Natomas Middle School in Sacramento | Military Town Advisor

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	2/10	The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) data from California Department of Education, and using 2025 California Science Test data from California Department of Education.
Student Growth	2/10	The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from California Department of Education.

Posted: March 11, 2025

The school is terrible I see kids getting bullied all the time, Also the kids are no hope, no future. My son kaihan has been bullied by a kid named jaquavious and i am very upset. My son also keeps complaining saying that the food there is terrible and he wants to move schools. To my perspective this school is terrible as I went in and I saw kids fighting and its like a arena in there kids harassing others even though they didn't do anything and also kids are so distracted on there phones and outside theres this one kid and he screams all the time and the teachers don't do anything about also I could understand why this school has such a low rating. Don't go to this school only if u want ur child well educated.

Posted: March 11, 2025

Posted: December 2, 2022

i hate this school i been here since 6&7 and its been bad its figth 24'7 and it not safe the like to put eating food in our lunch and the treacher here are super racees it super bad i hate it here never will ilet my kids come here our me cuz it bad everbody figth and make fun of big pepole and have a expose page

Posted: December 2, 2022

Posted: October 12, 2022

This school should be defunded. the bullying is out of control. that vice principal runs the place like a juvenile correction facility rather then a school. as far as I'm concerned don't waste your time with this school.

Posted: October 12, 2022

Posted: March 9, 2022

From a student currently in this school, it's trash. The food taste like dried cauliflower with cardboard on the side. There are fights every other day and everybody is saying the n-word. The homework is okay but It's ehh. I hate almost all the teachers. There are a lot of rumors. But I would recommend this school if you want your kid to have character. I am warning you if your kid is in 7th grade and acts like they are in the 5-6th grade they will get bullied so be warned. Other than all that the school is okay and just get with the right people and keep your head low.

Posted: March 9, 2022

Posted: March 1, 2020

Nobody tries to improve the kids here, they just yell at them and then talk about how great it is to be IB or some other shish nobody understands. We get it- you guys are proud to be constantly stressing out your students- but why do you think we care? It means nothing to us that the school is IB, they just get fewer opportunities to have enjoyable classes.

Posted: March 1, 2020

The only thing Ive seen leadership do is set up a few games at back to school night and the talent show. Apart from that, they gave us the wrong textbooks and dont really affect the school community from what I can tell.

Posted: March 1, 2020

Personally I have no experience with anyone at school with a learning disability since they put them all in separate classes, so I wouldnt know.

Posted: March 1, 2020

Literally all they do is put up anti-bullying posters and yell at people who are fighting rather than actually find out whats wrong or deal with it like mature people.

Posted: March 1, 2020

Ive had much better experiences before. Plenty of people are aware that the school is awful, but those of us who care have no power there.

Posted: March 1, 2020

I think the fact that you can get an office referral for saying scroll down is enough on its own. Theres plenty of other examples, though.

Posted: August 31, 2019

Our new principal started about a year ago, and he has very high expectations. He has effectively led us in reducing the suspension rate by 50%, while increasing the number of students on the honor roll.

Posted: August 31, 2019

We have a lot of children at our school who come from diverse backgrounds, including children with learning disabilities. These children are frequently recognized at awards ceremonies for their academic achievements and strong character traits.

Posted: August 31, 2019

We are working on it! Again, weve been able to reduce suspension rates by 50% in the past year, largely by cracking down on and preventing fights on campus. The PBIS system and Restorative Justice Program have both been integral to this progress.

Posted: August 31, 2019

I love being a parent to an NMS student. There are so many ways for me to be involved. Ive learned so much about diversity and community, and really enjoyed participating. We are one of the most diverse schools in the state. We have a new principal who began leading us last year, and he brought high expectations with him. We have rigorous academic standards and work hard to help every child achieve their full potential. This school is based in the community and full of hardworking teachers and administrators who love what they do and believe in the children there. They've successfully reduced the school's suspension rate by 50% through the implementation of Restorative Justice. There are so many opportunities for parents to be involved, too! PTSA, School Site Council, PBIS... and so many clubs for kids to enjoy! We are even starting a new Garden Club where we will be growing organic veggies right on campus. We envision a middle school community where every child is successful, every family is engaged, every teacher is inspired, and everyone belongs.

Posted: August 31, 2019

My child is in honors classes at this school and works very hard to maintain is 4.0 GPA. NMS is an International Baccalaureate school, with rigorous standards!

Posted: August 31, 2019

They are engaged and committed to serving this diverse community of students, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Supporting activities and clubs, and leading Restorative Justice circles, many of the teachers go above and beyond teaching in the classroom.

Posted: August 31, 2019

We practice the Panther Way, teaching students the importance of values like integrity and risk taking.

Posted: February 14, 2019

Experience at this school has been terrible. Starting from the first day of school. I have voiced my concerns to the teachers, assistant principal, and the principal. My child has had a horrible year from bullying to teachers who have no desire to teach. I am highly dissatisfied and I'm looking to change school next year if I have to pay to go private it would be well worth it.

