Maryville High School

This school is all about popularity, religion, and money. The school is all good 'ol boy operated. Staff cares nothing about students, only the football team. Many students are rich and snobby, while I have seen much pot smokers. Theschool is old and is typical the souther bible belt views and beliefs.
--Submitted by a student

I strongly suggest not sending your child here i attended three years here and i was finally able to move to start my senior year. People talk about the county schools in the area being drug schools. I have never in my life seen so many pot smokers in one place. But of course most kids parents are rich and allow their perfect children to pull the hood over there eyes and would never believe their kids would do drugs. This is a severely preppy school with severely stuck up parents, teachers, principles, and students. If football is the reason you want to send your kid here think twice and send them to one of the knoxville private schools that win state every year.
--Submitted by a student

Maryville High School has been known in the past as a great school, however, it has lost it compassion and love for the students. It is very test driven and score focused. Teachers are frustrated with the lack of leadership quality and they take it out on the kids with sarcasm and humiliation. This school needs some up-to-date training on how students learn. The school can not accomodate the population adequately which is another frustration for both students and teachers. The school board and director needs to step-up and take charge, by providing adequate space, qualified teahers that care about the whole student, and competent administrators. It is no longer about being a great football team. There is more important things to address. The new school being built in Maryville should be a NEW HIGH SCHOOL not an intermediate school.
--Submitted by a parent

My boys are receiving an excellent education and life experience at Maryville High. Just another step in developing great men and the final school in an excellent system!
--Submitted by a parent

I think that some of the people talking negative about Maryville High may need to look at their children first. My children are getting a fantastic education from Maryville and we are very middle class. I think if you look at the academic standards set forth my Maryville, they stand tall compared to any school in Tennessee. The average ACT score is a 24.1 where the state is sligtly over 20. Another great thing is that over 90% of graduates go to a 4 yr college, regardless of income or social status. The school is very well rounded when it comes to Theater, Music, Athletics and Academics. We are blessed to have found Maryville schools and are children will have a great education. Oh, by the way, we have a Senior, 8th grader and 5th grader. We have had the opportunity to have children in all phases of the School system.
--Submitted by a parent

We absolutely hate Maryville City Schools. Our son has had problems from day one. We moved here Michigan where the school systems are top notch and don't boast about it day and night. He was picked on for being a 'Yankee'. If your child is a male and not involved in football, be prepared for the problems. We have tried to work with the teachers on up to the principal and we are treated as if we have no right to question a decision. If anyone asked me if they should send their kids to Maryville, the answer would be NO!
--Submitted by a parent

Looking at it from an alumni's point of view, I disagree with a lot of the statements below. I went to MHS and I wasn't in AP or Honors class, nor did I participate in sports, and I still got treated fairly. Unless you have gone to the school and spent at least a year or two there, no one can really say that their programs aren't good or they need new ones, because if it weren't for MHS I wouldn't be as advanced in college as I am. Also when it comes to english classes, students who went to other area highschools has no idea, or most of the time, they had no idea what MLA format was or how to write an english paper correctly.Lastly, some parents should take a good look at their children & try to figure out why they aren't fitting in.
--Submitted by a student

I rate the Education that Maryville gives to its students at a 10, but I give the school a very low mark when it comes to how students are treated that transfer from out of state. If you are not from the state, you are labeled right away.
--Submitted by a parent

My children have attended Maryville schools, and absolutely hated the experience. The school is extremeley cliquish. The only things that matter are sports and family Income. I attended a very prestigious Medical/Professional University, which I was able to get into academically, not because of my family income. While I was there, it was obvious that the students that were there bought their way into universities, not by performing academically. My kids are motivated with school and get good grades, but don' t fit in because they wear the wrong clothes. So what exactly are they teaching there? PS. My university makes Vanderbilt look like a grade school..
--Submitted by a parent

My second and youngest daughter graduated from Maryville High last year. She is now attedning college in Virginia with a very decent scholarship. My oldest daughter graduated 2 years prior and will be graduating college next year and credits her education at maryville high for helping her thru college. Most of their closest friends also landed scholarships at good colleges, including Vanderbilt. Maryville High school prepares students well for college. They have to work, they are challenged thru advanced classes but they do succeed in college. Yes, like any school there could be improvements, but if your child seeks to learn, is willing to work and wants to go onto college, Maryville High school is the school that can help them..
--Submitted by a parent