submitted by parent on June 02, 2019

I’ve had two students at Dodgen and it has been a great experience for both of them.
Submitted by parent on May 20, 2019

The school is a poor example of what a middle school should be.
Submitted by parent on August 02, 2018

Overall we are very happy with Dodgen and think this is one of the strongest middle schools in Atlanta.
Submitted by other on July 15, 2018

I have To give a lower rating
Submitted by other on March 28, 2017

i go there it's good and i get good grades and good teachers
Submitted by student on May 30, 2016

This school has compelled me in a positive direction. The school can sometimes give a large sum of homework, but that is all part of growing up. The teachers strive for their students to become the best and reach for their full abilities.
Submitted by parent on November 08, 2015

My son is learning responsibility at this school. He is struggling but still he is learning.I would like to say that I wish these posts required a Screen Name. The reason is that I note a number of very low ratings for the school and I believe they are all from the same unhappy parent who feels compelled to vent over and over. If a Screen Name was required I could be sure this was the case and that there were not several parents who were complaining.My son likes the school very much and is very excited about having male teachers. He enjoys the band and all of the opportunities he finds there. He is in the advanced placement which he is proud of and is working hard to keep up with the other advanced placement students which I feel is good.
Submitted by parent on February 14, 2015

Teachers, counselors, front office admin, custodians are very generous, encouraging, and caring! My son enjoys school so much everyday, he even say he does not like weekend or holidays because he can't go to school. I saw some negative comments left though my son have never experienced such a thing at school. One thing I can tell is that school is the place to study for sure. Teachers are making tremendous efforts to push the kids up for their academic success - if the parents does not want to help their straggling kids at home, I do not think East Cobb is not for them. If the parents does not want their kids to study hard, they'll never satisfied with any schools, because school is the place to study!
Submitted by other on January 25, 2015

Bad. There are no words to describe how bad this school is. Their great test scores are the result of pushing out children who are less than great. Is your kid perfect? Go here. Is your kid less than perfect? They won't be here long.
Submitted by other on July 29, 2014

I went to Dodgen and it was a great experience. I have been seeing a lot of comments about kids being bullied or the teachers having favorites and I havent had any of those experiences and I am not what you would call a popular kid. The education is great plus we have a lot of fun days where you get to dress up and we have Olympics; which is a continuous field day. I enjoyed my three years at Dodgen.
Submitted by parent on June 23, 2014

Every time I describe what this school did to my disabled daughter the review gets removed. It is that bad it is actually against the rules of this website to tell you about it.
Submitted by parent on June 22, 2014

To many problems to detail in this review and too little time to do it. The last two reviews I left were removed so you'll understand why I'm not going to out much effort into this one. Suffice it to say, the problems are so severe that we are homeschooling our child now because of this abomination of a school. They play favorites, the teachers are classroom managers, not educators, the biggest bullies in the school are the administrators and faculty. Complaints to the school board are dismissed as "unfounded" and are accompanied by thinly veiled threats of litigation hoping that the families will be too ignorant or otherwise unwilling to pursue legal action. Keep your eyes on the news and newspapers in the last 1/2 of 2014 for stories about the things I can't write here if I want this review to stay on "Great Schools".