Lewisburg High School

NOT NEARLY AS GOOD AS IT COULD BE.. Lewisburg gets excellent students and supportive parents. It resembles a suburban school district. The district encompasses the more affluent areas in the general area, and gets a special boost from the Bucknell faculty children and the children of many Geisinger doctors who choose to live in Lewisburg. There are many kids that would do well on tests if told to teach themselves. The school adds less than it should. The classes are not rigorous, and little homework is required. While AP classes are offered, most of the students in those classes are encouraged to not actually take the exam, which hurts the students who could do more if pushed. College admissions are a problem. Year after year, brilliant students that should be heading to the Ivies or equivalent schools get turned down. The school does not seem to have a strong reputation with admission offices, nor does it have counselors skilled at deciphering the process for students and parents. The administrators and many teachers seem not to have been exposed to excellent schools. They are content to be the best school in a backwater, but so much more would be possible with vision.
--Submitted by a parent

Lewisburg Area High School is simply great! The school prepares students for college and life.
--Submitted by a parent

My children enjoy Lewisburg High school, it is a small school and kids are able to meet and join in easily which is a must for children who move because of family job promotions.
--Submitted by a parent

I switched high schools to attend Lewisburg. The administration at Lewisburg was better prepared than the other school to deal with issues of diversity, harassment, etc. The academics were far superior to the academics at West Snyder HS as well. For the size of the town and the conservative nature of the area, and compared to other area schools, Lewisburg HS offers the best rounded education a student can get.
--Submitted by mark snyder, a student

This school seems to show a clickish attitude not only among the students but also the teachers. Teachers who are well qualified are not being considered, instead those who know board members or other influential citizens will become teachers even if they are not qualified. They also seem to be a district where they have to try all the new teaching concepts and throw out teaching practices that have worked.
--Submitted by a parent

Lewisburg has an excellent music department, more sports than anyone could manage to participate in, and virtually no academics. The teachers teach nothing, and the students learn nothing, even though they are enrolled in various classes. Students dress as if they are going to the beach, not to school. The emphasis is on social and athletic events, and parents are discouraged from attempting to convince their children to take classes instead of study halls. Acceleration is not allowed. The school day is too long and the students schedules are full of required wasted time, during which they are incredibly bored.
--Submitted by a parent