Posted: March 1, 2018

This school is a joke. I have a 4.0 student who started at this school and cries daily cause she is afraid to go to school. Taking her our immediately. The way the kids are allowed to do whatever they want to whomever they please is infuriating.

Posted: March 1, 2018

This school is shameful and much worse than anything you see in the movies.

Posted: January 29, 2018

Horrible. Terrible. Despicable. Deplorable. Disgusting. Incompetent staff.

Posted: January 29, 2018

Teachers have no control of the classrooms.

Posted: January 29, 2018

Administration does not return calls or follow through. When you finally get a call back it is two days later at 7 or 8 pm!!!!

Posted: January 29, 2018

My son finally fought back against bully and got more punnishment than the bullies.

Posted: October 10, 2017

So far...2017 school year has been horrible. My son has majority sub teachers...who are incapable of teaching. Some try...others literally let kids play on phones or call them names. I am doing everything possible to expose them and move my son.

Posted: October 10, 2017

Posted: May 17, 2017

Overall our experience at NMS has been very positive. Our students have, for the most part, had excellent teachers that they have learned from and enjoyed. They have had the opportunity to participate in things that they would not have had at other schools, such as orchestra. More importantly, however, NMS has provided our students with the opportunity to interact with others from a wide variety of situations and circumstances. They have learned that not everyone is like them. They have learned how to work with others and how to overcome challenges and how to appreciate people based on who they are rather than on the basis of socioeconomic level, race/ethnicity, or other factors. Because of this they are better equipped and better prepared.

Posted: May 17, 2017

In general the teachers of my students do not assign an inordinate amount of homework, which I appreciate as homework plays little to no role in student learning unless it involves practical application. As a parent I have more impact on my students education than homework does.

Posted: May 17, 2017

The majority of teachers that my students have had at NMS have been effective in increasing their skills and knowledge. My students have especially enjoyed the orchestra program and one of my students saw a huge improvement in their ability and confidence in math because of one of their teachers. However, unlike GreatSchools assertion, we believe that we, the parents, are the most important factor in our children's education.

Posted: May 17, 2017

While we believe that character development is our job as parents, we find that NMS has provided good opportunities for character development. As an International Baccalaureate World School, character traits are highlighted and modeled on a regular basis. NMS has provided us with the opportunity to have many positive conversations with our students about character development and one of our students was recognized as being an IB student of the month based on character.

Posted: May 17, 2017

Leadership is communicative and strives to do the best that it can. In general we have been pleased with the leadership.

Posted: May 17, 2017

I can't speak to this as it doesn't apply to my students, however based on my observations the staff seems to be supportive and caring.

Posted: May 17, 2017

In general, bullying is another area that we believe is a responsibility of parents. Our students have experienced one or two instances of bullying at school; however, as they were not physical altercations, we chose to use the experience as an opportunity for our students to think outside of themselves. We talked about why the other student might act this way, what some appropriate responses might be, and how we can engage in open communication with people who might think or believe differently than us without being offended.

Posted: September 12, 2015

This school is bad mostly due to the low income families that send their children to Natomas Middle School. I chose to leave the are entirely because of this horrible school. I don't know why this school is still operating. All staff and administrators should be fired.

Posted: June 12, 2015

on 6/10/15 I wanted to register my child at this school for junior high because our home school was full. It looks nice on the outside and inside, but I had not had a chance to read the reviews. After reading and looking at the student test scores, which to me says everything. It just sounded like an environment that even children that are very focused would have a hard time learning, and teachers would have a hard time teaching, with all the chaos going on. test scores are proof of that. I decided to go back and tell them I no longer wanted to enroll her there, I will just check out other schools even if I have a long commute, or have to go private which would be hard financially. When I was waiting in the office a parent came from outside to tell the staff that when he came to pick up his child from the summer program a group of other children, enrolled in the program as well, threw a rock and hit his son while they were leaving the school. When the father turned to say something to see who did it, another rock was thrown at the father and hit his car and dented it. The father and son seemed so nice and the son just looked traumatized, I will not forget his face.That is just horrifying to me! Kids actually bullying the parents! That's unheard of and definitely fits the reviews and I only spent 30 minutes at the school. The worst part is that the staff member a male that was in charge of the summer program and may have even been the principal, his reaction to the situation with the children that threw the rocks. He had the father point them out, and then told the children "If I cant trust you to hang out outside on breaks, you will have to stay indoors on breaks." WHAT?!!!!!!!!! They through rocks at an adult and child just trying to leave the school hitting the child and damaging a car, and that is the discipline? The parents should have been called, suspension, detention, you name it. This guy could not have cared less, and he basically gave the kids a green light to repeat the behavior! Unbelievable!!! On a positive note office staff seemed nice, but I could see why they would feel incredibly overwhelmed. I would never send a child here until they get it together. The school district needs to get involved!

Posted: February 24, 2015

I'm a student so listen to someone in the school! This school is great and it offers many programs. The teachers and students here are kind. I rarely see bullying. I rate this school a 5!

