John Muir Middle School
Grades: 6-8
Students: 722
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher
Ratio: 18:1
Student-Counselor
Ratio: 454:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
1260 Branham Lane
San Jose, CA 95118
San Jose, CA 95118
(408) 535-6281
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
6/10
2/10
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Academic ProgressNA
College Readiness5/10
Community Reviews
Sadly this is the only second middle school near our home. People in the office are rude and disrespectful! Very unprofessional and don’t know any manners! Why work in an area where you cannot be professional and have manners! If you don’t like your job than leave
Posted by a parent on 12/9/2025This place is just genuinely terrible. Two years ago I walked into John Muir thinking 6th grade would be awesome. The result by the end of the year was me falling into depression. There are so many fights, kids getting bullied and constantly harassed, and the staff does nothing unless they like you.
Posted by a student on 9/9/2024This is probably the worst school I have ever been to. There is constant bullying at the school to the point where people are getting jumped, my friend even broke a bone! There was six fights in one week, kids are doing drugs in the bathrooms. The teachers and staff never do anything about the viole
Posted by a student on 11/23/2023John Muir is a great school go there and you will find out
Posted by a parent on 8/31/2022W john muir frfr honestly this school slaps, like i went there last year and now im at a different school and i hate it so bad compared to john muir. theyre's mad bullies and mean people but that's like 45% but the 55% of other students are mad cool. broo john muir was fun ash y'all needa go there
Posted by a parent on 8/31/2022Nearby Schools
Browse other schools near John Muir Middle School- Holy Family School
- PK-8
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- 286 Students
NAGreatSchools RatingParent Rating AverageI would not recommend any parent to enroll their child here. I came to them to enroll my child in the middle school and fulfilled all their requirements. At the last minute they pulled the rug from under our feet and put us on a waitlist. They kept on leading us to believe that our child's admission was pretty much done. I interacted with multiple folks in their office but later realized they enrolled more number of students than what they can actually intake and then they put you on a waitlist. They do a decent job of selling their institution. Well it was an unpleasant learning experience for us as they did not make it transparent! Anyways we were unceremoniously added to a waitlist. After a few weeks they emailed us that a spot had opened up. I enrolled my child as I was still interested.Within 2 weeks of enrolling we found that their after school person does not work collaboratively with parents or maybe works selectively with some parents based on her liking them or not. We requested a couple of small requests related to how much time she shows movies for kids in the aftercare. She works with an attitude of "my way or the highway!" In other words large part of the after school care is spent every day in movies - maybe 60 mins or maybe 90 mins! We do not know why the school does not hire a more energetic person to lead the after care program who is interested in providing kids more activities and NOT JUST MOVIES! If you want an environment that does NOT support your child's growth through the day in the school where they spend most of their day then this is the place for you! We withdrew our child and went elsewhere.The principal who joined in 2025 summer, is very approachable/ pleasant/ positive person and a solution finder but in this case she was not able to help us either!Other Review4mo ago - The Learning Company & Academy
- PK-1
- Private
- 9 Students
NAGreatSchools RatingParent Rating AverageOne thing that really helped our family a lot was the small classroom sizes, giving more teacher-student interaction and support.The staff is extremely caring and professional, and helped the children improve their knowledge and skills greatly.Other Review2y ago - Appleseed Almaden Montessori School
- PK-K
- Private
- 157 Students
NAGreatSchools RatingParent Rating Average
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- PK-8
- Private
- 137 Students
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San Jose schools - John Muir Middle School is located at 1260 Branham Lane, San Jose CA 95118. John Muir Middle School is in the San Jose Unified School District. John Muir Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6-8.
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