Lamar High School (Houston)

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In the 19th century Michael Louis Westheimer, a German immigrant who arrived in Houston in 1859, bought a {{convert|640|acre|km2|adj=on}} farm at an auction for $2.50 per acre. On his property Westheimer established a school for local children, including some of his relatives from Germany. The path to the school became "Westheimer's Road," now called Westheimer Road."[http://www.heritagesociety.org/Hinton-Names%20of%20Houston%20Streets%20071907.pdf Historic Houston Streets: The Stories Behind the Name] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114144128/http://www.heritagesociety.org/Hinton-Names%20of%20Houston%20Streets%20071907.pdf |date=November 14, 2014 }}"Robertson, Dale. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080423063557/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2008_4492846 Westheimer was a place for learning]" (). Houston Chronicle. Friday January 11, 2008. Sports 9. Retrieved on December 4, 2010. "Paying $1,600 - or $2.50 an acre, at an auction - he bought a 640-acre farm west of town where Lamar High School and St. John's School now sit. "{{Handbook of Texas|id=fwets|name=Westheimer, Mitchell Louis}}

The Houston Independent School District built and established Lamar on the former site of Westheimer's farm. Earlier the Southampton Civic Club attempted to persuade Houston ISD to build Lamar at a lot along Kirby and West Alabama; the attempt failed and Lamar was built across from River Oaks.Sloan, p. 8.

Lamar officially opened in 1937 as "Southwest High School" along Westheimer Road before changing its name soon after.Verniaud, Marshall. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20071030185742/http://www.southamptoncivicclub.org/sh_history.html A Brief History of the Southampton Civic Club]" () Southampton Civic Club Inc. Accessed November 7, 2008. "A painful disappointment was the club's inability to persuade the school board to build a new highschool on a tract at Kirby and West Alabama instead of on Westheimer across from River Oaks. The board chose the Westheimer site for its Mirabeau B. Lamar High School.""[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0afe09c28afc3110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=2e2b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD School Histories: the Stories Behind the Names] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710153727/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0afe09c28afc3110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=2e2b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD |date=July 10, 2011 }}." Houston Independent School District. Accessed September 24, 2008. The opening relieved pressure on San Jacinto High School in what is now Midtown.Becker, Ann Dunphy and George Murray. Houston's River Oaks. Arcadia Publishing, April 29, 2013. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=CaMJAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 43]. {{ISBN|1439642362}}, 9781439642368. When the school opened it had 1,310 students, mostly from Bellaire, West University Place, Montrose, Southampton, and Southgate. In 1938 10% of the students resided in River Oaks.Sloan, p. 10.

William Broyles of the Texas Monthly wrote that in its pre-desegregation history Lamar was the public equivalent of an exclusive prep school and Houston's "society school".Broyles, William. "Behind the Lines." Texas Monthly. Vol. 3, No. 3. Emmis Communications, March 1975. ISSN 0148-7736. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA5 5]. In that period Lamar was the designation of children of Houston's most prominent families who attended public high schools.Curtis, Gregory. "[http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Pomp and Circumstance]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113024/http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Archive]). Texas Monthly. Vol. 3, No. 3. Emmis Communications, March 1975. ISSN 0148-7736. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54 59]. Many students in the 1950s had referred to River Oaks Boulevard as the only street with a country club at both ends: one being the River Oaks Country Club, and the "other" was Lamar High School. Gregory Curtis of the Texas Monthly wrote that "Lamar has always had a reputation as a school of snobs" within Houston's public school system.

Lamar grew rapidly to the point where Robert E. Lee High School (now Margaret Long Wisdom High School) was built in 1962 to relieve Lamar.Grossman, Wendy. "Tee Time." Houston Press. November 13, 2003. [http://www.houstonpress.com/2003-11-13/news/tee-time/ 1]. After its opening, Lee became Lamar's primary athletic rival.Curtis, Gregory. "[http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Pomp and Circumstance]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113024/http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Archive]). Texas Monthly. Vol. 3, No. 3. Emmis Communications, March 1975. ISSN 0148-7736. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54 54].

Lamar racially integrated in the 1970s. Broyles wrote that Lamar integrated quietly and "not so much as an experiment in integration but simply as a school, a place where adolescents learn many things, some of them in the classroom." Due to integration many of the wealthier families instead sent their children to private schools.

Lamar became an IB school in 1982 and this program would later be complemented by the Business Administration Magnet Program established in 1989."[http://search.chron.com/chronicle/openDocument.do?docRef=archive_2006_4057091&selectedPath=Archives HISD seeks special courses] {{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}," Houston Chronicle, February 9, 2006[https://web.archive.org/web/20040207232936/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/ Archived home page]. Lamar High School. February 7, 2004. In 1987 the school had held its 50th anniversary. It had sent invitations to Tommy Tune, Robert Foxworth, Jaclyn Smith, Tommy Sands, Carlin Glynn, Paula Prentiss, and Candy Tovar, all Lamar graduates. The festivities included appearances from Mayor of Houston Kathy Whitmire, Lamar alum and former Governor of Texas Mark White, Lamar alum and former Mayor of Houston Fred Hofheinz, Superintendent of HISD Joan Raymond, and others who were scheduled to give special presentations.{{cite news|author=Mesinger, Maxine|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1987_480635|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130102062831/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1987_480635|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-02|title=Lamar High marks 50th anniversary|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=1987-08-07|page=Houston 1|access-date=2012-10-13}} - Available from the Houston Public Library website newspaper section (Houston Chronicle archive), accessible with an HPL library card

In September 1991 Lamar was one of 32 HISD schools that had capped enrollments: The school was at capacity and excess students had to attend other schools.Markley, Melanie. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=1991_812119 32 schools hit enrollment cap]." Houston Chronicle. Thursday, September 26, 1991. A17. Retrieved on April 24, 2009. Fran Callahan, a resident of the Old Braeswood neighborhood of Houston, founded the Lamar Alumni Association in 1998 and became its executive director. She decided to create an alumni association after she inquired about making a large-scale fundraising campaign and learned that Lamar, which had many famous individuals as alumni, had no alumni association.Viator, Lisa. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/2006_4112795/area-resident-leader-sets-3-million-goal-for-lamar.html Area resident leader sets $3 million goals for Lamar / Fran Callahan founded the school's alumni association]." Houston Chronicle. Thursday, May 11, 2006. ThisWeek 2. Retrieved on October 22, 2012.

In 2003 the class of 1953, which included business owners, a film producer, a Nobel prize winner, a nominee for U.S. Secretary of State and a former assistant of the U.S. Secretary of Defense, lawyers, engineers, and an architect, held its 50th reunion. A tour of the Lamar campus and a formal buffet and dance at the Houston Country Club was scheduled for Saturday, November 8, 2003. A brunch was scheduled at the University Club in the morning of Sunday, November 9, 2003.Martin, Betty L. "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2006_4036546 THE LUCKY ONES / Lamar class of '53 to come together]." Houston Chronicle. Thursday, November 6, 2003. ThisWeek 1. Retrieved on October 14, 2012. In 2004, Tune performed at Lamar. Foxworth and Jaclyn Smith attended the performance."[https://web.archive.org/web/20040412195219/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/PressReleaseArticle.htm#tommy TOMMY TUNE Takes Lamar High School By Storm]." Lamar High School. April 12, 2004.

