John W. Mcdevitt Middle School

75 Church Street

School District

Waltham
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on July 23, 2022

The school and staff have been very responsive to our adolescent and us as parents. The administration cares and the community is welcoming. There are always issues with being teens and in covid days it was challenging; but the school prepared well and the district ran WSchool Online with teachers from McDevitt who did an awesome job adapting and keeping instruction academic life going.
Submitted by student on March 01, 2022

This school was mostly okay, it had ups and downs, but the worst part was the bulling. I got barked at, called names, and taunted for what i wore. My teachers also did not respect my pronouns.
Submitted by student on January 14, 2019

This school was overall terrible. There were some positive things that appeared in this school but there was just so many things wrong about the school. Letting certain kids get away with a conflict while another gets an out of proportion consequence. Telling students they have a say in everything and should stand up for themselves. The rules were unfair and we were literally treated like 5 year olds.
Submitted by other on July 15, 2013

I honestly had a terrible time at mcdevitt because of strict unorginized teachers who make it hard to learn anything and bullies that annoying the living heck out of you and that destroy your social life and not to mention that none of the teacher do anything to stop the bullying,if you are looking to have a unproductive 3 years of your life go to mcdevitt middle school.