Mulberry Middle School

500 Southeast Drive Martin Luther King Junior Avenue

School District

Polk
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on September 12, 2024

The years at this school were my worst years i’ve been at school the teachers are horrible (some are okay) and the admins were the worse people i’ve ever met.
Submitted by student on September 06, 2023

My over all experience at mms is awesome this school requires the skills and knowledge you will need to succeed in high school mms is a great place for children to develop their skills in learning to also help succeed in 7, 8 and high school I love mms!!!
Submitted by other on January 26, 2023

Mulberry Middle School. I attend there all three years I can whole heartly say it was the worst, and traumatic years of my life. Not only did I get bullied constantly everyday; this is also where all of my insecurities developed. I understand that this isn't necessarily entirely the schools fault, but the worst part of all of this was that I would come to school sad almost everyday and my teachers claimed I had an "attuite" because I wasn't smiling. They hire some of the worst teaching staff then get rid of the teachers who actual care about you which I think is insane. Mulberry is a small community everyone knows each other people didn't want to enroll at The high school because they thought it would be the same as the middle school which couldn't be more false. We have a loving principal and staff that really truly cares about their students I can grantee they wouldn't tell a child "Oh there isn't any reason you should be sad you have all A's" From the bottom of my heart I truly cant stand Mulberry Middle. However it wouldn't be fair to say all the teachers are bad out of the horrific teachers I did have a couple who did make a impact on my life, but unfortunately, the bad outweighs the good. Its not too late to fix things though. Reach out to your students make connections with them, that's what really counts in the long run. I'm 18 and I attend the high school and its sad for me to say that the first time I walked into the Middle school gym for the first time in 2 years and I almost threw up. I don't want anyone to have to feel like that going back to their old middle school. Please before you try and have those "Class meetings" where you yell at the students for misbehaving why don't you ask yourself why are they acting out, you don't know what someone is going through.
Submitted by other on January 11, 2017

Many of the teachers are just lousy people that DO NOT need to be around children. Some of the teachers are decent, and great teachers. Many of the teachers show alot of favoritism, and nothing gets done about bullying. Alot of violent students are at this school, and nothing gets done about them. I DO NOT recommend this school to any parents that care about their childs future...
Submitted by parent on July 01, 2014

My daughter just completed her last year at MMS and she said, "MMS is the best school ever." As a parent, I appreciate that the school's administration has a zero tolerance for bullying, fighting, and inappropriate behavior. They are fair but obviously work hard to maintain the best learning environment. My son has one more year. He loves the school too. They offer top notch electives, my son is in broadcasting. My daughter took art and agricultural. I highly recommend this school.