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The 2000s would bring speculation about Lamar's overcrowding and new attention to the school's need for new facilities. In 2007, 22% of high-school-age children zoned to Lamar chose to attend a different Houston ISD school.Radcliffe, Jennifer. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20080423040326/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4442145 Critics: In HISD, too many don't go where zoned / Black leaders argue bond has no fix to get kids back to schools in their neighborhoods]" (). Houston Chronicle. Sunday, October 14, 2007. B1 MetFront. In 2010 Lamar, which has a capacity of 2,525, was 740 students over capacity.Mellon, Ericka. "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/7348147.html Closing schools going to be tough]." Houston Chronicle. December 20, 2010. Retrieved on December 21, 2010. In 2010 Magnet Schools of America, a nonprofit, released a report recommending that Lamar's magnet program be abolished, due to overcrowding.Mellon, Ericka. "[http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7370586.html Report: HISD should drop 55 magnet programs]." Houston Chronicle. January 7, 2011. Retrieved on January 7, 2011. In 2014 Terry Grier stated that Lamar should reduce its enrollment to around 3,000 students.Mellon, Ericka. "[http://blog.chron.com/k12zone/2014/10/grier-3-popular-hisd-high-schools-must-reduce-enrollment/ Grier: 3 popular HISD high schools must reduce enrollment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018235232/http://blog.chron.com/k12zone/2014/10/grier-3-popular-hisd-high-schools-must-reduce-enrollment/ |date=October 18, 2014 }}." Houston Chronicle. October 16, 2014. Retrieved on October 17, 2014.

Rita Graves, previously principal at Roberts Elementary and Pin Oak Middle School, became the principal of Lamar in August 2018 arriving as the transition to the construction of the new building began."[http://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2018/08/08/rita-graves-named-new-principal-of-lamar-high-school/ Rita Graves named new principal of Lamar High School]." Houston Independent School District. August 8, 2018. Retrieved on September 23, 2018.

In 2018, the HISD Bond project announced a $108 million construction and renovation plan for the building. The plan includes major renovations to the existing historically significant portions of the north building and an entirely new classroom and instructional facility.{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2018/10/01/lamar-hs-construction-passes-halfway-mark/|title=Lamar HS construction passes halfway mark|last=Communications|first=HISD|website=News Blog|date=October 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.enr.com/articles/46989-bringing-lamar-high-school-into-the-future|title=Bringing Lamar High School Into the Future|website=www.enr.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-21}} As of 2019 the construction is near completion.

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The campus is located on the southern end of River Oaks Boulevard.Mod, Anna. Building Modern Houston (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing, 2012. {{ISBN|0738585246}}, 9780738585246. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=EOdvGwbGX_kC&pg=PA13 13]. The Lamar High School campus consists of four buildings, a baseball field, a football field, and tennis courts.

The North Building is a four-story building (including the basement level) which was the original building built in 1936. It consists of many classrooms, the main office, attendance office, magnet office, International Baccalaureate office, special education office, auditorium, band room, cooking room, and the choir room. It was built in a distinctive Art Deco style.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} The building was made of Texas limestone and the windows are the steel ribbon style. It consists of a single central block with the Ned S. Holmes Auditorium at the western end. The entrance to the theater is decorated by a relief map of Texas that indicates the state's mountain ranges and escarpment John F. Staub and Kenneth Franzheim designed it, while Lamar Q. Cato, Louis A. Glover, and Harry D. Payne assisted. An Italian American,Meeks, Flori. "[http://www.chron.com/heights/news/article/Lamar-High-work-won-t-hinder-classes-3804880.php Lamar High work won't hinder classes]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150227123239/http://www.chron.com/heights/news/article/Lamar-High-work-won-t-hinder-classes-3804880.php Archive]). Houston Chronicle. August 21, 2012. Retrieved on February 27, 2015. Eraclito "Nino" Lenarduzzi, designed the map on the auditorium. Anna Mod, author of Building Modern Houston, wrote that the theater entrance uses "a more monumental and severe Moderne style".

The current addition began construction in 2017 and opened in 2020, with classrooms divided into eight "neighborhoods" a.k.a. "cohorts" and a snack bar which students may use at any time. This is in lieu of a central cafeteria. The addition has an atmosphere of a corporate work environment.{{Cite web|last=Nickerson|first=Ryan|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/bellaire/article/Lamar-High-School-s-122-million-redesign-brings-16108713.php|title=Lamar High School's $122 million redesign brings corporate to education|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2021-04-17|accessdate=2021-04-22}}

In 2012 Greg Groogan of KRIV noted that the campus, prior to the late 2010s renovation, had experienced disrepair.Groogan, Greg. "[http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/19589171/2012/09/19/should-taxpayers-rebuild-lamar-hs#ixzz271hxbT00 Should taxpayers rebuild Lamar HS?] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015033756/http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/19589171/2012/09/19/should-taxpayers-rebuild-lamar-hs |date=October 15, 2012 }}" KRIV. September 19, 2012. Updated October 7, 2012. Retrieved on October 18, 2012. The school at the time had insufficient facilities for its now larger student body.{{cite web|author=Rangel, Gustavo|url=http://www.rumbotx.com/2012/10/17/hisd-pide-bono-de-1-890-millones-para-construir-escuelas-en-houston/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927035158/http://www.rumbotx.com/2012/10/17/hisd-pide-bono-de-1-890-millones-para-construir-escuelas-en-houston/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-09-27|title=HISD pide bono de $1,890 millones para construir escuelas en Houston|publisher=El Rumbo|date=2012-10-17|access-date=2017-01-08}} The 2019 renovation brought the destruction of the West and East buildings that served Lamar since the 1980s. The new instructional building on Babel Street include completely redone educational facilities and premier sports facilities.[https://blogs.houstonisd.org/news/2016/05/12/lamar-hs-construction-plans-focus-on-facilitating-new-instructional-model/]

The school has a large map of Texas on the wall of the performance hall. In 2012 Richard Connelly of the Houston Press ranked Lamar as the seventh most architecturally beautiful high school campus in Greater Houston, saying that it is "[d]efinitely one of the most distinctive schools in town."Connelly, Richard. "The 7 Best-Looking High Schools in Houston." Houston Press. Tuesday, May 22, 2012. [http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/05/7_best_looking_high_schools.php 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525093041/http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/05/7_best_looking_high_schools.php |date=May 25, 2012 }}. Retrieved on May 27, 2012.

John F. Staub and Kenneth Franzheim, two architects, designed Lamar's original buildings with Louis A. Glover, Lamar Q. Cato, and Harry D. Payne. The design uses a "Z-plan" which has the auditorium and shop wings on opposite ends of the academic block. Jay C. Henry, the author of Architecture in Texas: 1895-1945, write that the construction had "a more avant-garde expression."Henry p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=XSEKMBiN-OQC&pg=PA215 215]. "By contrast, Lamar Senior High School in Houston (FIG 6.34)[...]bends a similar plan configuration to a more avant-garde expression."

In 2010 the school announced that it would replace its traditional school library with a coffee bar and electronic research center.Downing, Margaret. "[http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2010/11/lamar_highs_library_ousts_book.php Lamar High's Library Ousts Books, Re-Opens as Coffee Shop]." Houston Press. Tuesday, November 23, 2010. Retrieved on November 24, 2010. The coffee bar is operated by LHS's culinary program.Lescaleet, Cynthia. "[http://www.hcnonline.com/river_oaks/news/article_74f77bcc-f737-5a57-a35d-1344b89227c5.html It's not your parents’ high school library at Lamar High]." River Oaks Examiner. Wednesday, October 20, 2010. Updated on Sunday, November 21, 2010. Retrieved on November 24, 2010.

