Royal Palm Middle School

I went to this school in 2005-2006 and it was a hard place to get much help. The teachers were more focused on keeping the kids in order than teaching. There were fights nearly every day and gangs echoed the common area. It seems like this place has straightened out but when I attended Royal Palm I thought it was ran more like corrections than a studious place to learn and better your intellectual abilities.

i whent to this school it was great i miss my friends and teachers alot and im thankful for da teachers that really help me to improve my learning

Royal Palm is a transformed school. Teachers and administrators are proud of the school and the students and it shows. I have had a child at Royal Palm for three years and am about to start my final 3 with my youngest. I love this school, I love being involved and I know my kids are getting a wonderful education in a diverse and challenging environment.
—Submitted by a parent

Excellent teachers, outstanding principal & vp, programs and communication is wonderful. Very happy with my childs education.
—Submitted by a parent

Very glad to see the AIMS test scores on AZcentral.com. Royal Palm increased their students scores in Math & Reading by 23 & 24%, Writting by a 57.8%. A big thank you to the teachers and staff at Royal Palm. What a great achievement and validation of your efforts. I am a parent of an incoming 8th grader and am proud to send my child to this school. Go Raiders!!!
—Submitted by a parent

As a teacher at Royal Palm, I have watched it morph from 1300 students and total chaos, to a well oiled learning machine of 700 students where everyone there, kids and staff, care about one another. This is not that same school from 9 years ago when I started. Our focus is on academic excellence and student achievement, not just classroom management and survival. Looking back at the posts from 2003 and 2004, we have come a LONG way!! The staff that remains loves kids and teaching. We have the BEST principal and asst. principal tha tyou could ask for. They kick butt and take names no matter where they are, if it has anything to do with our school. I don't wnatto work anywhere but at Royal Palm!!!
—Submitted by a teacher

Excellent school, I was nervous moving my 13 yr old from Mesa to Phoenix. Not sure how she would adjust. Royal Palm has been an outstanding addition to her educational life. No slip in grades at all in fact steady A's. The principle and VP are extremely attentive to the students needs and very personable. The influence to my daughters life with a diverse student body has opened up opportunities. VAMOS program is incredible and the community support for this school and its students can not be topped. I am very impressed and would highly reccomend this school to any student regardless of ethnicity. Next year my daughter will be in 8th grade, I am looking forward to more growth and enrichment in her life as well as my whole families.
—Submitted by a parent

its a new school for my children but they like the school.
—Submitted by a parent

I had concerns about Royal Palm last year when my sixth grade son started, but was pleasantly surprised. He had a great year and now this year as a seventh grader he is in the new magnet program and loves it. The teachers and prinicpals are wonderful.
—Submitted by a parent

The office staff & teachers are very friendly & cooperative concerning the needs of the students. I have had nothing but pleasant outcomes & my child loves his school. If my child is happy...I am happy.
—Submitted by a parent

Wow I actually cant believe that there are some parents that think that this is not a 'safe' environment for there children to be in! I personally think that they have never even been to my school, sat in on a class, or even met our principals. Me being a student at Royal Palm. I strongly disagree the ones who think that. And yes our school has changes in the past year because our new principals have totally changed our school and our lives! I dont know why anyone would have anything negative to anything about this school
—Submitted by a student

Royal Palm did an outstanding job with my child. She started out as a c average student and left with a 4.0 grade average and a Student Excellence Award!
—Submitted by a parent

I really like working at Royal Palm Middle School. Each year, the staff and administration has gotten better. We are incorporating innovative programs with the support of our community. We have a diverse student population with varying levels of understanding. We address the needs of our students in a variety of ways through classes, instructional techniques, and after school programs.
—Submitted by a teacher

I think that royal palm is a really good middle school. Theres alot of good students and not alot of fights. I think that royal palm is a good school for kids to go to. Parent involment is great to.
—Submitted by a parent

This school is really awesome and everything is great about it: the kids, the grades the teachers, just everything.
—Submitted by a student

Royal Palm is a wonderful school! Very organized,loving and hard working teachers that really care about their students. I have a child with a learning disablility and was very worried about sending my child to Jr. High. I have been overwhelmed with the kindness and willingness to help my child succeed. Because of this my child is reading better and doing things we were told he probably would never do. I was also worried that the school would be unsafe because of rumours I had heard. This could not be further from the truth. The children are all very nice to my child and I feel that he is protected and that the campus is very safe. I also feel the principal is doing a fantastic job and was more than willing to talk with me when I was worried and made me feel confident in this school.
—Submitted by a parent

This is the best school my child has been to. Even thought it has high expectations the students get used to all the learning. If I could I would send my child to college there. It s that great of a school!
—Submitted by a parent

Having had three children go through this school, I have to give all the credit to the principal for keeping it running as smoothly as it does. 1200 kids from 7 schools seems impossible to me to control, but it's done. There are some great teachers at this school, but unfortunetly there are bad ones. Bad meaning the ones that don't care about the kids, they don't make learning fun and different everyday. The PTO has been strong and successful for the 7 years I've been here. It has done a great job for the kids. A really great job.
—Submitted by a parent

I think that there are too many students, for so little space, I woulden't recommend it for a middle school!
—Submitted by a parent

I think Royal Palm is the worst school I have ever had the misfortune to be involved with. It is severely overcrowded and lacking in leadership. No care is given to individual students - the entire focus of the school is on keeping control. I would encourage parents to avoid this school if they want their child to succeed in life.