Chamblee Middle School in Chamblee | Military Town Advisor

Category	Rating	Details
Test Scores	9/10	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 Georgia Milestones End-of-Course (EOC) Assessment data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement, and using 2025 Georgia Milestones End-of-Grade (EOG) Assessment data from Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement.
Student Growth	4/10	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 Georgia Governor's Office of Student Achievement.

Posted: March 25, 2026

Chamblee Middle School deserves a strong 5-star review for the well-rounded experience it provides students and families.

The academic environment is both challenging and supportive, with teachers who clearly care about student growth and push kids to reach their potential. Theres a strong emphasis on building foundational skills while also encouraging critical thinking and independence.

What stands out most is the diversity and inclusiveness of the school community. Students are exposed to different perspectives and cultures, which creates a more enriching and real-world learning environment. It feels like a place where all kids can find where they belong.

Communication from the administration is consistent and transparent, and theres a clear effort to keep parents informed and engaged. The leadership team is visible, approachable, and focused on continuous improvement.

The extracurricular sports, clubs, or arts, give students plenty of opportunities to explore interests beyond the classroom and build confidence.

Overall, Chamblee Middle is a strong, well-balanced school with a committed staff, engaged families, and a positive culture that sets students up well for high school and beyond.

Posted: March 25, 2026

Posted: October 28, 2025

Hello there, I am a student here and I mainly like it here, but today my friend has been served moldy bread, and they don't give you enough food, these are growing children, not kindergartners, feed us more!!!!!

Posted: February 29, 2024

the teachers are very nice and helpful but the staff is really bad the only staff member that is nice is Dr.Stovall and the school food is discusting.

Posted: February 29, 2024

Posted: November 17, 2023

A current student here, our teacher tried to have us eat food in class as a treat before thanksgiving breaks. However, she was sick the day of, so we had to go to the cafeteria. However, a teacher (not going to say any names) said we could not eat it. We bought this food and we could not bring it. Waste of fricking food. And the worst part? A class was having a party right after the break, and they were allowed to have it! Don't go here. I'm warning you. It sucked.

Posted: November 17, 2023

Posted: October 16, 2023

The educational part of the school is average and most of the teachers are fair with homework and discipline. The state of the school, however, is an entirely different thing. Today at school, a girl was served moldy food from the cafeteria. Do you know how many students depend on the cafeteria for safe, healthy food? Another big problem: the bathrooms. In the (girls) bathrooms, there are broken locks, clogged toilets, toilet paper on the floor, and I found hairballs as big as my fist on the floor today. Also, there are never paper towels or toilet paper. One time somebody wrote a whole paragraph on how much they hated someone on the wall of a bathroom stall! I feel like the school can spare money on fixing locks in the bathroom and giving us paper towels. Speaking of fixing things, there are many lockers in the 8th grade hall that are falling out of the wall! It is very concerning to me. On a more positive note, the dress code has been changed and is more fair to our female students now, as showing our shoulders isn't against the rules anymore. CMS has a lot of room for improvements, but it isn't the worst school academically.
Extra: Great learning and racial diversity, a very inclusive school with kind teachers who care about teaching (at least in the gifted program)

Posted: October 16, 2023

Posted: May 4, 2023

Hi, I am a student here, and I just want all the parents to know they don't send your kids here. Whatever you don't send them here. Here is the reason why you can't send them here. First, they don't clean up. Second, they have a lot of bugs. Third, they had a rat on my bus, and it was dead. And they always run out of paper towels in the bathroom. Fourth, the bathroom doesn't have doors. The toilets always have poop in there, which is very nasty.
So I recommend your child find another school that has better reviews.

Posted: May 4, 2023

Posted: April 17, 2023

The teachers and admin staff at this school are non-responsive! When they finally do respond they have terrible attitudes and are nonchalant. During the two years at this school my child has endured racism from other students and extremely immature and taunting behavior from a teacher who doesnt teach. Administration doesnt care and treats you like another number.

