West Lake Middle School

"This school is ok, it's not great. There are some things they can improve on. They should help fund art and music because those electives sometimes get forgotten because they seem unimportant but there are studies that show that art and music helps the brain. The school funds for new workspaces even though the spaces are fairly new. It would cost less to supply a few more music books or a couple new paint brushes. Another thing is that the teachers do not get to help students one on one because of the class sizes. That makes it hard sometimes. Bullying is another problem many kids face at this school. The good things about this school are the after school activities, the school spirit, and the assemblies. I got to be a part of an after school activity called Love Loss and Hope, it was amazing I made friends and by doing what i love (singing) i got to help fundraise and raise money for people in Puerto Rico who were hit by the hurricane."

"The teachers are great helpful and the kids love them. The counselors are also pretty accessible. However the administration is horrible. Bullies run the school. Students can abuse the teachers and get away with it. My kids missed out most of sixth and seventh grade because of uncontrollable students. I have had to pull my kids off of the bus and carpool with several other students in our neighborhood because of uncontrollable bullies... the administrators need to get some training and learn to do their jobs."

"If you send your kid here you are sending them to hell the teachers don't care about how the students feel. Most of the kids are falling under a huge amout of stress and it's all caused by the teachers"

"im a 7th grader in this school an i can say this school is not the best from what i could tell because the food is very down grade and the people are always varying and yet 30 percent of the people actually want to learn and it gives off a depressing mood and yet the teachers cant do much to help that."

"Went to 3 middle schools in Wake County, and West Lake was definitely my favorite! I came to West Lake in 8th grade from Lufkin Road. The teachers all were very, very kind to me and did everything to help with my transition. Loved West Lake, probably one of the best middle schools in the school district!"