Lake Travis High School

If you write a honest review of the school this site deletes it. Lake Travis caters to the rich kids. If you have a cookie cutter kid then great. Normal people with normal kids go somewhere else.

I feel Lake Travis provides an excellent education opportunity for all students who wish to apply themselves. I believe the Lake Travis schools provide learning tools that compete somewhat to those offered in the private schools.
—Submitted by a parent

Having a daughter who has grown up in the LTISD since kindergarten and now goes to LTHS, I can honestly say a parent could not ask for any better for their students, especially in public education. There are a lot of high achievers here and test scores reflect that. If a parent is looking for exceptional academics, excellent extracurricular activities in sports and the fine arts, this is the ideal school for that.
—Submitted by a parent

this school is for students who are advanced and competitive. I was in the top one percent and I feel like I was nurtured to be potential. Their academic expectations are above average, but not outstandingly unconventional. The students who do well pushed themselves and teacher do support and reward them with opportunities and liberty. The student population is relatively affluent. The students who feel like they do not fit in often do not have the materialism that many are blessed with. The campus is relatively clean. Minimal drugs, alcohol, and gangs compared to other schools. I would recommend this school to those who are aspired to be successful and ambitious.
—Submitted by a student

great academic, great learning environment, great teachers, great student body. I would recommend this school to those who are academically competitive and ambitious.
—Submitted by a parent

Our child seems to be one that thinks outside the box, colors outside the lines, and strums to her own beat, which is wonderful in our eyes. In the eyes of LTE she is dificent, and a problem child when it comes to her behavior. We have normal behavioral issues at home, nothing out of the norm for a 4 year old. But they think it reasonable to bring in a behavior specialist, instead of maybe stepping back and looking at the situation. The situation is that she is bored to tears with the work they have for the Pre-K class. She brings home work home, does it in about 2 seconds and then looks at us like, "thats it". We feel they should be looking at the possibility that she may be advanced for her age, but instead they are going to complete opposite direction, thinking that she is behind, and a problem child. The Counselor even told us that she needs to work on "CONFORMING", a word that I personally am not to fond of. We have too many drones walking around this earth as it is. Why do we want to raise more.
—Submitted by a parent

This is a good school, but the administrators, the principal and the counselors tell parents that they have no recourse even with blatant evidence of incompetancy on the part of individual teachers. They protect their own to the detriment of the kids, But... most of the teachers are competant, caring. In all, I am glad I sent my child to LTHS.
—Submitted by a parent

It depends how you define a "Great School". If you want the Exemplary ratings, it has it. If you want the state champions sports teams, they've got it. If you want your child to be nurtured and allow them to succeed at their pace without stigmatization, then Lake Travis may not be for you.
—Submitted by a parent

Great school, Great Academics, Top Notch Sports
—Submitted by a parent

The schools administration needs a complete makeover. It seems that the students are not the 'priority' when it comes to our kids. We definitely have first hand experience. Instead of correcting problems they would rather justify a coach's or teachers actions. Hopefully, this year will be better.
—Submitted by a parent

Having come from the top rated school district in the Chicago suburbs I came to Austin with guarded optomism. Lake Travis has exceeded our expectations. The AP classes, arts and extra curricular oppertunities are great. My son does not play football and contrary to some other responses, LT football does not over shadow or diminish the excellence of LT's other sports (particularily girls volleyball, soccer and basketball), arts or academic curriculums. At the football halftime 2 weeks ago all the National Merit finalists were honored, not sports players. Best move we ever made and glad we are in Lake Travis with 2400 students than Westlake with 5500 students.
—Submitted by a parent

For a public school, they do a lot. It's big and diverse and the staff tends to have a heavy hand with discipline.
—Submitted by a parent

This school focuses on a variety of components that help students on their ways to a better college career. True, a 98 average barely gets you into the top ten percent, but the AP classes have great teachers and all other teachers are very motivating as well. All sports teams have had a turn in the state playoffs-- tennis won state and the well known football team also won this last year. Students are very involved in the community and full of school pride.
—Submitted by a student

Great school for a highly motivated student and/or college prospect athlete. Not a good school for those kids with any sort of difficulty. Expect little support if your kid gets in trouble, they'd rather you leave than help the kid back on the right track. Football is what this school is all about. Huge stadium, indoor football field and a weight room bigger than our Gold's Gym. They will not build another HS. They'd like to have 10 Middle Schools feeding this one mega-campus. Again great school for a college prospect football player. But most kids are not able to compete in any sports because of the size of the school.Tough to get in College from this school an an 80% average puts you in the 4th quartile.
—Submitted by a parent

The institutes of study focusing on arts, sciences, and other areas, while still new, are a great way to get students focused on their futures. Fine Arts education, especially the Cavalier Band and theater arts programs at LTHS, is exceptional, and Agriculture studies are also growing strong. Sure, football gets a lot of emphasis, but the Cavaliers generate great school pride. As for parental involvement, in addition to a strong PTA, the district has an Education Foundation formed by volunteers that funds hundreds of thousands of dollars to the schools each year, primarily to programs in this high school.
—Submitted by a parent

I have to laugh at the comment posted about the football team being great. It is not. They can't get past bi-district level playoffs. $500,000 wweight room can't make puny kids bigger. As for kids going to Div 1 colleges - it simply is not true maybe one in the history of the school Reesing that is it! Football gets too much $ and attention. Also whites and hispanics do not mix at the school or socially. About 25% take AP classes, so large amount still not college driven. AP and honors calssses are excellent and those teachers are really good and care about their students. Competitive students hard to be in top 10%. 98 average does not get you in top 10%.
—Submitted by a parent

Overall a very good high school. The educators are generally very involved and focused on helping the kids actually learn and not just pass tests. There is way too much focus on the football program at the expense of other sports and extracurricular activities. A helicopter to aerate the field? The largest weight room in the state? Sad but true.
—Submitted by a parent

I think that Lake Travis has a wonderful academic program that is opening up quickly to include even more special benefits for our kids. They have exciting new electives and tons of AP classes that help the kids prepare for high school. There are lots of extracurricular activities, but the main one is football. Our kids have finally gotten to the play offs and we have quite a few graduating seniors going to Division 1 schools. The parents are highly involved; we have a thriving PTA. Overall, a great school.
—Submitted by a former student

Academically, a good school. Great sports program.
—Submitted by a parent