Lampasas High School

My child attended Lampasas from 1-12 grades. She then after attended Texas Tech University and struggled with all her core classes. Her adviser said it was due to the poor education she recieved from Lampasas. She was in all AP classes and made all A's and B's. This school will not prepare your child for college. Attendance and State Testing is their main concerns.
—Submitted by a parent

This school is absolutely dreadful. I've been attending LHS for two years now and it has been the worst experience of my life thus far. God forbid you aren't a part of the football team or the small sports and athletic department they do offer or you literally amount to nothing. The food is putrid and the school is packed like a sardine can 90% of the time due to all of the nonexistent funding we do receive going to the meat-head football coaches to support our terribly ungifted team. Technology is severely out of date and pretty much inaccessible to students. Lampasas High School honestly only cares about sports and attendance as you get lunch detention if you are late to class more than three times per semester. Attendance is unreasonable and put above any other factors on the 'Important List'. The teachers at the school are apathetic towards the students education and the connect between parent-teacher is virtually nonexistent unless they are old high school buddies or share the same football team. The students are ignorant and the base community is white supremacists only attending simply because it's required. I wouldn't allow my worst enemy to attend this sad school.
—Submitted by a student

We are a Military family and have been many places and this is one of the best schools my children have been to. I am so happy that we picked this small town school for our kids. My son graduated last year and is currently in college. My daughter is about to graduate and she is very prepared. The teachers are great. They know how to interact with the youth. Keep it up LHS!!!!!
—Submitted by a parent

Our teachers are great and im learning alot. Academics are wonderful. The band has been a great experience. Our coaches are mostly hired right out of college and causes the school alot of grief. They make the players look bad with such poor coaching. Overall Lampasas High School is a great place.
—Submitted by a student

In my opinion, I don't like LHS at all. They are building a new high school, which will open this next school year, and my class with be the first to graduate. They are thinking of uniforms, and seniors can't have off periods, and no off campus lunch. At first I was excited for the new school, but now I'm not. They have been putting gates up all around the school now, because middle school gets to go to the current LHS, and it's closed in. There isn't enough space. And there's no courses to take at all, they are all lame. There's like 5 elective choices. And next school years, the seniors are just going to have a bunch of study hall classes because most juniors this year are only going to need 3 or 4 classes next year. LHS needs work, teacher wise.
—Submitted by a student

Personally, I think this school has just been getting worse over the years. Im a sophomore this year at Lampasas High and I have been attending LSID all my life. We finally are getting a new high school built for next years term but, in five or ten years THAT school will probably be too small. There is NO cool courses I can take that can prepare me for college. Like, they tell us that we have to take at least two years of a foreign language, but they only give us the choice of Spanish 1 and 2. So for the people that already know the language of Spanish has to sit through two years of a pointless class that they can be using for classes they want and need to take to prepare them for college. That's just the beginning..
—Submitted by a student

If I had a chance to do it all over again I would have placed my children in a different school district. Every year I tell my children things will get better and every year I feel like I have lied to my children. My kids ties to friends is the only reason I kept them in this school district.
—Submitted by a parent

If your looking for a school that can prepare your child for higher learning this is a good school. If you want a school that handles diversity well than this is not the school for you. If your child is interested in softball or volleyball this school is not for you. We have the poorest run programs in the state of Texas. We do have great programs in soccer,tennis,basketball,golf,and band.
—Submitted by a parent

This will be my 2nd year at LHS, and honestly, i think this is a horrible school. Teachers don't care about you. Unless your in sports, that's a huge thing here. If your're not in sports, your NOTHING. Teachers here are rude and very disrespectful. A few of my teachers this past year told my class that we weren't capable of doing anything on our own. They don't teach very well, at all. SOME teachers do help you out, and try their hardest. But, its a select few. Content Mastry is a place for anyone to go if they need somewhere to go, so it's not fair who those who actually need to go. There's almost no course selections. They are taking so many classes out. And when i got here last year, they were completely rude to me. It's not a place i'd let my kids go, ever.
—Submitted by a student

Too much emphasis on attendance, little interest in actual teaching. Open campus at lunch time encourages tardiness, and other infractions like smoking, etc. Out of Touch withstudents
—Submitted by a parent

The work or lack there of in this school has, if anything, stopped any potential higher learning I may try and accomplish. Moving from a bigger school i did expect there to be a slight change in pase but not to such a slow and meaning less point. I have for the most part just revisited on things i have learned in the past not alowing me be properly preped for collage. If you are thinking of bring your children to this school and wish for them to complete anything other then high school dont wast your childrens time.
—Submitted by a student

This school is definitely 'below' average. My son is in the 9th grade this year and I have never seemed a school that the teachers seem to have no concern for the children education. In the past, I have tried several times to contact my son s teachers by email and telephone to no avail. I had to call the principal to get a teacher to return my call. One teacher knew that my son was having academic problems in her class but she never notified me about it and failed him with a 37 GPA for the six weeks. It wasn't until I called her concerning his grade that she stated she has over 100 students and don't have the time to notify every parent. My husband and I have decided to move our son to another school district. I would not recommend this school to anyone.
—Submitted by a parent

We have three children in three Lampasas Schools, soon to be four in four, and last year was their first year in this district. All in all, and so far, Lampasas Admin and Teachers appear much more 'real' than the ficticious power attitudes of many surrounding districts. As parents, knowing that our children can 'relate' to their Teachers as representing real people with real lives of their own and aside of the school system is a very natural importance of representing true life. To have our children home after school is just what we expect. It's our family time and there is much work to be completed overall in the few short hours after school. It is here that the Lampasas Schools do not constantly and consistently intrude or infringe upon the family as do some representing a system that is never full.
—Submitted by a parent

Outragious is the only word to describe the registration process for this school. My daughter comes from a much larger district and it has never taken 3 hours to accomplish. Unorganized stations and extremely slow processing were the main problems. I am thoroughly concerned with the quality of teaching due to this lasting first impression.Some courses were not available at all or were full. As a new student and a 9th grader, my daughter was treated like vermin to be pushed to the side. She does not deserve this kind of treatment and should be given the same oportunities as students already enrolled in the district. This school had very few helpful employees and needs to rethink current registration procedures. For any parent new to the system be ready to stay 3 hours or more since all students are required to appear on the same day.
—Submitted by C Simmons, a parent

LHS is a decent school surrounded by a mostly rural area. The teachers are generally academically sound, but they are politically quite conservative. Critical thinking is not encouraged here. Still, they are quite solid on the three 'R's' and rate above similar schools in the state. The reason for this probably reaches Fort Hood, TX which is close by and injects a lot of students into the district. This brings diversity in culture, race, and a somewhat more urbane parent and student. This school receives our grade of 'B-' for its overall curriculum.
—Submitted by a parent

When I attended Lampasas in 1996-2000 it was very unsatisfactory. The teachers were great and helped as much as they could, but class sizes were large. All students who needed help couldnt get it. Many graduating seniors could not read, and it went unnoticed because they were unsure how to get help. The dress code was ridiculous, standards are understandable but there seemed to be none. Sports were the main and sometimes only concern. The books were very outdated when I attended, some from the early 80's. Parents needed to get more involved with their children. Many were disrespectful and knew their parents were influential people in the small town and they did what they wanted. More parental guidance would do a great deal to make the school a safer, enjoyable place. I do hear the new principal has done some very good things. It may be better now.
—Submitted by a former student