Posted: April 17, 2023

Posted: February 22, 2023

I am an eighth grader in the magnet program at Chamblee Middle School. The magnet program is a group of gifted students that are fed into Chamblee Middle School from Kittredge Magnet School. For the most part, students in the magnet program are given great opportunities to thrive in an educational environment. Outside of the magnet program, the school is pretty much a dump. The school has students spend two periods a day on "connections". These include classes you would find in a normal school like Physical Education, Art, and Health. These classes are somewhat pointless (especially parts of Physical Education, where literally all we do is run laps). Then there are connections like Exploratory, Business Education, and Invention and Innovation. These classes are completely useless. It feels like the teachers spent 2 minutes putting together a curriculum that's only purpose is to keep us in the school building for an extra two hours. For instance, in Business Education, the only thing we did was watch Shark Tank and videos on why cyber bullying is wrong. I could list things like that for all connections, but I'd like to make a better use of my 2500 characters. Even worse than the classes, some of the "teachers" act like they could have just gotten out of prison. While, yes, some of them are great, I feel like most of them have terrible attitudes and undeserving take their anger out on their students. Not to sound biased, but the students outside of the magnet program (and occasionally inside the magnet program) generally make bad decisions. Vandalism is prominent at our school, as well as all forms of bullying, verbal and physical. The school itself is a mess. The janitors barely do their jobs, and there's stuff all over the floor. The lights in the Boy's locker room have been out for months now. As well as the kiln in the art room. Vandalism that appeared at the beginning of the year is still there. I've begun to wonder whether we actually have janitors or not. In summary, Chamblee Middle School surely deserves their 1 star rating. There's countless other options for education in Atlanta, and if you're considering where to send your child, I promise you that Chamblee Middle School is not the right choice.

Posted: February 22, 2023

Posted: January 6, 2023

My child was at a local elementary school and automatically transferred to this middle school. Her first year was virtual and a complete disaster. When she went back in person, I didnt believe her that it was a train wreck. My kid took some photos with her Chromebook of things like giant holes in the ceilings dripping water, thermostats that read 83 degrees, and more troubling topics. I started listening to the stories of teachers screaming at the 12 year olds about how they will fail in life and how no one cares about them. My child also has called me multiple times at school about how the administration dress coded her for wearing skirts while the boys are in booty shorts and some with no shirt on at all. My daughter just had gym class last term, and she said the county was there examining the rat infestation in the locker rooms. Personally, I find that disgusting and I wouldnt go to school in these conditions. Teachers also are in high demand. One teacher got fired and hired a week later because there was no one to fill the roll. Some teachers have been incredibly helpful but most are awful and dont even teach, while still expecting the kids to learn the information. In my own experience being in the car line, at dismissal and picking up my child early, and that type of deal, the administration has too much power. They give ISS for anything and they take kids phones without warning. My daughter even told me a sub tried to take a diabetic girls phone while she was checking her blood sugar. This is unsafe and unfair. The school may look ok from the outside and at open house, but its an outrage. Id pull my kid out of the school gladly, but she has so many friends and says shell just wait it out until she gets to high school. If youre gonna send your child here, think twice. Maybe the extra money for private school is worth it.

Posted: January 6, 2023

Posted: June 13, 2022

Hello,Im currently a student at Chamblee Middle School and since its summer,I wanted to write a review about my last year experience. I think Chamblee Middle is an ok school but has a lot to fix.The bullying is one of the things. Ive never gotten bullied a lot but other have and its horrible. The lunch is also something. The students at Chamblee shouldnt be served frozen milk with a uncooked burger as a meal. The teachers dont really help the situation too. Most of them were ok but some of them made school miserable. The last thing is about the bus. When I went on the bus,It took me an hour to get home but I literally live only 3 minutes away from the school.Their also arent enough bus drivers so its very understaffed. In conclusion , Chamblee Middle School isnt the worst school but i wouldnt recommend it.

Posted: June 13, 2022

Posted: April 18, 2022

Hi there! Im a 7th grader currently at Chamblee Middle School.
I give it three stars and heres why:

Overall, I enjoy and look forward to coming to school everyday. My friends are great as well as my fellow classmates and everyone in my grade is pretty supportive. My teachers last year were questionable, but this year? They are amazing! I love all but one teacher (which is good considering its middle school). Im taking Spanish 1 at the moment and the teacher is incredible, Ive learned so much! All my core classes are great other than Social Studies, which I am not learning anything and I honestly feel bad for the teacher.
Something I wish was different was Chromebook supply. If you are sending your child here, get them a personal laptop AND apply for a school Chromebook even if your child doesnt use it everyday. Speaking from experience, the school runs low on Chromebooks on state testing days and having your own will save you 6 hours waiting in the cafeteria for a computer. Though I wouldnt rely on a school Chromebook on a day to day basis, considering that they fall apart very easily and the school cannot replace it until at least a couple months. Bathrooms are a bit unsanitary but work at the moment. Most teachers do their job well and all classrooms just got updated smart boards which makes learning a lot easier on kids and teachers. The administration is a bit overbearing and overall disorganized.

