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John Adams Middle School

Grades: 6-8
Students: 806
Type: Public
6/10
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 21:1
Student-Counselor Ratio: 463:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
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Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
2425 16th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 452-2326
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Additional GreatSchools Ratings
8/10
Test Scores
5/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
4/10
Student Growth

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As a student of John Adams I would say that this school has amazing teachers and they try to help out the students the best they can. The music program Is amazing and I would highly recommend this school. The only thing about John Adams is that sometimes when there is bullying the staff does not not
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Posted by a student on 1/22/2025
The administration here is negligent and incompetent. My kids have suffered emotionally at this school. Lack of discipline, zero consequences for bullying and disrupting classes.
Posted by a parent on 8/6/2024
Hello! Was and am horribly bullied here. Accommodations can be good but are often flimsy and awful in the experience of myself and my friends. Lots of teachers have obvious biases that they make little to no effort to overcome. Trans kids not allowed to go to correct bathroom, “gender-neutral” bathr
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Posted by a student on 4/1/2022
Extremely unethical. Blatant discrimination. No children should ever be treated this way.
Posted by a community member on 1/6/2022
I was concerned after seeing JAMS’ score on this website but had such a great impression during school tours and talks with neighbors that we ended up sending our sons there. So glad we did - now we think it’s such a gem. It’s a diverse school reflecting LA’s demographics which is an important part
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Posted by a parent on 3/11/2021
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Santa Monica schools - John Adams Middle School is located at 2425 16th Street, Santa Monica CA 90405. John Adams Middle School is in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. John Adams Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6-8.

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