La Porte High School

I was initially worried about sending my daughter to LPHS due to its lower rating, because I had gone to a 10/10 rated high school in the north houston suburbs, but this school blows that high school out of the water. I don't know why it's rated low, because it has more programs than any school I've seen. They have a brand new pool, a planetarium, a huge animal sanctuary (like a little zoo) where students can learn to care for animals, a full welding shop, a car shop, a culinary school, I'm not kidding you it's incredible!! My daughter loves her high school. The things I love about it is that it's small, so she doesn't get lost in the shuffle. It feels like a neighborhood high where kids walk to school and everyone knows everyone else. I love the theater program and that the seniors get to decorate their parking spots. I also love that there isn't an emphasis on name brand clothes or having a fancy car. Very down to earth kids. Also a good mix of diversity. Much much better than the 10/10 high school I went to which was filled with drugs and too much $.

This school has done so much for me to help me in the future, really a five star school!

I have been involved with the high school since last year and I have to say they have a few teachers working hard to make young people better. Mr.Ruley, Mr. Jobson, and Mr.licon are awsome. They really try to help student's be better. The school is moving in the right direction.

I strongly disagree with the person who said the level of education was behind. I attended 2 different high schools after attending La Porte High and was placed in advanced courses in both after leaving just standard level classes for La Porte even the kids in the school would ask me how do you know all this stuff are you some uber nerd? My response was simply I already learned all this 2 years ago. I've seen an unknown number of sports scholarships come from this school and the theater program and the musicals it puts out yearly are the best I have seen or even heard of.