Posted: August 1, 2014

HORRIBLE SCHOOL....DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE! The staff nor the teachers so not care about the students.

Posted: July 28, 2014

This is a horrifying school. I moved my daughter immediately. The bullying, harassment, lack of teacher involvement is appalling. To see the cops there every single day is a little bit unnerving. Your children are not safe at this school. Run as fast as you can.

Posted: May 12, 2014

This school is a great school. Or should I say- WAS a great school. Don't get me wrong here- the school has more than enough things to make a student earn a brighter future. This is middle school. This is where the PARENTS step in. It gets me quite frustrated when everyone judges the setting of the event, not the characters or cause of it. For example- bullying. Its the parents of the bully who raise such an ignorant child. Keep in mind here- the student is 12-14 years old whilst the parent is an average of 30 -40 years old. MUCH MUCH more experience, right? Exactly. The parents of the bully are unintelligent, brainless, and mentally incapacitated. They are the ones to take the blame. They are the kind of people you'd see on an episode of Maury or Jerry Springer. I dislike when people get the school confused with the bully. Think about it- this school has something 10 star schools don't often have- diversity. Its tough for the teachers to handle ignorant students but they're doing it to the best of their ability. The bullies need to be taken care of by their parents. I have seen a victim defend herself from a bully and get suspended. Once again- it was bad parenting.

Posted: May 11, 2014

Natomas Middle School is a very dangerous school, parents be careful. They have gone through many principals, not sure why. The police seem to be called almost daily, I've never heard of a middle school where the students get to watch their pre-teen friends handcuffed and driven away in a police car. Not to mention the traffic and security is almost nonexistent. They are trying to correct things yet the student s safety should be the first focus. It's not... This is the type of school that has very little oversight. When a student has their belongings stolen out of a locker and then they see their belongings a day or 2 later with another student, that student should be comfortable enough to go to the teachers/principal (if there is one) for help. The student in this example will not and won t tell on the other student because they don't want to get beaten up. That should say it all; students are scared to get beaten up by other students in this school for just trying to do the right thing. Terrible leadership at the school level and at the district.

Posted: March 12, 2014

I'm a parent and my daughter is currently going to this school. I wish I could leave a great review, but the staff doesn't take care of the school and the teachers are just the same, they are so few that are worth mentioning. For example the music teacher, he encourages the kids to do so much and push them to their limit. I honesty think that if all were like him the school would be so far ahead of other school. But if they don't do something to fix this this school will end up being a reject school instead of a good school. Also the safety of the students that go to this school is appalling, there are many students constantly being bully and no one in the school staff is doing anything about it. My daughter was bully in lunch and no one of the supposedly campus staff did anything about it. I just wish they would open their eyes on this school and do something about it before is to late and they end up being another school run over by kids instead of the staff.

Posted: November 13, 2013

This school was great two years ago when my daughter went there in 7th grade and it went completely downhill from there. My youngest child is now here and its gotten even worse. It seems as though the principal does not have control of the school and the really great vice principal that seemed to hold things together left this year. I am sad to say that the staff have no control over the children and this makes it difficult for the children who want to learn to do that. I have spoke to the principal about my concerns so many times and nothing gets corrected. I have gone to the district and again they do nothing. It seems that the staff is there for a job only and don't care about our children. Pathetic and I am sad to say that my kids feel this too. There are a couple teachers that have given above and beyond and show the students they care, but most do not. This is our 3rd year at this school, one more year to go and I am glad to say we are done!! I will never refer this school to anyone in our community and I deal with people on a regular basis in this community.

Posted: November 12, 2013

I am a parent of 3 children attending this school 2013 - 2014, one of my children has been bullied since day one. Recently I decided to observe the school and the classrooms. Not to my surprise did I see the lack of discipline in 8 out of 10 students. I was appauled by the behavior and disrespect the students portrayed. I happened to be there on a day that a Board meeting was taken place, therefore every classroom had a Subsitute teacher. It seemed to me that the teachers had no control over the classroom. The school is way over crowded. It obviously showed the lack of parenting in the way the students interact. It seems that the problems that exists are not being addressed. Bullying and students are way out of control. The superintendent at this school district should be aware of the reviews and take serioius ACTION before it's too late. Just a note of advice, if you are planning to send your child to this school think elsehwere! Or visit the school before you enroll. Let me also include that the staff really do their best to manage the classrooms, but there's only so much they can do.

Posted: August 23, 2013

Terrible! The inmates are running the institution. I feel bad for the staff, this place is outta control - they are helpless. The fabulous front office help is a great indicator of what's to come.

Posted: February 3, 2013

I should have listened to the ratings about this horrible school. We recently moved from the Livermore area my daughter has always been a great A and b student never had trouble with no one. Till now ever since she started 2012 school yr 7th grade here she has had nothing but get BULLYED!! Peer pressured, ect. Nothing is ever done about it by staff. I'm tired and can't see my daughter in tears anymore...

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