Benjamin Syms Middle School
Grades: 6-8
Students: 897
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher
Ratio: 13:1
Student-Counselor
Ratio: 186:1
Certified Teachers: 70%
170 Fox Hill Road
Hampton, VA 23669
Hampton, VA 23669
(757) 850-5050
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College ReadinessNA
Student GrowthCommunity Reviews
This school is not that but it was funny and the only one that made me well welcome sure you wont learn anything here but its a good place to make friends and funny memories
Posted by a community member on 8/11/2025when my kid went to the school he called me and told me the food was raw and he had a bite of it after he got home he had food poising because ethe pulled pork was raw and very pink
Posted by a parent on 1/30/2025My child is bored. We moved from a new school and the things they learning, he has already studied. And when I say learning, I mean barely. They spend more time testing and teaching a test than they do teaching for mastery. As far as environment.. it's not great. I have teacher trauma dumping on the
Posted by a parent on 1/15/2025The school is a typical inner city middle school. The children are bused from all over the city to this one school. It has the largest student population for a local middle school. The Special needs students also have the largest population of all schools locally. With that said, the school is faced
Posted by a parent on 10/16/2021Principle want to keep my child there and said they are the lowest fighting school and achievement school. Saying that they are new
Posted by a parent on 2/26/2020Nearby Schools
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5/10GreatSchools RatingParent Rating AverageWe moved here August 2022 and were unsure about this school but it's been the best choice we made we love that its a smaller school and we absolutely love the staff and the students everyone is so kind and welcoming I have 3 kiddos here now K, 2nd and 4th and they're excelling the teachers are fabulous they keep you updated about everything and work with the students and families we are actually out of district now but chose to stay because Bryan is familyParent Review2y ago - John B. Cary Elementary School
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6/10GreatSchools RatingParent Rating Averagelove this school, I have a 1st grader going here n he is doing well. The principle Dr. Johnson and the teachers are doing well to get the scores up.Parent Review5y ago - Phillips Elementary School
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7/10GreatSchools RatingParent Rating AverageAbsolutely worst elementary school possible. If you can avoid sending your children here I highly recommend stay away. No communication/ reply’s from teachers admin , office staff. Horrible treatment from principal. If you speak on an issue you /your child will be treated accordingly by entire staff. Definitely a huge let down. We have removed our children and moved due to how horrible it is. Several families did the sameParent Review8mo ago
Hampton schools - Benjamin Syms Middle School is located at 170 Fox Hill Road, Hampton VA 23669. Benjamin Syms Middle School is in the Hampton City Public Schools. Benjamin Syms Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6-8.
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