The school is seen in the movie Rushmore.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rushmoreacademy.com/academy/films/rushmore/library/locations.html|title = The Rushmore Academy • Films • Rushmore}} In Rushmore the campus is used as the setting for Grover Cleveland High School.{{cite news | last = Linehan | first = Hugh | url = http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/1999/0828/99082800209.html | title = Latin Lessons for Today's America | work = Irish Times | pages = 64 | date = August 28, 1999}} Richard Connelly of the Houston Press said that the Lamar building "was ghetto'd up to look like a dilapidated inner-city school." The school was also featured in the Chuck Norris film: Sidekicks.http://cinema.theiapolis.com/movie-0WT6/sidekicks/technical-details.html {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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On October 17, 1987, Lamar High School and its students celebrated its 50th anniversary by creating a time capsule to teach the students in the future how high school life was like in the 1980s.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} The time capsule was buried in front of Lamar's main entrance where it lies today. The plaque that marks where the time capsule lies is made from marble donated by the community of River Oaks and fundraising events held at Lamar at the time.

The plaque of Lamar's time capsule reads...

Lamar High School

Fiftieth Anniversary Time Capsule

HEREIN LIES MEMENTOS SELECTED BY STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF LAMAR HIGH SCHOOL IN COMMEMORATION OF THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY, SEALED ON OCTOBER 17TH, 1987. THE CAPSULE IS TO BE OPENED ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY, THE YEAR 2037

In 2017, ground was broken for the building of a new $108 million state-of-the-art campus. Construction is expected to be completed in 2019 and will preserve the significant architectural building structures of the old campus.{{Cite web|url=http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/71992|title=Building Programs / Lamar High School}}

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For the 2022–23 school year:

• African American: 27.8%
• Hispanic: 40.5%
• White: 22.8%
• American Indian: 0.3%
• Asian: 5.3%
• Pacific Islander: 0.1%
• Two or More Races: 3.2%
• Economically Disadvantaged: 49.3%

In 2016 about 60% of the students attending Lamar live outside of the Lamar attendance boundary.{{cite news|author=Webb, Shelby|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/education/article/School-choice-favors-HISD-campuses-in-whiter-12805363.php|title=School choice favors HISD campuses in whiter neighborhoods|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|access-date=2018-04-08}}

In 2018 more than 50% of the student body was considered to be at risk of becoming school dropouts.{{cite news|author=Wang, Amy B.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2018/04/02/from-stanford-to-harvard-this-teen-applied-to-20-colleges-and-got-full-rides-to-all-of-them/|title=From Stanford to Harvard, this teen applied to 20 colleges — and got full rides to all of them|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2018-04-02|access-date=2019-11-10}}

{{see also|History of the African Americans in Houston}}

In the Lamar's early history, students were segregated into different schools by race. In 1967 the school had 2,040 students. Until 1970 HISD categorized Hispanic students as being White, so Jay P. Childers, author of The Evolving Citizen: American Youth and the Changing Norms of Democratic Engagement, wrote that in terms of ethnic ratios, "Exact numbers for the late 1960s are impossible to calculate" for that reason.Childers, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=wCGzBFpptoIC&pg=PA49 49]. {{ISBN|0271054115}}, 9780271054117. As evidence that non-Hispanic White students were the vast majority at that time, he used images from the school newspaper, The Lancer.

Childers wrote that ethnic change "seemed" to have quickly occurred after desegregation, citing the fact that in Spring 1974 African Americans made up six of twelve of the class officers and that in 1972 the cover of one issue of the Lancer showed a black male. Curtis wrote that the racial integration did not cause "unfortunate incidents" at the school.Curtis, Gregory. "[http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Pomp and Circumstance]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113024/http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Archive]). Texas Monthly. Vol. 3, No. 3. Emmis Communications, March 1975. ISSN 0148-7736. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA96 96]. In 1975 there were 1,900 students. Due to the outflow of the very wealthy the school was increasingly made up of middle-class students, and some students were of lower income backgrounds: 100 of them rented their own apartments.

As of 1975 about 33% of Lamar's students were black. Many black parents sent their children to Lamar because of the school's strong academic reputation. By 1975 black students became members of clubs and the cheerleader corps of Lamar, and the student council president and "Lady of Lamar" was black. Curtis wrote that black students who did not wish to associate with whites often did not participate in the social environment while whites who did not wish to associate with blacks were still able to participate in that environment. Some black students emphasized with friends attending other schools who criticized them for going to Lamar that they only attended the school. Curtis wrote that some Lamar white students felt that "going to school with blacks [was] a duty they must perform, a quirk of history they must indulge."

In 2006 Lisa Viator from the Houston Chronicle stated that between the 1950s and 2006 the school had transitioned from "an exclusive suburban institution" to a multiethnic urban high school. As of 2010 the Lamar campus was built to accommodate 2,525 students but housed an additional 740 students as of the 2010–2011 school year. It is one of the most popular high schools for transferring in HISD and is one of the most ethnically diverse in the city.Mellon, Ericka. "[http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/HISD-faces-politically-tough-choices-in-closing-1701841.php HISD faces politically tough choices in closing schools]." Houston Chronicle. December 20, 2010. Retrieved on February 22, 2014.

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In 2008 William G. Ouchi, author of Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need, stated that Lamar was one of the two "elite" public high schools in Houston along with Bellaire High School.Ouchi, William G. Making Schools Work: A Revolutionary Plan to Get Your Children the Education They Need. Simon & Schuster, June 24, 2008. {{ISBN|1439108102}}, 9781439108109. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=FHmQMQ2jYWgC&pg=PA150 150]. In 1979,Reinert, Al. "Football Heroes." Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications, September 1979. Vol. 7, No. 9. ISSN 0148-7736. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Dy4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA132 132]. "The two most elite public schools in the state—Highland Park in Dallas and Lamar in Houston—[...]" Al Reinert of Texas Monthly stated that Lamar was historically one of the two elite public high schools in all of Texas, along with Highland Park High School near Dallas.Sherrod, Rick. Texas High School Football Dynasties (Sports History Series). The History Press, 2013. {{ISBN|1609496124}}, 9781609496128. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=eRe82hUnBN8C&pg=PA47 47]. Laura Nathan-Garner, author of the second edition of the Insiders' Guide to Houston (2012), wrote that Lamar was "considered one of the area's best public high schools."Nathan-Garner, Laura. Insiders' Guide to Houston (2nd edition). Rowman & Littlefield, October 2, 2012. {{ISBN|0762790636}}, 9780762790630. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=9Dnm4d0inrwC&pg=PA248 248].

In January 2015 the school began issuing laptop computers to all students. Several classes now use the "flipped classroom" model where the teacher uploads lectures that may be viewed over the internet at any time, while hands-on work is done in the classroom."[http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/04/27/lamar-high-flipping-classroom-upside-down/26485047/ Lamar High flipping classrooms upside down]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150601034224/http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/2015/04/27/lamar-high-flipping-classroom-upside-down/26485047/ Archive]). KHOU-TV. April 27, 2015. Retrieved on June 3, 2015.

In the pre-desegregation period just about all Lamar students matriculated to colleges and universities. After desegregation in the 1970s and the resulting social class changes, the percentage of students moving on to colleges and universities was down to about 66% by 1975. At that time there were declines in the National Merit Qualifying Exam and SAT test scores.

