Wm. E. Waters Middle School

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Yall should always allow students to use the rest rooms.

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Posted: September 29, 2025

I love this school as a student

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Posted: August 25, 2025

This school offers a wide range of courses and after school activities for students to participate in. The staff works together with parents to help students do well in school.

There are some student altercations that staff handles promptly and strictly, but professionally. The building is old but your student will have a pretty solid education.

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Posted: July 23, 2024

The school is a great place. My child transferred in from another district and felt comfortable in the school. I was initially reluctant, but my feelings changed once my child was at the school.

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Posted: February 2, 2024

I do not recommend this school to anyone who gets their feelings hurt easily. the majority of the students at this school talk about sexual topics, say profanity extremely often, and the teachers here are no better. Sure there are some teachers here that are pure gold and the staff are better behaved, but the majority of the teachers here use profanity and get off topic easily. Overall i will not recommend parents putting their child in this school for all of these reasons and two more. First, the school is poorly maintained. I personally have seen cockroaches and empty food/drink containers in the open lockers. The majority of the lockers are locked by the way. Second, the school gets threatened often. personally last year (2022-2023) waters middle school has 3+ bomb threats and this year (2023-2024) there was a shooting threat. I do not know if the future of this school is safe. Overall i will not recommend this school due to its bad reputation. Please consider homeschooling your child or go to a different school.

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Posted: October 5, 2020

Good School...I appreciate their positive affirmation during this overwhelming time and challenges that 2020 has impacted with virtual zooming!

Posted: October 5, 2020

Great Organization and sufficient with zooming!! They call and make sure parents are updated or need anything academically.

Posted: October 5, 2020

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They keep the students in line. Always keep parents informed.

Posted: October 5, 2020

I am pretty sure they are doing their best with everything that students or lacking. They always have encouraged students to be all they can be with pride and dignity
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Posted: October 5, 2020

They have 0 tolerance for bullying!! Never had a problem. Nor have I had any issues with my child.

Posted: June 12, 2018

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Posted: June 12, 2018

It's one of the best middle schools in Portsmouth

Posted: June 6, 2016

My daughter is in 7th grade. She's maintained honor roll the entire school year. She finished out with straight A's and I haven't got anything from the school about an academic award ceremony. Its so many honor students at this school that dont get any recognition for their hard work. Things like awards ceremonies motivate children to do better and maintain good performance because the school is showing appreciation. Very bad look for Waters Middle School.

Posted: June 6, 2016

Posted: June 6, 2016

Barely any homework at all. I think the teachers are too lazy. Most of the teachers just do enough to get by.

Posted: June 6, 2016

There is no integrity building by not acknowledging honor students. These kids do good without being told or watched over.

Posted: May 11, 2015

This is one of the worst schools. The teachers seem to not care about the students or their education. The kids are unruly and out of control. If your child isn't a fighter or an aggressor -beware. My child comes home and tells me about fights at school several times a week! I cannot wait to move so he can attend another school with better education and control of the students.

Posted: May 6, 2014

This school is by far the worst school that I have attended, not all of the teachers are professional about their jobs and do not take it seriously enough to care for their students. Further more their are very few diciplinary actions taking to avoid mishaps and bad children.

Posted: May 6, 2014

I'm a student. I despise my school and all of the teachers. With an exception of a few teachers. A few others really needs to be kicked off of the premises immediately, and banned from any contact with students or other teachers. This school has a seriously bad curriculum, and the establishment should be abolished. No one deserves the embarrassment of having this school on their record. So, fellow students, rate this school for what it is.