Mcknight Middle School

1200 Edmonds Avenue Northeast

School District

Renton
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:22
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on September 01, 2023

If I could give them ZERO Stars I would. They were responsible for breaking my sons leg and trying to hide it. My son was a ILC student, he is in a wheelchair and non verbal, he has multiple disibalities. They did not talk to me before making the decision to use a sit to stand stander with him, and when I asked why he was not able to crawl was exhibiting pain they acted to not know why. Don't trust them, their staff bullies the students and claims is discipline. I am glad my kids are out of there.
Submitted by student on November 21, 2022

this school sucks, I seriously can't wait to get out of here. Here's why: they give me bad grades for absolutely no reason and i get in trouble for also no reason like one time someone bullied me i was just defending myself and i got detention and the bully got out Scot-free and i really hate the adults (they don't even care about students) and some of the kids there are racist. so this place is a nightmare and NEVER SEND YOUR KIDS HERE and if you do it's gonna be the worst 3 years of your life.
Submitted by parent on November 02, 2022

There are fights every day and my child does not feel safe here. The security is horrible. And they don’t have protection for students. Overall I think this school is lower than a 1 star This school is so bad it’s off the grid
Submitted by student on June 01, 2022

As a student of this school, I can easily say the people saying there is no bullying are clinically insane (not really I'm being sarcastic). The students often bully me for being skinny, I've been kicked over a few words I said. Mainly the the kids are the problem, but the teachers don't really help to stop that. There are fights often too. Also, a friend of mine literally had to shout out "penis" as an assignment in health (it wasn't just him the whole class had to), which is just INSANE.
Submitted by parent on May 01, 2018

My son started going to this school 9 months ago and loves it. Teachers are supportive and there has been no bullying. Thank you for the wonderful work you do at McKnights!
Submitted by parent on January 22, 2018

0 out of 5 my daughter got no help once so ever the school pushed her to the dirt and treated her like trash just because shes hispanic
Submitted by other on August 20, 2016

Behind in Curriculum ....Teachers don't seem to care too much about students, The approach to Discipline is not effective.
Submitted by other on May 08, 2015

This school is unbelievable. My daughter was given a detention for wearing a "short" skirt and top. My daughter is quite tall and her skirt reached a little below her fingertips and her top covered her up. She even wore a long cardigan! On the other hand, this shows that she was dressed very "scandalous", apparently. Not only was it her, but along with a couple of her classmates, most of them were Asian. Some students wore shorts that only reached their wrist or a crop top that exposed the back did not get dresscoded! She told me that these students were American. The staff is said that it is a learning environment and her clothing options may distract people. If it is a learning environment, how is a skirt going to distract her classmates? Not her fault. The schools rules definitely shows sexism and/or racism. I'm very disappointed and am thinking of moving schools for her.
Submitted by other on December 13, 2014

This school is horrible. Keep your child away from this school. The teachers are rude and don't care about education. The students are jerks and the rules at the school are unnecessary.
Submitted by other on November 06, 2013

the school is great except for some teachers. some are strict. I even almost got a detention for putting my backpack in the hallway by my class.i thought you can bring your backpack anywhere. I don't get how that was even close to getting a detention.
Submitted by other on February 23, 2013

I high recommend against sending your child to McKnight. I went there for two, almost three years and I can confidently say they have no idea how to handle bullying. I had to change schools because I was being tormented daily. The curriculum is very far behind, teachers don't seem to fully grasp what they're teaching, and most kids there don't care for education (look at the test scores!). A lot of kids do come from lower income families... and it shows. They're very "gang oriented" and are overall terrible kids to be around.
Submitted by other on January 09, 2013

I do not believe this school is all that great. The teachers don't feel like they really are knowledgeable of the subjects they teach and just instruct basic content obtainable from other sources. The community is what really bugs me. Most of the students aren't focused on learning and aren't very gentle. I do not like this school at all.