In 2007, Lamar was ranked as in Jay Mathews Newsweek's lists of the top high schools in the United States.Mellon, Ericka. "[http://blogs.chron.com/schoolzone/2007/05/houston_vs_dallas.html Houston vs. Dallas]." Houston Chronicle. May 21, 2007. Many students in other parts of Houston ISD transfer to Lamar to escape home schools that do not have a good academic performance, causing the attendance figures of those schools to suffer.{{cite news|author=Spencer, Jason|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2005_3900502|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060216225522/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2005_3900502|url-status=dead|archive-date=2006-02-16|title=Transfer policy hinders schools|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2005-09-04|page=B1 MetFront|access-date=2016-12-31}}

In 2007 Todd Spivak of the Houston Press reported about the magazine's feature "These Kids Go to the Best Public High School in Houston." Spivak said that Lamar High School, which he described as "well-regarded," received a lower rating due to a 66% graduation rate. Dr. Robert Sanborn, president, and CEO of the Children at Risk organization said that there was an achievement gap at Lamar between the top-performing students and the lowest-performing students.Spivak, Todd. "[http://www.houstonpress.com/2006-03-02/news/the-also-rans The Also-Rans]." Houston Press. March 2, 2006. Retrieved on April 20, 2009.

File:Bus stop outside Lamar High School (Houston).jpg bus stop outside of the school]]

Houston ISD provides school buses for students who live more than two miles (3 km) from the school or who have major obstacles between their houses and the school. Students are eligible if they are zoned to Lamar or are in the Lamar magnet program.

A METRO bus stop (Westheimer Road @ River Oaks Boulevard) is at the school's entrance. Bus lines 81 & 82 (Westheimer)"[http://www.ridemetro.org/pdf/routes/082-westheimer.pdf 82 Westheimer] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220239/http://www.ridemetro.org/pdf/routes/082-westheimer.pdf |date=September 27, 2007 }}," Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas stop at Westheimer @ River Oaks.

The school seal includes the coat of arms of the family of Mirabeau B. Lamar. The school motto "Va t'en aux étoiles", featured on the seal, was the Lamar family's motto.Sloan, p. 27.

Before fall 2006, Lamar maintained a dress code allowing for students to wear most types of clothing."[https://web.archive.org/web/20040304052356/http://hs.houstonisd.org/lamarhs/dresscode.htm Dress Code]." Lamar High School. Accessed on March 4, 2003. Starting in the 2006–2007 school year, the school requires school uniforms."[http://www.examinernews.com/articles/2006/05/11/west_university/community/comm12.txt Lamar adopts uniform policy]," West University Examiner Uniforms consist of monogrammed navy or white Lamar polo shirts and khaki bottoms. All shoe types are permitted, including flip-flops; female students are allowed to wear plaid skirts. The Texas Education Agency specifies that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections."[https://web.archive.org/web/20081008203140/http://www.tea.state.tx.us/commissioner/2001/008901.DOC DOCKET NO. 008-R5-901]." Texas Education Agency. Accessed October 13, 2008."[https://web.archive.org/web/20080602171613/http://www.tea.state.tx.us/field/uniforms.html School Uniforms]", Texas Education Agency. June 2, 2008. Retrieved on June 20, 2017. "(c) A parent or guardian of a student assigned to attend a school at which students are required to wear school uniforms may choose for the student to be exempted from the requirement or to transfer to a school at which students are not required to wear uniforms and at which space is available if the parent or guardian provides a written statement that, as determined by the board of trustees, states a bona fide religious or philosophical objection to the requirement." Alice Davidson, a Lamar student who wrote the "Screaming in the Halls" column in the "Yo! Houston" section of the Houston Chronicle, said that the Lamar uniform is similar to that of the St. John's School.Davidson, Alice. "[http://search.chron.com/chronicle/openDocument.do?docRef=archive_2006_4117628&selectedPath=Archives Enthusiasm for stricter dress code not uniform]{{dead link|date=September 2015 }}." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday, May 16, 2006. Star 3 "Yo!" Retrieved on September 13, 2009. Available from the Houston Public Library [http://houstonlibrary.org/newspapers newspaper database, accessible with a library card number and password] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627213551/https://www.houstonlibrary.org/newspapers |date=June 27, 2021 }}. Newsbank record number 4117628. "Instead of having the chance to express ourselves as individuals, we must choose from two polo shirts and khaki bottoms. It’s similar to that of the private school across the street." (the private school adjacent to Lamar is St. John's School)

Of the more than twenty HISD high schools that, as of 2007, had a standardized dress code or uniforms, Lamar was the only one that had a White plurality. The principal, James McSwain, cited safety concerns with a world after the Columbine High School massacre and the September 11, 2001 attacks as the reason for the school's adoption of uniforms. The newly created policy received opposition from some students and parents;Viren, Sarah. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20071219041431/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id=2007_4416999 BACK TO SCHOOL / Demographics may dictate uniformity / More HISD senior campuses requiring `standardized dress']" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20071219041431/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl?id%3D2007_4416999 Archive]). Houston Chronicle. Monday, September 3, 2007. Section A, Page 1. Retrieved on October 25, 2011. the policy was criticized in the May 16, 2006 Houston Chronicle by Davidson in her column. The Houston Chronicle printed a feature about the Lamar uniform policy in the August 22, 2006 edition of the Yo! section;Staff. "[http://search.chron.com/chronicle/openDocument.do?docRef=archive_2006_4175277&selectedPath= YO! / Dress to impress]." {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120715061008/http://search.chron.com/chronicle/openDocument.do?docRef=archive_2006_4175277&selectedPath= |date=July 15, 2012 }} Houston Chronicle. Tuesday, August 22, 2006. Star 1. Retrieved on September 13, 2009. Available from the Houston Public Library's database for library cardholders. the feature was written by Jessica Silverman, a student at Lamar as of 2006.Silverman, Jessica. "[http://search.chron.com/chronicle/openDocument.do?docRef=archive_2006_4175276&selectedPath= GETTING SCHOOLED! / FASHION PASSION / School uniforms are becoming all too common for some people. But at Lamar, students are dressing up the dress code so they can … / Step out in style]." {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120715032347/http://search.chron.com/chronicle/openDocument.do?docRef=archive_2006_4175276&selectedPath= |date=July 15, 2012 }} Houston Chronicle. Tuesday, August 22, 2006. Star 3 "Yo!" Retrieved on September 13, 2009. Available from the Houston Public Library's database for library cardholders.

In summer 2009, summer school students at Lamar were required to buy a uniform that differed from the regular Lamar uniform.Connelly, Richard. "[http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2009/06/hisd_summer_school.php Going To Summer School At Lamar? You're Buying A Brand-New Uniform]." Houston Press. Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Retrieved on September 13, 2009.