**Kittredge Kids & Parents**
If you are coming from Kittredge Magnet school, you will be separated from everyone else. These kids are divided into a different team (or group of teachers and kids) called 7C and 8C (depending on your grade level). 7C and 8C always get these special privileges and the school uses and treasures these students as a way to brag about what great staff and programs they have. Ive heard its a ton of homework and kids absolutely hate it. So, try to stay out of that if you can.

If you can get into 6A, 7A, or 8A, thats your best option. But of course some teams may have different accommodations for different people.

Middle schools are rough all over, but Chamblee isnt the worst. If private schools an option, Id go with that but this is a great alternative public school. Very safe and lots of Dekalb security out front.

Posted: April 18, 2022

Posted: March 27, 2022

Please do not ever take your kids here. Bathrooms are discusting, school food is worse then usual, the administrators think that they can just send kids home crying and give them suspension over small things like talking while in like ( YES this happened to a kid before.) There is so much bullying everywhere and instead of dealing with them they spend time yelling at kids who talked during " the moment of silence" which is a useless 7 second period of silence that does absolutely nothing.This school can make kids feel insecure and stressed. Once again, school not recommended.

Posted: March 27, 2022

Posted: January 27, 2020

Awful. Please take your kids to a better school. They will be respected and feel like they are in a safe environment.

Posted: January 27, 2020

My math teacher would assign homework and literally just post the answers on the board. She was AWFUL at explaining and wouldn't even go over the problems.

Posted: January 27, 2020

There are a handful that are somewhat okay but the rest are just disappointing. They do not know what respect is and will yell at you and taunt you with the thought of getting ISS or detention.

Posted: January 27, 2020

How can we learn respect when we are not even being respected?

Posted: January 27, 2020

I was threatened multiple times, punched in the stomach in the gym locker rooms, and treated horribly by others and there was nothing done about it.

Posted: July 1, 2018

My older daughter attended this school three years before and we had a much better experience. They violated my younger daughter's civil rights due to her medical condition and it took the administration almost five months to resolve it and the principal did not come to one meeting. I was about to file a formal complaint against the school when they finally agreed to comply with the law. There were continuous issues with communication with the administration and principal on any important issues we had. The last week of school my daughter was a victim of cyber-bullying and nothing was ever done to resolve it. They simply asked her to not come back to school the last few days. I could write paragraphs and paragraphs about how terrible my daughter's eighth grade was. We really expected more from the school.

Posted: August 27, 2017

Great School !! First year and we're very happy with the teachers and experience.

Posted: June 11, 2017

My child experience was not peer bullying, but teachers.

Posted: June 11, 2017

Most teachers lack integrity, compassion and respect at this school.

Posted: June 11, 2017

The principal does not follow up. High principal turnover.

Posted: June 11, 2017

Not a good experience. All around improvement needed.

Posted: June 11, 2017

Additional training needed. Teachers should be able to work with ALL students.

Posted: April 9, 2017

We sent our child here from 6th - 8th grade and regret it. In the 3 years here, I can count on one hand, the number of teachers that I would consider strong. There are some that are absolutely abysmal. And there tends to be a lot of turnover. My child had 3 English teachers and 2 science teachers in 6th grade. The principal and leadership are weak and let many of the kids run around crazily. Fights are common and learning is rare. The other major issue at CMS is that it is two schools within 1 school. There is the magnet program and the resident program. On one side of the school is the magnet students and on the other side of the school is the resident side. The magnet students get priority over the resident students in everything. The magnets are told they are smarter and more special even though there are many resident students that haven't been lucky enough to get their name drawn in the lottery. It makes for a very divisive atmosphere among students and even parents. Magnet students get smaller classes, more individual attention, and are treated as the "cream of the crop" while resident gifted/high achiever students are crammed into classes of 30+ students with inferior teachers in many cases.

