Longview High School

Longview High is the probably the best school all around and this includes the entire state of Texas. This school is ALWAYS competing in the top STATE and NATIONAL academic competitions and that speaks volumes about our staff in training these young students. I see parents on here that have either moved from L.I.S.D. when the atmosphere was rocky back in the early 90's and received the reputation that we deserved at THAT time, of course.
--Submitted by a parent

I graduated from LHS and I would never recommend it to anyone. My freshman class had 900 students. We graduated around 400. The students who didn't graduate, never were intending too, and good luck to the teachers trying to get a parent on the phone. The AP classes were great, the regular classes....how in the world could someone not pass them. RUN!!

Have you been to LHS lately? The new principal has done a great job in maintaining a safe and open learning environment. This is not the old LHS. My two daughters graduated from LHS and graduated from UT AUSTIN and U OF H. They were prepared very well for college. LHS has great teachers, facilities, and course selections. I would send my kids there again with no reservations. Please visit and talk to he new principal and see for yourself. Also, please note that most of the negative comments were prior to 2008.
--Submitted by a parent

The teacher's and staff are wonderfully accessible to the kids, and dedicated to their success. Longview High has the most diverse and enriching curriculum of any other high school in this area. I was homeschooling, and was hesitant about putting my daughter in the public system, but I'm well pleased with her placement in this school.
--Submitted by a parent

This school has lots of problems, but Longview does have lots of great students and teachers that are trying to give the school a good name. The AP classes at Longview are awesome and never get recognized by the community. Longview has an awesome band and a great football team that go to the school.

I went through the Longview Public Schools back in the 60's & 70's. Nothing having gone to school there prepared me for college or the 'real world'. I have heard that today there are people moving out of the city limits in order to get there kids in to the better surrounding school districts. Longview has always emphasized athletics over academics and still do to this day. Thus the reason for their overall poor rating.
--Submitted by a former student

Regardless of what alot of people think or have assumed from the news about Longview High school, it is not as bad as any other highly populated school. The surrounding schools aren't half the size of Longview, so they are not going to have as many problems. I feel very fortunate to go to Longview, because unlike surrounding schools, I am able to take dual-credit courses and a wide variety of AP classes. I love Longview High School.
--Submitted by a student

Bad school all around. No saftey, no disipline, the students control the school.
--Submitted by a student

We just located to Longview from Desoto, which I add is an exploratory school district. We moved here and LHS is the worst school on this side of the MS. I am looking to move my children from this school due to the lack of displine and curriculum of this district. The kids are out of control and the teachers and administrators can care less. Football seems to be only good thing about Longview High School. If they would put the academics on a high standard as they do the football team it would be a great school. A very concerned and displeased Parent who will let the school know of my concerns, since I pay a very large school tax to LISD.
--Submitted by Cynthia, a parent

Run if your in LISD .Your child will not learn anything ,they will fall behind .The kids are scarey,unfriendly and disruptive .The teachers can't teach in this environment,so they adopt a uncaring attitude ,just collecting a pay check.
--Submitted by a parent