Williams High School

With small learning communities (small interdiscipinary teams) on campus and the unique role of the strategist (the special education teacher), our campus reaches the learning needs of all students on campus. Check out the most recent TAKS scores at the Texas Education Agency web site.
--Submitted by a teacher

Williams High School is an excellent school! My daughter has been exceptionally successful under the direction of many of the teachers. The weakest department in the school seems to be with the honors algebra classes. We took her out of the honors algebra 2 due to the lack of effective teaching. She has excelled in all other areas. The music programs in this school are outstanding. This school is known for their band program as they receive UIL rating of staight 1 year after year. The music program has even produced seveal all state members both in band and orchestra. I am sad due to the fact that my son will only attend this high school one year before have to attend the new high school due to attendance zones being changed. This is a wonderful school overall!
--Submitted by a parent

Williams is jsut like any other high school in the nation. Like all, we do have tensions between students, but we also have extremely intelligent, dedicated, and gifted students. The teachers here are very nice and always seem to be eager to help. The one thing that I would like to see changed is the disciplinary procedures in order to stop fights. Also, it wouldn't hurt if the cockroach problem was fixed, but then again, all areas have some type of bug issues
--Submitted by a student

Teachers at Williams are awesome! They are firm, but fair and I'm confident they are committed to providing the best education possible to all the students. Thank you Williams!
--Submitted by a parent

I am currently a student here at Williams (seriously). I must say, that if you are contemplating transferring your child to another, don't. Williams, though it can be a little rough, is a very diverse environment. The large saturation of various races is a wonderful environment for a teenager to learn to function in. The teachers can be strict, but what high school doesn't have those types of teachers? (I also think it's a sort of conditioning that they've learn from working at the school for so long...) We have numerous sports programs that are doing well (though some aren't in season right now) and the music programs are fantastic. Our band recently got straight 1 ratings at UIL Marching Competition and we found out that we have the top string bass player in Region 25! Williams is actually a wonderful school, so please, allow your child to attend.
--Submitted by Emily T., a student

This is my son's second year at Williams. I think the majority of the teachers are sincerely interested in teaching the students. There are always a few that really don't care. I've encountered both types but I must say each time I've e-mailed teachers they have responded. Most respond the same day and I've e-mailed quite a few. There are a few clubs available to the kids but they could use many more. The parental involvement is also lacking. Fighting is a problem there as well. However in general I am pleased with my son's progress there and he did pass the TAKS without any problems.
--Submitted by a parent

I have found a mixture of caring teachers and completely apathetic ones. It is virtually impossible to stay on top of things if your child is having any problems at allacademically or otherwise because the right hand is clueless about what the left hand is doing. The principal is trying and does care but progress is difficult with the lack of support from staff and PISD administration. We also removed our son but our daughter remains and is doing pretty well despite the daily distractions.
--Submitted by a parent

Good school and teachers but has problems with daily fights between students.
--Submitted by a student

I have one child at this school and one who attended the previous two years. We found the teachers to be very caring and helpful - going out of their way to see that our children were sucessful. This school does have a reputation as being 'rough' - I suspect this is primarily because the number of minority students compared to others in the area, however, we are not a minority and had absolutely no problems here or issues with the safety of our kids, nor do I know anyone else that has. We love the area we live in and feel the schools here are great!
--Submitted by a parent