77 out of 10GreatSchools

R. Dan Nolan Middle School

Bradenton, FL
  • Public
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  • Grades 6-8
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  • Enrollment: 1166

Overview

R. Dan Nolan Middle School
6615 Greenbrook Boulevard
Bradenton, FL 34202
(941) 751-8200
R. Dan Nolan Middle School is located in Bradenton, FL and serves grades 6-8.It received a GreatSchool rating of 7 out of 10
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Student Diversity

Race

Percentage

Black
2%
Two or more races
3%
Asian
4%
Hispanic
17%
White
75%

Reviews13 Reviews

4.0
parent
I would have to agree with most of the reviews I’ve read. The staff is not the best, I have little complaints with the teachers, but the administrative staff......I have been shocked at the way they have spoken to me, that it makes me wonder how they treat the students.
other
Nolan has been pretty good insofar as middle schools go in general. Our child's been there all 3years. Not too many behavior problems student body wise but that changes from year to year.The principal is just "eh" and we aren't too jazzed about him. He seems not to be on the proverbial ball, and def does not communicate well. Does not seem to be a people person or moreover, a student person, which is required in that position! A select few administrative staff clearly have been there too long. Behaving complacently and discourteous to both parents and students. That's very disappointing to see and def inexcusable. The school could use a staff update for sure.
student
Giving this school two stars is very generous, while most of the teachers are nice and caring, there are some staff members that don't care about the students. There is very little discipline, an example of this would be the reward activities, all students get a card with 10 open spaces on it, 5 spaces for bad signatures and 5 spaces for good signatures. If a student gets 2 bad signatures (because they are breaking a school rule) they don't get anything but a warning. Also if they get two good signatures they cancel out the bad ones so the student can do the reward activity (that is meant for GOOD students). I can understand that this is for kids who occasionally mess up, but tons of students who are breaking the rules use it as a fallback so they can misbehave and then get a good signature. Getting a good signature is very easy because there is always one teacher who really doesn't care and can give you one for practically nothing. Overall my experience with this school has mainly been bad, most of the students are very rude and mean to one another, and some of the staff don't care, along with that there is basically no discipline.
other
While some instructional staff are wonderful and many front office staff are very helpful, there are a few teachers at this school who do NOT teach at all, but rather sit at their desk (playing on Facebook) while the kids pass the unstructured time away playing on their phones or computers. Sadly the agriculture class is a joke and nothing was taught all year, rather the kids watched several movies and otherwise sat around playing in class. There was rarely time spent learning about the field of agriculture, animal and plant care, or farming. Unless you are active in FFA, you will not get anything out of the class. I'm surprised that this blatant disregard for the students or the teaching profession in general is tolerated at Nolan. There are so many wonderful programs and teachers here that it is a shame to keep a few that tarnish the reputation as a whole.
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