It is so bad that we are opting out of Dekalb County Schools next year. Those in the magnet program may feel the school meets their needs, but if you can't "win" the lottery I would advise to look elsewhere.

Posted: April 9, 2017

Nope. Fights occur frequently and bullying appears to be an ongoing issue.

Posted: April 9, 2017

Gifted/High achieving students on the resident side are short changed.

Posted: April 9, 2017

Typical Dekalb County. 3 principals in three years. The one last year seemed relatively effective, but left for Gwinnett County. The current one is not effective at all.

Posted: April 9, 2017

Fights are common and there is little leadership from the administration.

Posted: April 9, 2017

In the three years at CMS, I can count on one hand the number of effective teachers that my child has had.

Posted: April 9, 2017

Homework is almost non existent in gifted/high achiever classes on the resident side.

Posted: February 9, 2017

In my mind this is something that is taught at home and enforced in schools.

Posted: February 9, 2017

Teachers give out a lot of homework, too much in my view (hence the agree and not "strongly agree"). Sometimes I feel that the quantity of homework given out in public schools is intended to compensate for what the kids aren't getting in the classroom. It puts a little bit of a burden on the parents, but it also forces the kids to develop time management skills that will be necessary later in life.

Posted: February 9, 2017

School has improved greatly over the past five years. The building is relatively new (10 years old), student body is diverse, teachers are hit and miss but many of the less motivated teachers have retired over the past few years. The school grounds and sports/recreation fields could use some attention (track in particular). Ultimately the school has improved as the community around it has transitioned from that of mostly retirees and upper middle aged empty nesters to young families with school aged children that are moving here because of the strong schools and supportive city (Brookhaven).

Posted: January 28, 2015

I used to love going here- until this semester. There has been a big bullying case in the magnet side and people have been reporting it, yet nothing has happened to the bully the past times people have reported it. It is serious verbal bullying and threats that need to be taken care of. The teachers are amazing but the vice principals in 6th and 7th grade lack a lot. I also do not feel respected or independent here at all. They watch literally everything that you do. They like to threaten students with silent lunch and ISS. I also hate the orchestra program. The teacher has little respect for his students.

Posted: June 1, 2014

Chamblee Middle School has been a great fit for my rising 7th grader. We did the "shadow-for-a-day" Bridge program about a couple weeks before 6th grade began. My child didn't have any "locker issues" (at least that I know of). The principal is extremely responsive and supportive. Ms. Jackson typically responds back to an email in less than 24 hours. She fully supported the Chess Club bringing in an outside instructor who, of course, passed the county's requirements. The 6A teaching team was also extremely responsive with any questions that I had. The band program pushes the students to excel!

Posted: February 24, 2014

My child recently started in the CMS Magnet program and so far we are very pleased. Teachers and staff do their very best. This is a big improvement from our child's previous school. Our child complains that the teachers give a lot of work. That makes us happy because that means more opportunity for learning. By the way, our kid works hard and makes straight "A"s, so for me this is proof of good teaching. The biggest problem in K12 education in my opinion is lack of discipline. Any school's staff is prevented from applying any meaningful punishment, so they contact the parents. I have seen so many parents blame the teacher or school rather than taking personal responsibility for their child's future. Parents: if you want your child to succeed, YOU have to spend time with them every night. Get involved. Work WITH teachers. Punish your child if they misbehave in school, but also praise and encourage and reward them when their grades are rising. Don't do their homework for them, but support them. Explain why they are working - to build a successful future career which will allow them to have the lifestyle they want. It's up to you...

Posted: October 7, 2013

coming from a magnet student, the school overall sucked, but the learning experience was pretty good and smooth. just beware the administrators and Mr. Coile

Posted: May 3, 2013

I am.. okay with this school. Some of the teachers are nice, but demanding. Some don't teach and are very mean. The students in the magnet program always get the special treatment, and resident students are left in the dust. I like this school sometimes because it is challenging at times. It can have exciting events, and fun activites. I dislike this school because sometimes students are threatened with ISS or detention because of silly things. For example, one teacher almost gave me detention for going up the 8th grade staircase, instead of the main stairs because I am in 7th grade. As well as being threatened, students are taken the privilege of having fun. At prep rallies, students are forced to go into the gym, hear extremely loud music, and hear teachers introduce sport team members a hundred times. Then, students sit there doing nothing.

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Chamblee, GA 30341

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