Gotha Middle School

9155 Gotha Road

School District

Orange County Public Schools
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on September 13, 2024

Fights are almost every week and kids are wearing inoppropriate clothing. Overall IT SUCKS!!!
Submitted by parent on April 18, 2023

Principal Emery only cares about dancing videos with students rapping, girls with shorts. No dress code, no ethics. Toxic school with daily fights, vaping, bullying, profanity, selling drugs, nudity/sex in bathrooms. Academics is not a priority. School rating is 3 out of 10 in. Admin. need to have more disciplin enforced, as students are out of control. They negatively affect the few good students in terms of behavior, attitude, and development.
Submitted by parent on January 14, 2023

Excellent principal and teachers that truly care about the development and well-being of students both academically as well as socially. The school offers a variety of electives to meet many interests - STEM, theater, music, etc.
Submitted by parent on January 28, 2022

this one of the best schools ever good friends good teacher they are all so nice but I was bad sometimes so I'm not going to put the blame on them
Submitted by parent on November 05, 2021

My daughter is loving middle school at Gotha!! We are so happy with the leadership and my daughter is thriving.
Submitted by parent on March 10, 2020

So glad my student is a Gotha Grizzly!
Submitted by parent on March 09, 2020

My daughter is loving middle school at Gotha!! We are so happy with the leadership and my daughter is thriving.
Submitted by parent on March 09, 2020

All of the negative reviews on this site are several years old. Gotha Middle is thriving! The atmosphere is positive and kids are happy to be at school and learning.
Submitted by parent on March 06, 2020

The current Administration has made this a wonderful learning environment and I would highly encourage parents to send their children here.
Submitted by parent on November 19, 2019

Our family's experience at this school has varied over the past 10 years (through 3 principals) from average to horrible to excellent now with Mrs. Emery at the helm. I am very pleased with how Gotha has rebounded from a terrible principal and think it will continue to improve over the next couple of years and will return to its A status. I am surprised at how low its rating is on this site and believe it will go up as parents realize how improved it is vs. a year ago.
Submitted by parent on March 05, 2019

The best school ever and no other school can top it
Submitted by parent on March 04, 2019

We have had a positive experience at Gotha and believe it is a good middle school. My gifted student has had interesting classes and been challenged in math, science and English.
Submitted by parent on July 31, 2018

My ‘gifted’ student received no additional support while at Gotha. No homework, no challenging classes and no one to ‘watch his back’
Submitted by parent on February 02, 2018

Zero this school needs a new leader with an effective plan to protect our kids from bullying
Submitted by parent on October 24, 2017

This school has administrators who are cowards. They allow bullying to occur regularly. They persecute kids who are different. And the police officer is in charge at their school.
Submitted by student on May 09, 2017

boring!!!!! the school need more fun to it
Submitted by other on January 29, 2017

Great school!! I would recommend this school to everyone.
Submitted by parent on December 07, 2016

The school has terrible classrooms and teachers.
Submitted by other on June 03, 2015

Great year! The new administration this year has really made a huge positive impact on this school. Can't wait for 2015-2016!
Submitted by parent on May 14, 2015

If you are zoned for this school I would recommend trying any way possible to get out. The teachers are fine, but the administration is possibly the worst I've ever encountered. They are only worried about their rating and shuffling the kids out to make them someone else's problem. Discipline is outright ignored and the students well being are the least of their concern.