Many parts of Houston west of Downtown that are inside the 610 Loop are zoned to Lamar."[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Lamar_HS.pdf Lamar High School Attendance Zone]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on January 29, 2018. River Oaks,"[http://www.ropo.org/map.html Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705042457/http://www.ropo.org/map.html |date=July 5, 2008 }}." River Oaks Property Owners Association. Retrieved on December 4, 2008. Afton Oaks,Section 1: Blocks 1-16: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v077/AE1997_77-2_0052.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v077/AE1997_77-2_0052.pdf - Newcastle Courts and resubdivision Afton Oaks 3 indicated

• Section 2, Blocks 8-10 and 17: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v077/AE1997_77-2_0053.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v077/AE1997_77-2_0053.pdf
• Section 3, Blocks 12-15 and 17: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v077/AE1997_77-2_0054.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v077/AE1997_77-2_0054.pdf
• Section 4, Block 18, Lots 1-16: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v077/AE1997_77-2_0055.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v077/AE1997_77-2_0055.pdf
• Section 5: Blocks 1-4: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v077/AE1997_77-2_0056.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v077/AE1997_77-2_0056.pdf
• Section 6, Blocks 16-20: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v080/AE1997_80_0062.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v080/AE1997_80_0062.pdf
• Section 7, Blocks 1-2: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v081/AE1997_81_0072.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v081/AE1997_81_0072.pdf Upper Kirby, Avalon Place, Avondale, Southgate,Original sections
• Blocks 1-2: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0074.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0074.pdf
• Block 3: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0075.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0075.pdf
• Block 4: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0076.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0076.pdf
• Blocks 5-6: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0077.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0077.pdf
• Block 7: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0078.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0078.pdf
• Block 8: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0079.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0079.pdf
• Blocks 9-10: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0080.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0080.pdf
• Block 11: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0081.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0081.pdf
• Blocks 12-13: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0082.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0082.pdf
• Addition/Amending: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0083.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0083.pdf
• Blocks 14-15: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0084.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0084.pdf
• Blocks 16-17: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0085.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0085.pdf
• Block 18: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0086.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0086.pdf
• Lots 9&10 Amending Plat: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0087.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0087.pdf
• Block 19: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0088.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0088.pdf
• Block 20: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0089.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0089.pdf
• Block 21-22: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0091.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0091.pdf

Additions:

• Section 2, Blocks 23-25: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0092.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0092.jpg
• Section 3: http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0090.jpg and http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0090.pdf
• Annex Block 1: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0093.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0093.jpg Morningside Place,*Bliss Court: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v073/AE1997_73-1_0020.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v073/AE1997_73-1_0020.jpg
• Brantwood:
• Blocks 1-4: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v063/AE1997_63_0016.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v063/AE1997_63_0016.jpg
• Addition Blocks 1-8: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v063/AE1997_63_0017.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v063/AE1997_63_0017.jpg
• Carolina Place (the first two files are listed twice as "Carolina Place" and "Carolina Place TH"):
• Block 1: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v058/AE1997_58_0208.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v058/AE1997_58_0208.jpg
• McClendon Townhouses: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v058/AE1997_58_0207.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v058/AE1997_58_0207.jpg
• Block 2: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v058/AE1997_58_0209.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v058/AE1997_58_0209.jpg
• Carolina Place Extension: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v058/AE1997_58_0210.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v058/AE1997_58_0210.jpg
• Wessex: Said no maps in the database but they're there!
• Got it! http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0149.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0149.jpg - Indicates Village Townhomes and Hamlet Townhomes
• http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v064/AE1997_64_0150.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v064/AE1997_64_0150.jpg
• Windermere:
• Blocks 1-4: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v060/AE1997_Vol_60_0045.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v060/AE1997_Vol_60_0045.jpg
• Blocks 5-8: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v060/AE1997_Vol_60_0046.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v060/AE1997_Vol_60_0046.jpg
• Blocks 9-11: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v060/AE1997_Vol_60_0047.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v060/AE1997_Vol_60_0047.jpg
• Blocks 12-13: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v060/AE1997_Vol_60_0048.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v060/AE1997_Vol_60_0048.jpg Highland Village, Shadyside,Harris County block book map: Shadyside: [http://books.tax.hctx.net/v050/AE1997_50_0141.jpg JPG format], [http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v050/AE1997_50_0141.pdf PDF format] West Lane Place, Lynn Park, Oak Estates, Royden Oaks, Old Braeswood, Boulevard Oaks, Southampton Place, most of Cottage Grove,"[http://www.cottagegrovehouston.org/uploads/googlemap_cottagegrove.jpg googlemap_cottagegrove.jpg]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140202094048/http://www.cottagegrovehouston.org/uploads/googlemap_cottagegrove.jpg Archive]) Cottage Grove. Retrieved on October 21, 2012. Sunset Terrace, Broadacres,"Broadacres" ([http://books.tax.hctx.net/v053/AE1997_Vol_52-53_0273.jpg JPG], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140408233940/http://books.tax.hctx.net/v053/AE1997_Vol_52-53_0273.jpg Archive], [http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v053/AE1997_Vol_52-53_0273.pdf PDF], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140409002033/http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v053/AE1997_Vol_52-53_0273.pdf Archive] – Harris County Block Book. Retrieved on November 20, 2012. Ranch Estates, Rice Village, Rice Military,{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} Crestwood/Glen Cove,"[http://www.crestwoodglencove.org/media/DIR_123/1c748fc092a4bec1ffff83d7ffffe907.jpg Neighborhood Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814112853/http://crestwoodglencove.org/media/DIR_123/1c748fc092a4bec1ffff83d7ffffe907.jpg |date=August 14, 2015 }}" ([https://archive.today/20121021180936/http://www.crestwoodglencove.org/media/DIR_123/cc16f25a3049a191ffff820e7f000101.jpg Archive]). Crestwood/Glen Cove. Retrieved on July 25, 2017. Weslayan Plaza, the portions of Braeswood Place east of Stella Link and north of South Braeswood (including Braes Heights and Braes Oaks),Ayrshire
• Section 1, Blocks 1-4: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v073/AE1997_73-1_0002.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v073/AE1997_73-1_0002.jpg
• Ayshire Addition Sections 2-9:
• Section 2, Blocks 5-6: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v073/AE1997_73-1_0003.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v073/AE1997_73-1_0003.jpg
• Section 3, Blocks 5-8: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v073/AE1997_73-1_0004.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v073/AE1997_73-1_0004.jpg
• Section 4, Blocks 7-10: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v073/AE1997_73-1_0005.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v073/AE1997_73-1_0005.jpg
• Section 5, Blocks 9-12: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v073/AE1997_73-1_0006.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v073/AE1997_73-1_0006.jpg
• Section 6, Blocks 11-16: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v073/AE1997_73-1_0007.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v073/AE1997_73-1_0007.jpg
• Section 7, Blocks 15-18: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v073/AE1997_73-1_0008.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v073/AE1997_73-1_0008.jpg
• Section 8: Blocks 17-20: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v073/AE1997_73-1_0009.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v073/AE1997_73-1_0009.jpg
• Section 9, Blocks 19-22: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v073/AE1997_73-1_0010.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v073/AE1997_73-1_0010.jpg
• Section 10, Blocks 21-24: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v081/AE1997_81_0010.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v081/AE1997_81_0010.jpg
• Section 11, Blocks 23-26: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v082/AE1997_82-1_0052.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v082/AE1997_82-1_0052.jpg
• Section 12, Blocks 25-27: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v085/AE1997_85_0104.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v085/AE1997_85_0104.jpg
• Section 13, Blocks 26-28: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v088/AE1997_88_0036.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v088/AE1997_88_0036.jpg
• Section 14:
• Blocks 27-28: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v092/AE1997_92-2_0015.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v092/AE1997_92-2_0015.jpg
• PT27 Partial replat: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v092/AE1997_92-2_0014.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v092/AE1997_92-2_0014.jpg

Braes Heights:

• Section 1:
• Blocks 1-2: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0007.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0007.jpg
• Blocks 3-6&PTof2: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0008.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0008.jpg
• Amending Plat: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0009.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0009.jpg
• Section 2:
• http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0010.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0010.jpg
• http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0011.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0011.jpg
• Sections 2-3: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0014.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0014.jpg
• Section 3:
• http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0012.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0012.jpg
• Partial replat: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0013.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0013.jpg
• Section 4: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0015.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0015.jpg
• Section 5: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0016.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0016.jpg
• Section 6: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0017.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0017.jpg
• Section 7: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0018.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0018.jpg
• Section 8: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0019.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0019.jpg
• Section 9: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0020.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0020.jpg
• Section 10: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0021.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0021.jpg
• Section 11: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v072/AE1997_72_0022.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v072/AE1997_72_0022.jpg

