| School Name | Address | Phone | Grades | County | Type | District Name |
| Donelson Middle School | 110 Stewarts Ferry Pike
Nashville, TN 37214 | (615) 884-4080 | 5-8 | Davidson | public | Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools |
| Ethnic Background | Percent | Year |
| White, non-Hispanic | 37.5375 | 2009 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 51.952 | 2009 |
| Hispanic | 7.80781 | 2009 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 2.55255 | 2009 |
| Native American or Native Alaskan | 0.15015 | 2009 |
| Students Getting Free Lunch | Year |
| 70% | 2009 |
| Date | Who | Comments |
| 2/25/2012 | parent | All of the the teachers my child has had are fantastic. However, there is no sense of community. The Ptsa, if it exists, does very little. Parents and visitors are not welcome in the building during the school day. My child tells me that students get away with horrible behavior and it makes it difficult for the teachers to teach. In the 4 years my child has been there I've wanted to remove them a few times. It's the teachers that have kept me there. The administration provides no structure, no discipline, has very little to do with the students, and is not encouraging. As a matter of fact, they are down right unpleasant. It seems every year more and more extracurricular sports and fun events have been cut. If the students don't have fun events in school, then they won't enjoy being there! When is metro going to wake up and get an amazing administration in this school? We need our COMMUNITY SCHOOL to represent the community. Some of us have younger children moving up into middle school. It sure would be nice to not feel like we have to look for another school for our children. I , for one, do not feel comfortable sending another child through that enviornment! |
| 4/18/2011 | parent | It amazes me that my child who is in the 6th grade this year 2010-11 at DMS never has any homework. They give them class time to do their homework, but the teachers should be teaching during their class time not giving them free time every day. I appreciate them giving them a little time at the end of the day to work on homework, but they should have some homework or book reports, something to reinforce what they have learned. The teachers overall are good, but the discipline at the school could be better. Bullying is a realy problem at DMS, but I guess that is at every middle school. The PTSO is not active, and if the parents are not involved then the students are not going to be either. |
| 2/1/2011 | parent | This is not your average hand a kid a book and they will learn kind of school. This school is better for kids that need to learn out loud. My child went to Two Rivers for two years then Donelson for two and despite test scores learned more at Donelson. It is not a good school for kids that need quiet. It is very disorderly and easy to lose site of goals. It's my job to keep my kids focused and their job to teach. They do teach. |
| 9/25/2008 | parent | Teachers are unfriendly, lack of empathy, unclean and students are disruptive. My child is changing schools asap. |
| 5/11/2008 | parent | We are very disappointed. Although the music program is outstanding (band and strings), there are deficiencies in the quality of the curiculum across most of the subjects, especially math and reading. We hope that the administration will also make strides to improve or enforce their discipline guidelines. The disruptions in the classroom from lack of control of the children is I think the largest reason the school's performance has not improved over the last few years. |
| 2/29/2008 | other | I am shocked to see the parents in this school give 4 out of 5 stars to this school. This school has been under 'improvement 1' for the past 3 years. Parents,please, do your homework! Poor performance was attributed to 'low income' and 'minority' and yet if you look acroos to another part of town where some 70-90% are minorities, some of these schools have out performed Donelson MS. |
| 2/23/2008 | parent | Great teachers and very nice school |
| 1/29/2008 | parent | No discipline for students from the administration |
| 1/21/2008 | student | I went to dms for two years it was a great experience. I had realy good teachers , but the best teachers were in the 8th grade and there names are ms.Johns, ms.Souder, ms.Mitchell, mr.Patterson,and mr.Heim. They made my last year there the best. |
| 1/3/2008 | parent | This school is very good. I fell in love with the 8th grade teachers. They really make my child feel comfortable in school it means a lot to me Mr. Patterson, Ms Mitchell, Mrs Newcomb, Ms Johns, you guys are the best at what you do. Thank you |
| 9/7/2007 | parent | I can't say enough good things about the 8th grade at Donelson. Ms Johns is the best dressed teacher I've aver met. I particularly like here sleeveless dresses. Mrs. Newcomb is the most knowledgeable Language ! teacher in the school. Dr. Souder teachers grammar like nobody's business and Ms. Brown contacts parents so often the 9 button doesn't work anymore. Add to that the mathematics genius the eminates from 100 (Ms. Mitchell) and the overall greatness that is 109 (Mr. Patterson) this 8th grade is the anchor to a school that has served the Donelson community for the past 7 years. Thank you Donelson. |
| 7/29/2007 | parent | I am now interring my fourth year as a parent at Donelson Middle School. At the starting of my daughter's 5th grade year there I was pondering wether to let her go there, but with the experiences she has had and the friends she has made I don't know why I ever thought twice about letting her go there. I have to brag on the teachers they spend time explaining and helping every child until they get it and for that I am truly thankful. Another thing I love about Donelson is the music program. My Daughter has been in Band since day one and loves it. Thank you so much Sam Oliva and Keith Heim for giving our kids the gift of music. As my daughter is sad to let Donleson go, We are very proud and eager to pass on this Wonderful School to more students. THANKS DMS |
| 7/29/2007 | student | Its great there are alot of cool ppl and we have awesume dances and spring flings and our principal roxxxx! from Bethany Okeke |
| 5/4/2007 | parent | This school is the worst school for having subs. My son has had sub throughout the whole school year at least 2-3 different subs a week. Deviating from the lesson plans each time there is a sub hurst our childrens ability to learn their assignments effectively. Lack of supervision of these kids is hurting the kids |
| 2/24/2007 | parent | Donelson Middle has some good points but I am concerned over the administration lack of control and school discipline. |
