Jackson Heights Middle School

"This school is amazing! I love the teachers here and I made a lot of friends. I really like the freedom and a huge variety of electives to choose from. This school has a positive and comfortable environment. The only problem is the dress code. I think they should loosen it up a little and not give dress code for tiny little things."

"It's a very nice middle school & the facilities are great."

"Its an okay school. Some teachers are pretty horrible, granted, but most are great and nice and teach you about life instead of just school. It does need more election options, however. And the principle needs to work on her priorities, but other than that its pretty okay."

"Heyo, if you enjoy card board pizza, moldy cheese burgers, and biased teachers, then this is your school. This school has been awful (coming from an eith grade student). After spending over three years of my life here, I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy. During testing (Eoc, Fsa, 9 weeks exams, etc) the teachers could not be more naive about what the students are going through. During this time, teachers find it natural to give students twice as much work as usual and build up their stress (as if they need it during testing. Students are practically brain dead by this time because of all the stress and work build up). Also, if a biased dean is cool in your book, then this is a wonderful school for your tastes. Here, if it's your first lunch detention, and despite your pleas of innocence, the dean will still treat you as if your a homicidal murderer- BUT, if you have gotten a referral or suspension, then he'll talk to you like you're his best friend (and yes, this actually happens). Also, if low reputation teachers and educators are a go to for you, then you're in luck because 1/5 of what the students talk about are how teachers mistreat or sometimes even mentally harass them (Teachers will not be named, but situations will). For instance, near the end of the year, a student accidentally glued a piece of paper on the wrong page in their note book, and the teacher humiliated and degraded them along with their table for the rest of class. They were treated like two year olds. If you find that healthy for your child then go right on ahead. Not to mention that just in general, Jackson heights isn't known for their school pride and respect. Jackson height is formally known as "Jackson Fights" to others schools and is known for selling drugs in the bathrooms and notorious students who have had to be expelled (as well as fights if that wasn't implied in the nick name). Now, I know that school food isn't supposed to be the greatest treat for a kid, but when you look down at a cheese burger and see speckles of mold on the cheese, it's neasously disgusting. When you feel something hard in the sausage or find that a waffle can last up to six days outside without acquiring mold or bacteria, it begins to raise concern amongst the students. Something to also bring up, even though it's not seen to have straight forward bullying (such as shoving, kicking, brutal words, etc.) there is unfortunately a large diversity of inderect bullying that Jackson heights just continues to find new ways of doing. The entire school is literally split with popularity. It's "us verses them" in this school, and if you don't do what's "cool" or "trendy" then you are "them". Next, something that desperately needs to be brought up is sanitation. School bathrooms tend to be a nasty and fowl smelling place, but the unhygienic build up of bacteria is disgusting. It's clear that just about the only thing they clean in the bathrooms are the toilets. If you ask how I would know, then I'll just tell you that when someone presses the knob on the soap dispenser and soap falls onto the floor, it stays there for the rest of the year. Or (as disgusting as this may seam) if urine or blood get onto the floor or perhaps wall, it's also there for the rest of the year. Crayola marker lines the walls and words have been dug into the non-durable doors. Girls are too unnerved to use the girls bathrooms by the cafeteria because it seems to act like more of a hang out area or a place for students to skip class at. Let's talk about dress code for a second. If you don't have perfect skin, a tiny waist and wide hips, then you won't get away with wearing inappropriate clothing that most girls already get away with. Dresses that nearly go up to a girls panties are seen all around the school. You would think that this type of clothing isn't accepted, but as long as you're "attractive" then it's fine to administrators. To end this off, I would like to say that this school is notin the least bit a recommendation to others."

"10 rated school? Sure doesn't feel like it... I recently had my 11 year old son enrolled in Jackson Heights Middle School in the beginning of the year. When we enrolled I immediately was in shock of the location of the school. It isn't the nicest area for a 10 rated school, don't have me wrong if the school was nicer the location wouldn't be a problem. This wasn't the case at all, he came home extremely late almost at 5:15 at night, when school gets out at 3:55 all because of a fight on the bus. First of all Jackson Heights, you need to have a better way of keeping your students safe and secure. Surely there will be bad apples everywhere but when he started to get bullied in the first week I was in fact not going to let this happen anymore. Students were calling my son disgusting, stupid, and gay. His first week... He has some really tough skin because he told the bullies off. I was proud of him but once grown adults started talking down to my son I couldn't believe that this was happening IN A 10 RATED SCHOOL? Not naming names but teachers were threatening to throw chairs at the kids, screaming at the children, giving out lunch detentions for sneezing. Also the class level of the students is disgusting. No, bulling doesn't make you a better person, & I'm positive that's what these parents are telling their kids. & just the nerve these students have and the staff is disgusting! I recently decided that after 3 weeks of school this isn't the future I want for my child. We have decided to put him into a much safer and nurturing environment where he isn't put down. Jackson Heights Middle School is distrusting and Gross. What a hell of a school..."