McCullough Junior High School

This school is amazing! as a kid that moved all the time before moving into the woodlands i can say that McC IS THE BEST! kids are nice and teachers are outstanding! all sports teams are amazing(we always win!;) Learning is great all new technology in EVERY classroom!!!!!!:D i am so sad to say that i have to move again after 2 years at mcC and cant seem to find a school near as good to me now that i have gone here! if you are going to go to this school you should be ready for an amazing time overall! go highlanders!:D

This is an overall excellent school. They use an older style approach--hard core studying, testing, and homework. Do your best of fail---no spoon feeding or pampering at this place. It's a breath of fresh air in my opinion. My daughter has experienced a challenging and somewhat competitive environment, and we have worked with her to acheive her best in academics and extracurricular. Some parents will complain on this site, because this type of strategy will be intimidating. If you are looking for a school to baby your kid and just process him/her through the system with little to no worries or if your kid is lazy and you lack the will to discipline, then I suggest a different school....look into a local charter or private school.....
--Submitted by a parent

I just moved here and making friends was so hard not everyone was nice to me and I barely have friends still!! I do not like it yes they have smart students but we get a lot of hone work and I am not just saying that because I do not like it I am up until 12 o'clock doing my home work even with some help I do not like it my friend cried because of it and so have I and I'm way more than half the year and I still do. Kids here are not nice to me I feel like an outcast

The teachers and staff are great at their jobs. Tthe school has a lot of choices for extracurricular activites and wonderful coaches over these programs. The teachers prepare the students academically for higher education in a way that is enjoyable for the students. The school's atmosphere is friendly and safe even though the school building is very large. Mr. McCord, the principal, does a great job of interacting with the students and making sure things run smoothly in the classrooms, hallways, and outside the building.
--Submitted by a parent

This is our second year at McC and we are VERY pleased! The administration is out in the hallways at every class change and during drop off and pick up. It is a large school; however, it is ran very well and trully prepares each child for highschool. There are many activities for students to be involved in including amazing fine arts. The only draw back is the stiff competion, but that is the way the entire area is and life for that matter.
--Submitted by a parent

Most of the reviews of McCullough on here don't give you the whole truth. Yes, the school is crowded. But what would you expect of a school in such a big town? And yes, we are focused on sports (especially footbally), but this is TEXAS for crying out loud! All schools here are! For the most part, this school is AMAZING!!! The classes are all very good and the teachers are passionate about their subjects. There are a wide varity of classes on many different levels. Even with so many people, it is not difficult to excel. You can at least pass if you DO YOUR HOMEWORK!! People always complain that they're failing, but none of them do the work! The principals are a bit tough, but aren't out to get you; they want to help. Most people who go here tend to love it! GO HIGHLANDERS!!

Mccullough is the most organized and most efficient at teaching i have ever attended. They give you a whole SEVEN minuites to get to class, which is MORE than enough time to use the restroom and visit your locker if your pace is faster then that of a snail and you use time wisely. The advanced classes are excellent, the teachers are very firm, but i cannot advise on the 'level' classes, for I have never been in one. They have a great before school tutoring program, and I have attended it multiple times, all with very good results. If you study hard, pay attention, and use time wisely, you will most definitely succeed in this wonderful learning environment!

This school is so large that the students walk shoulder-to-shoulder between classes, and are expected to cross the school in minutes (a former high school, huge campus). There is not enough time given to use the restroom and go to lockers and the next class, and kids are not permitted to use the restroom during class. The entire focus of the staff is on managing behavior, so even the slightest mistake (forgetting your pencil or perhaps leaving homework in your locker) is deemed under the wide umbrella of "disruptive," and calls for detention. Everything the kids do, short of remaining silent, is punished. The school is full of teachers hired merely to whip the kids in line (shouting, and sending to principal). At orientation, the principal said not to consider sports there unless your kid was already in that sport for years. They marginalize the students. Daily. Very sad.
--Submitted by a parent

My grandchild went to school here. Read between the lines of the other reviews: This school will be glad to work with the child who is already excelling and needs nothing; but at some point any child may need extra consideration or help, not just special needs children, and this school will not give it. Note that the other reviews confirm this. They may promise minimal accommodations after years of begging, but they will not even follow through or follow the law on those. They are just moving students through and taking credit for the ones who test well.

This school works very hard to keep the kids busy in activities/sports so as to stay out of trouble. And maybe that's the secret why they perform so well in so many academic rankings, even outperforming the high school. It's a big school, and it could easily be a mess. But they seem to run a tight ship in everything they do. Life may not always be fun for some of the kids, but it could be much worse for them.
--Submitted by a parent