George Washington Bush Middle School
Tumwater, WA 98512
Phone: (360) 709-7400
District: Tumwater School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades 6,7,8 • 765 students
George Washington Bush Middle School, a public school located in Tumwater, WA, serves grades 6-8 in the Tumwater School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
George Washington Bush Middle School is a public school located in Tumwater, WA. 765 students attend George Washington Bush Middle School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 7/10 | 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 Smarter Balanced Assessment data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, and using 2025 Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science data from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. |
| Student Growth | 6/10 | 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 Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. |
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The teachers try there best but most kids at this school are very rude and violent having no manners or respect of keeping there mouths shut when they something rude, I feel sorry for the teachers this school is very good in my experience
Posted: March 13, 2025
no bro its horrid the admins are complete hog water and the teachers are scary
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Posted: February 20, 2025
This school is trash they let anything slide seen kids get punch and not get in trouble.
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Posted: May 23, 2024
Great school but some teachers think that they know everything and even when proven wrong still deny everything
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Posted: May 8, 2021
The school system during the covid pandemic went from bad to worse.
Ive been ruthlessly bullied for years and have reported it yet nothing happens.
No teachers have cared at all about the students and have yelled at us for failing when we are just trying to survive.
Character Strong hasnt done anything and the mental health support is horrible.
Dont go here.
Posted: May 8, 2021
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Posted: September 10, 2020
Our experience has been a bad one. I've not felt connected to any of my kids' teachers here. And they have not reached out towards my kids. I feel like students do their time (3 years), survive it, and then get out. Highly disappointing since our elementary and high school are so kind and well organized.
Posted: September 10, 2020
Teachers are fairly lax about deadlines. Either your child learns to handle the responsibility of handing things in on time, or they get more than one chance to do an assignment. Either way -- they get through and get out.
Posted: September 10, 2020
There are a few teachers my family has been happy with (Mr. Martin, Ms. Chevy). But most of the teachers don't bother to get to know my children, who are very quiet. My kids are routinely passed over, and are not reached out to. They have few memories of this place, which is for the best (sadly).
Posted: September 10, 2020
How are students supposed to develop these traits when the admins don't care about students, and rarely get involved? And when my kid can go here 3 years, and no one remembers them? BMS has a real lack of care when it comes to kids.
Posted: September 10, 2020
It is difficult to get in touch with administrators, and they rarely reply. When they do -- they brush off your concerns, and go back to business as usual. There is little to no communication when it comes to families. When we do hear something, it is usually 2-3 days before an event. It makes the admins and teachers look disorganized and ineffective.
Posted: September 19, 2019
Posted: September 19, 2019
The homework due dates are flexible making the lack of structure hard for students to manage their time well.
Posted: September 19, 2019
While there are some great teachers at this school (Mr. Martin). There are some teachers who take months to grade science projects, treat students like delinquents, and dont return emails to parents.
Posted: September 19, 2019
Posted: September 19, 2019
We had an issue with a particular teacher talking about my student using their name in her class in a negative way. The principal seemed to rarely be at the school or have time to meet with us. The issue was never really resolved and after we requested to meet with the principal, student, and teacher with us present... they met without us. The admin completely omits parents from being active participants in their child's school life.
Posted: September 19, 2019
I had a child in the sped class in and 3 years at the school the lead teacher was new every year making it hard to grow a successful program.
Posted: September 19, 2019
Terrible. We have one more child yet to enter middle and we wont allow them to attend unless the district gets a grapple on this school and overhauls the admin and teachers that need to move on.
Posted: June 22, 2019
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Posted: June 22, 2019
All of our kids have attended Bush Middle school and have flourished.
Posted: June 22, 2019
Posted: May 25, 2019
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Posted: May 25, 2019
The vice principal seems to want to weild his authority over the students at every opportunity. He insists on making his announcements during their lunch break and expects complete quiet during that time. Students are then threatened with having to sit by their home rooms rather than with friends if they take to long to be quiet. Lunch break should be students time to chat and socialize. Reward activities are often threatened to be removed if behaviour is deemed " disrespectful". There seems to be an assumption that all students will behave badly and there fore they are not treated as young adults but rather inmates.
Posted: May 25, 2019
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Posted: May 25, 2019
Among all the schools we've attended in the district, this is by far the worse. We never feel welcome on campus. There isn't any recognition of who my children are as people. They don't take the time to get to know families and treat them with respect.
Posted: April 10, 2019
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Posted: April 10, 2019
Terrible, all teachers at this school barely use skyward or have a google classroom, students can't check on what they missed. If a student is failing the teachers will still move on. There are huge learning gaps at this school
Posted: April 10, 2019
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Posted: August 20, 2016
This school is not really set up for kids who need special ed. services, Tumwater Middle is better suited for them , but some of the staff do try. The teachers rely on Skyward for communication with parents and unless you are checking it weekly or daily as the administration would like you to do it's easy to miss when your child is failing and the policy of not sending disciplinary actions taken home in a written form is problematic at best. In school suspension with no written explanation makes understanding hard.
Posted: May 8, 2015
The transition from elementary school to middle is awesome! They toured the parents and also gave information about the school, as well as the students. They have a test locker to practice. Waiting for the fall to have the real experience!!!
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