Braes Oaks

• Section 1, Blocks 1-8: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v076/AE1997_76-1_0013.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v076/AE1997_76-1_0013.jpg
• Section 2, Blocks 8-10: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v076/AE1997_76-1_0014.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v076/AE1997_76-1_0014.jpg

Braes Manor

• Section 1: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v083/AE1997_83-1_0012.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v083/AE1997_83-1_0012.jpg
• Section 2 (Church site indicated: Longfellow School and Linkwood Park are across from the church, meaning they are completely surrounded by Braeswood Place): http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v083/AE1997_83-1_0052.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v083/AE1997_83-1_0052.jpg

Braes Terrace

• Section 1: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v077/AE1997_77-2_0024.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v077/AE1997_77-2_0024.jpg
• Note that Section 2: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v077/AE1997_77-2_0025.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v077/AE1997_77-2_0025.jpg seems to be governed by the Knollwood Village Civic Club https://web.archive.org/web/20121204195142/http://knollwoodvillagecc.org/deeds.html

Emerald Forest: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v078/AE1997_78_0053.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v078/AE1997_78_0053.jpg

Southern Oaks:

• Blocks 1-11: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v075/AE1997_75-2_0030.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v075/AE1997_75-2_0030.jpg
• Section 2: http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v075/AE1997_75-2_0033.pdf and http://books.tax.hctx.net/v075/AE1997_75-2_0033.jpg

most of Midtown,There are separate boundaries for the Midtown Super Neighborhood and the Midtown Management District. See City of Houston maps: [https://www.houstontx.gov/planning/Demographics/docs_pdfs/SN/62_Midtown.pdf Midtown Super Neighborhood] and [https://www.houstontx.gov:443/planning/Neighborhood/docs_pdfs/mgmt-maps.pdf Management district map]. Retrieved on June 4, 2019. - Also see: [https://web.archive.org/web/20081203060535/http://www.houstonmidtown.com/cmsFiles/Files/Midtown_DevMap_1206.pdf 2006 Midtown Management District Land Use Map] and "[https://www.midtownhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MMD-Service-Plan-2015-2024-Final-4.pdf SERVICE AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR FISCAL YEARS 2015-2024] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129084701/https://www.midtownhouston.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/MMD-Service-Plan-2015-2024-Final-4.pdf |date=January 29, 2018 }}." Midtown Houston Management District. Retrieved on April 4, 2009. Map on page 25/25 of the PDF. a small portion of Riverside Terrace, and the Neartown area (including Montrose, Cherryhurst, Westmoreland,"[http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/historic_pres/maps_of_districts/Westmoreland.pdf Westmoreland Historic District] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530085903/http://www.houstontx.gov/planning/historic_pres/maps_of_districts/Westmoreland.pdf |date=May 30, 2010 }}." City of Houston. Retrieved on May 26, 2010. Courtlandt Place,{{cite magazine|author=Davis, Jeanne Lyons|url=https://www.houstoniamag.com/articles/2016/10/24/courtland-place-gated-community-montrose|title=Courtland Place: Going Behind the Gates|magazine=Houstonia|date=2016-10-24|access-date=2018-12-31}} See map in article. Hyde Park,"[http://hydeparkhouston.org/?page_id=5 Hyde Park Civic Association Boundaries]." Hyde Park Civic Association. Retrieved on December 19, 2016. Richwood, Lancaster Place, Castle Court, and North Montrose) are also zoned to Lamar."[http://www.tax.co.harris.tx.us/blockbooks/default.asp#SSearch Block Book Map Search] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217041329/http://www.tax.co.harris.tx.us/blockbooks/default.asp |date=December 17, 2008 }}." Harris County Tax Office. Retrieved on February 27, 2009. Laura Nathan-Garner, author of the second edition of the Insiders' Guide to Houston (2012), wrote that "Many children in [River Oaks] attend [Lamar]".

In addition, all pupils in the city of West University Place and the majority of pupils in the city of Southside Place (areas east of Stella Link Road) are zoned to Lamar."[http://www.westu.org/upload/images/CityMap.pdf City Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060303140456/http://www.westu.org/upload/images/CityMap.pdf |date=March 3, 2006 }}." City of West University Place. Retrieved on February 27, 2009."[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4869272&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Southside Place City] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531063421/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4869272&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=May 31, 2009 }}." United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 27, 2009.

Rice Village Apartments, the Rice University graduate housing complexes that admit families, is zoned to this school; Morningside Square, a Rice University complex which was formerly in operation and also housed families, was also zoned to Lamar."[http://campushousing.rice.edu/GradContent.aspx?id=579 Property Comparison] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908041106/http://campushousing.rice.edu/GradContent.aspx?id=579 |date=September 8, 2011 }}." Rice University Graduate Housing. Retrieved on October 2, 2011. "Morningside Square Apartments Updated Oct 26, 2010 2401 & 2409 Shakespeare St Houston, TX 77030" and " Rice Village Apartments Updated Oct 26, 2010 2410 Shakespeare St Houston, TX 77030" 7900 Cambridge and 1885 El Paseo, the student housing properties of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, are also zoned to Lamar."[http://son.uth.tmc.edu/prospstudent/applresources/documents/catalog.pdf School of Nursing 2009 – 2011 Catalog] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426013344/http://son.uth.tmc.edu/prospstudent/applresources/documents/catalog.pdf |date=April 26, 2012 }}." University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. 49. Retrieved on November 24, 2011. Other notable apartment and condominium complexes zoned to Lamar include 2727 Kirby,{{cite web|url=https://2727kirbyhouston.com/|title=Home|publisher=2727 Kirby|accessdate=2022-10-16|quote=2727 Kirby}} The Driscoll at River Oaks,{{cite web|url=https://www.riveroaksshoppingcenter.com/directory/|title=Directory|publisher=River Oaks Shopping Center|accessdate=2021-04-09|archive-date=June 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630224707/http://www.riveroaksshoppingcenter.com/directory/|url-status=dead}} - Compare map to school boundary maps. The Huntingdon,{{cite web|last=Guillen|first=Darla|url=https://www.chron.com/z-archived-homes/article/Impressive-River-Oaks-Upper-Kirby-high-rise-6464336.php|title=Impressive River Oaks/Upper Kirby high-rise listed at $3.9M|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2015-08-25|accessdate=2022-10-22|quote=2121 Kirby}} - The address of The Huntington, to compare with school boundary maps. Isabella Court,{{cite web|last=Gilthorpe|first=Darla Guillen |url=https://www.chron.com:443/z-archived-homes/slideshow/amazing-photos-of-historic-buildings-201936.php|title=Houston's eclectic Isabella Court nominated for protected landmark status|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=2020-04-30|accessdate=2022-10-14|quote=3913 Main Street}} The Residences at La Colombe d'Or,{{cite web|url=https://www.livelacolombedor.com/contact/|title=Contact|publisher=The Residences at La Colombe d'Or|accessdate=2022-10-01|quote=3411 Yoakum Blvd, Houston, TX 77006}} - Compare the address with the Baker boundary map. and Sheridan Apartments.{{cite web|url=https://www.ggpropertiestx.com/houston.html|title=Sheridan Apartments|publisher=GG Properties|accessdate=2022-10-14|quote=2603 Milam St. Houston, TX}} - Compare this address to the school boundary maps. The Texas Medical Center (TMC) employee housing complex, Laurence H. Favrot Tower Apartments, was also zoned to Lamar;"[https://web.archive.org/web/20100624063945/http://www.texmedctr.tmc.edu/root/en/TMCServices/Housing/Parking+at+Favrot.htm TMC Services > Favrot Tower Apartments]." Texas Medical Center. June 20, 2010. Retrieved on April 22, 2018. "20-Minute Parking (located in the back of the building): 6540 Bellows Lane, Houston, TX 77030" On August 31, 2012 the complex closed."[https://web.archive.org/web/20120729225051/http://texasmedicalcenter.org/housing/ Favrot Tower Apartments]." Texas Medical Center. July 29, 2012. Retrieved on April 22, 2018. "Favrot Tower is closing August 31, 2012."

