We moved to Auburn in January 2008 and within two weeks, my sixth grade daughter was begging me to homeschool her. The children routinely used very foul language with no consequences. Having my daughter hear the F word all throughout lunch is not my idea of what a good school allows their students
... Read more to do. Many children spoke so poorly that they were nearly unintelligable. The teachers would not correct their horrible use of the English language for fear of being non-PC. I have pulled both of my school-age children out of Auburn City Schools to homeschool them. After all the hype about ACS, I am sorely disappointed in them. My children will be getting a much better education at home than they would have gotten at ACS and without all the negative influences of the children who do attend there. Read less
Posted by a parent on 08/28/08
I have to say that my sons first year (7th grade) at Drake has been a year of repeating what he had already learned from previous schools he had attended. This school system does not offer but one advanced class per grade level. I have no idea how this school got such a high raking, which we used to
... Read more base our decision about moving to this area. We are moving to get away from this school system. We have never had any problems, of any kind; at previous schools (not in this area) attended by our son or daughter. I have had to deal with counselors that don t follow up with what they say they will do. This school has teachers that can t teach, the way they would like, for fear of some student s bad behavior, and don t discipline those student out of fear. Everything started out great, everyone was very excited and then 3 months into the school year everything stopped. Most teachers stopped updating their web pages( go to school web site and check for yourself) and then the only way to find out what was going on at school was emailing the teacher. Of course you can ask you child but, boys at this age just don t want to talk about school when finished for the day. I have tried to stay informed about what is going on with both of my children during this year of transition. I hope my commits help others who care about their children s education and what kind of obstacles they will face by attending this school. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/11/08
I just started going to this school and I already like it more than my elementary shool. I am on the panthers and all the teachers are great, epecially Mr. Jenkins. He is so cool!! He has a tiki hut in his room!! This year was the 50th year that drake has been standing. We all dressed 50's and had a
... Read more big celebration. The Skills For Sucess class is totally helpful and the teacher, Mrs. Williams, added to the package so well! Drake is the best school in Auburn! Read less
Posted by a student on 12/08/07
My child is being challenged only in math class & this is due to the excellent teacher. The band program is top-notch. While there are are some superb teachers, overall, this school is the weak link in the Auburn system.
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Posted by a parent on 03/01/07
This school is excellent! The teachers that my son had his two years at Drake were great! Band is offered in 7th grade. Mr.Denson is a wonderful band teacher, got kids that had never picked up an instrument, playing in no time. Dr. Jones is an exceptional science teacher and puts many after school
... Read more hours into Science Olympiad. My son was on the Science Olympiad team and they went to Regionals, State and even the Nationals! Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/28/07
This is one of this best school that my child has been to school at in auburn and opelika. Mrs.BeBe is always there to help the kids with anything and everything. The school is very safe. Mr. Jeffery Johnson, Asst. Principal at the school is very mean, but it's good on the students 'cause he knows what
... Read more the students can and he pushes so they can make it to the next grade. I have never seen and asst. principle do so much to make sure that his kids pass. Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/06/05
hey i am a student at Drake and i love the school so much and it's a great school. Mrs.BeBe keeps everything in check. She puts up with nothing but the best. We have fights like all schools do. She will call 911 if anyone stills fights or anything like that. It's a great school. We are split up in teams.
... Read more The six grader are on the panters or the comsic cats, lucky lepards, or the roarind tigers. The 7th grader are on the Bobcats,bearcat,cool courags, or Jaguars. well you go check the website out at auburnschools.org/drake Read less
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Student enrollment:
826
Students per teacher:
59
Full-time teachers:
14
Number of classrooms:
53
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Auburn schools — J F Drake Middle School is located at 655 Spencer Ave, Auburn AL 36832. 655 Spencer Ave is in the 36832 ZIP code in Auburn, AL The school district for J F Drake Middle School is the Auburn City School District. J F Drake Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6 - 7.
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