In the 1970s most of the neighborhoods in Lamar's attendance zone were middle and upper middle class, with the exception of the very wealthy River Oaks. As of 1975 the boundaries were roughly Interstate 10 (Katy Freeway) to the North, the Brays Bayou to the South, Montrose Boulevard to the East, and the 610 Loop to the west.

Students residing in the Margaret Long Wisdom attendance zone,"[http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/LeeHS.pdf Lee High School Attendance Zone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203120115/http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/LeeHS.pdf |date=February 3, 2007 }}," Houston Independent School District including the Uptown district and the neighborhoods of Briarmeadow, Briargrove,"[http://www.briargrove.org/images/MapOutline1.gif Briargrove Subdivision] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041206222217/http://briargrove.org/images/MapOutline1.gif |date=December 6, 2004 }}." Briargrove Property Owners, Inc. Accessed September 24, 2008. Briarcroft, Gulfton, Larchmont, Tanglewilde, St. George Place (Lamar Terrace), Shenandoah,"[http://www.sca77081.com/downloads/maps/NeighborhoodWithSubdivisionsMarked.pdf NeighborhoodWithSubdivisionsMarked.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530053601/http://www.sca77081.com/downloads/maps/NeighborhoodWithSubdivisionsMarked.pdf |date=May 30, 2009 }} (Composite map). Harris County Appraisal District. Accessed October 6, 2008. Tanglewood, West Oaks, Woodlake Forest, Jeanetta, Sharpstown Country Club Estates, and small portions of Westchase east of Gessner, may go to Lamar, Margaret Long Wisdom High, or Westside High.[https://web.archive.org/web/20050509100740/http://hs.houstonisd.org/leehs/home2.htm Home Page] as of May 9, 2005. Lee High School. Small portions of the cities of Hunters Creek Village and Piney Point Village are zoned to Margaret Long Wisdom with options for Lamar and Westside."[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4835480&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Hunters Creek Village City] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090725195518/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4835480&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=July 25, 2009 }}." United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 27, 2009."[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4857800&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Piney Point Village City] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707195302/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US4857800&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on |date=July 7, 2009 }}." United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 27, 2009.

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Lamar High School teams are Lamar Texans. Prior to this, they were Redskins; this nickname was phased out and replaced with the "Texans," as "Redskins" is considered by some to be derogatory to the Native American population.{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/new-poll-says-large-majority-of-americans-believe-redskins-should-not-change-name/2014/09/02/496e3dd0-32e0-11e4-9e92-0899b306bbea_story.html| title = New poll says large majority of Americans believe Redskins should not change name - The Washington Post| newspaper = The Washington Post}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.si.com/nfl-fan-poll-2014/washington-redskins|title = Just 25 percent of fans think the Redskins should change their name| date=September 23, 2014 }}

In 1999 a student proposed to retire the Redskin mascot. The teacher in charge of the student poll included a question on whether the students were willing to pay for the change; the student body voted against it, with every six students voting to retain and every one voting to keep. The student wanted to create his own poll but the Lamar administration id not permit this.{{cite web|last=Grossman|first=Wendy|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/news/strong-reservations-6566157|newspaper=Houston Press|title=Strong Reservations|date=1999-11-11|accessdate=2021-04-23}}

In April 2014 the HISD school board decided to rename remaining sports team names of Confederate and Native American mascots owing to fears of appearing culturally insensitive.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Each school submitted its main choices to the HISD administration. The majority of Lamar students voted for Texian, but the school adopted "Texan" because HISD board members believed "Texan" was better than "Texian" since the latter could be culturally insensitive.Downing, Margaret. "[http://www.houstonpress.com/2014-04-24/news/rick-perry-hisd-mascots/ Killing Archaic Symbols]." Houston Chronicle. Wednesday, April 23, 2004. Retrieved on May 12, 2014. -- title of page is "Rick Perry Lawyers Up. HISD Debuts New Mascots" with the main story by Carol Morgan. During the Redskin era, the school had a statue called "Big Red," a depiction of a Native American.Curtis, Gregory. "[http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Pomp and Circumstance]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113024/http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Archive]). Texas Monthly. Vol. 3, No. 3. Emmis Communications, March 1975. ISSN 0148-7736. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 56]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57 57].

Lamar Texans' archrivals are the Bellaire High Cardinals from Houston suburb Bellaire, Texas.Jenkins, Jeff. "[http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire-sports/article/Bellaire-Lamar-in-fight-for-an-edge-1947241.php Bellaire, Lamar in fight for an edge]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150927090558/http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire-sports/article/Bellaire-Lamar-in-fight-for-an-edge-1947241.php Archive]). Houston Chronicle. Thursday, October 20, 2005. Retrieved on September 26, 2015.Jenkins, Jeff. "[http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/heights-news/article/Surging-Bellaire-to-pose-daunting-task-for-Lamar-1985601.php Surging Bellaire to pose daunting task for Lamar in a battle for 21-5A title]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150927095938/http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/heights-news/article/Surging-Bellaire-to-pose-daunting-task-for-Lamar-1985601.php Archive]). Houston Chronicle. Thursday, October 21, 2004. Retrieved on September 26, 2015. Their main competitions are soccer and baseball.{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}} In previous eras the primary athletic rival was Lee High School. American football games were the primary outlet of this rivalry, but it manifested itself in other ways; in 1975 Gregory Curtis of the Texas Monthly wrote that "the respective Key Clubs know year by year which club has sold more grapefruit in the Christmas drive and more tickets to the spring Pancake Breakfast."Curtis, Gregory. "[http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Pomp and Circumstance]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113024/http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Archive]). Texas Monthly. Vol. 3, No. 3. Emmis Communications, March 1975. ISSN 0148-7736. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56 56]. According to Curtis, the rivalry "is as natural as it is intense" because the schools had students from the same social class and general geographic area.Curtis, Gregory. "[http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Pomp and Circumstance]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113024/http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Archive]). Texas Monthly. Vol. 3, No. 3. Emmis Communications, March 1975. ISSN 0148-7736. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA54 54]-[https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA566 56].

Historically the cheerleading program at Lamar was very prominent.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} In the 1970s female and male students aspired to become cheerleaders. Curtis stated that being a cheerleader gave students the popularity needed to be elected in student government and club positions, such as the student body president, Key Club president, president of the Ramal club, and the president of the Pow Wow club.Curtis, Gregory. "[http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Pomp and Circumstance]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113024/http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Archive]). Texas Monthly. Vol. 3, No. 3. Emmis Communications, March 1975. ISSN 0148-7736. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA97 97]. A male student interviewed by Curtis stated that cheerleaders had more status than American football players.

Lamar won the 1953 4A State Football Championship beating Odessa 33–7.{{cite web |url=http://www.uiltexas.org/football/archives/P480 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150124032532/http://www.uiltexas.org/football/archives/P480 |archive-date=January 24, 2015 |title=Football State Archives — University Interscholastic League (UIL)}}

Lamar won the 1969 State Baseball championship.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

The men's lacrosse team won the state championships in 1989 and 1995 and were state runner-ups in 1999 and 2001. The women's lacrosse team won the state championship in 1999 and 2011. The 2011 Women's Varsity team had five players named to the US Lacrosse Academic American Team.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

The Lamar Redskins American football program teams have reached the playoffs 30 times, which ties Baytown Lee for the highest-ranking team in Greater Houston area.{{Cite web |url=http://www.amarillo.com/stories/083007/pig_8247398.shtml |title=Texas High School Football Statistics |access-date=October 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110603234426/http://amarillo.com/stories/083007/pig_8247398.shtml |archive-date=June 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} In 2012, the Redskins reached the Texas 5A Division 1 Football Championship and lost to the Allen High School (Allen, Texas) Eagles, 35–21.http://www.uiltexas.org/files/athletics/brackets/football/football-5a-d1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} Lamar's football program has regularly advanced to state eliminations rounds, meeting teams from more rural areas of Texas. As of 1979 the team has historically received large booster support and was made up of sons of oil businessmen.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}} Al Reinert of Texas Monthly described the team as one of two "on-and-off football powers".

Other sports at the school include:"[http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/athletics.htm Athletics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070902072513/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/athletics.htm |date=September 2, 2007 }}," Lamar High School

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• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross-Country
• Field Hockey
• Golf
• Ice Hockey
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming/Diving
• Tennis
• Track & Field
• Volleyball
• Water Polo "[http://www.ccisd.net/athletics/07/Clear%20Springs%202007%20Water%20Polo.pdf 2007 Clear Springs Water Polo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216034820/http://www.ccisd.net/athletics/07/Clear%20Springs%202007%20Water%20Polo.pdf |date=February 16, 2008 }}," Clear Creek Independent School District
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Lamar High School has several organizations and clubs.

Special Interest"[http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Special%20Interest.htm Special Interest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012054937/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Special%20Interest.htm |date=October 12, 2008 }}." Lamar High School. Accessed September 10, 2008.

American Field Service,

Amnesty International,

Animal Welfare Society,

Asian Cultural Society,

Automotive Innovative Installation Design,

Best Buddies,

Bike Club,

Biology Club,

Breakfast Club,

Black Student Union,

Chess Club,

Beyoncé Club,

Christian Student Union,

Culinary Arts,

Computer Service Club,

Drama Club,

Debate Club,

Entrepreneurs of America,

Field Hockey,

Fellowship of Christian Athletes,

Film Club,

French Club,

Frolf (Frisbee Golf/ Disc Golf) Club,

Future Farmers of America (FFA),

Gay-Straight Alliance,

German Club,

Hispanic Club,

Golf,

Ice hockey,

Industrial Technology Club,

Italian Club,

Japanese Club,

La Vida Dulce,

Loading Dock Productions,

Lacrosse,

PACE,

Photography Club,

Ping Pong Club

Pokémon Club,

Russian Club, RAMAL

Scrabble Club,

Skateboarding Club,

Sub Log Indian Club,

Technology Student Association,

Ultimate,

Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Club,

Young Ladies of Distinction,

Young Democrats

Young Libertarians,

Young Republican Club of America,

Wichocolate,

Pow-Wowerade, Robotics ( FRC, VEX)

Performing Arts"[http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Performing%20Arts.htm Performing Arts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013164144/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Performing%20Arts.htm |date=October 13, 2008 }}." Lamar High School. Accessed September 10, 2008.

Band – Marching & Concert,

Concert Women,

Choir,

Choraliers,

Concert Band,

Dance / Dance Theatre,

Drama Club/Thespians,

Jazz Studio,

Madrigals,

Orchestra,

Poets Alive,

Rangerettes Drill Team.

Academics and Honors"[http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Academic%20Honors.htm Academic Honors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914161724/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Academic%20Honors.htm |date=September 14, 2008 }}." Lamar High School. Accessed September 10, 2008.

Academic Decathlon,

Arrowhead (4.0 + GPA),

Debate,

DECA (Marketing Club),

French National Honor Society,

German National Honor Society,

Russian Club,

IB Diploma Candidates,

Latin Honor Society,

Magnet School,

Math Club (Mu Alpha Theta),

National Honor Society,

Odyssey of the Mind,

Quill and Scroll,

Quiz Bowl,

Spanish National Honor Society.

Service and Spirit"[http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Service.htm Service / Spirit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914135853/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Service.htm |date=September 14, 2008 }}." Lamar High School. Accessed September 10, 2008.

Cheerleaders,

Diamonds,

Interact,

Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps,

Key Club,

Muslim Student Association,

Arrowettes Drill Team,

Senior Class,

Wakonda (Freshmen Club),

Warriors.

News"[http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/News.htm News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013164136/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/News.htm |date=October 13, 2008 }}." Lamar High School. Accessed September 10, 2008.

Lamar Life (Newspaper),

Orenda (Yearbook).

Leadership"[http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Leadership.htm Leadership] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012054932/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Leadership.htm |date=October 12, 2008 }}." Lamar High School. Accessed September 10, 2008.

Lamar Student Council.

Technology

Lamar Robotics Club

Lamar Life is a full-color quarterly news magazine. Childers described it as resembling "a strange blending of Newsweek and Teen Vogue." The school newspaper was previously The Lancer. Childers wrote that the Lancer during the mid-1990s "took a decidedly downward turn" and in 2000 was ended. Lamar Life began in its place. Lamar High School has its own news broadcast station called Lamar Cable Television."[http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Information/SOS.pdf State of the School 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216034820/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/Information/SOS.pdf|date=February 16, 2008}}," Lamar High School

In the 1970s the school had various social clubs, some intended for boys and some intended for girls. The Lamar administration did not permit the establishment of fraternities and sororities. In 1975 Mirabeau, Niwauna, and Wachaka were the active girls' clubs while two others were inactive. The main boys' clubs were Pow Pow and Ramal.Curtis, Gregory. "[http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Pomp and Circumstance]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113024/http://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/pomp-and-circumstance/ Archive]). Texas Monthly. Vol. 3, No. 3. Emmis Communications, March 1975. ISSN 0148-7736. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rSwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60 60].

At the time the clubs had a membership capacity; those with more prospective members than slots held lotteries that randomly determined who is permitted to join. Many clubs at the time had a tradition of hazing new members. Several clubs engaged in charitable events and fundraisers, and they also sponsored parties. Curtis wrote that "But what they do is really secondary, just as what fraternities and sororities do is secondary. It is the belonging that counts."

Curtis added that the clubs "have an aura of exclusivity; kids can tell whether or not they're really wanted there." Due to the demographic changes in the 1970s, according to Curtis, interest in these social clubs decreased, with the two boys' clubs not having full membership rosters and two girls' clubs being inactive in 1975.

Dalian No. 24 High School in Dalian, People's Republic of China has been Lamar's sister school since 2000."[https://web.archive.org/web/20060217084805/http://hs.houstonisd.org/LamarHS/PressReleaseArticle.htm Press Release Articles]," Lamar High School[http://www.dlhs24.com.cn/guojijiaoliu/default.htm International Students] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423081947/http://www.dlhs24.com.cn/guojijiaoliu/default.htm |date=April 23, 2008 }}. Dalian No. 24 High School. Retrieved on September 13, 2009. Dalian is one of Houston's sister cities as designated by Sister Cities International.{{cite web |url=http://www.houstontx.gov/abouthouston/sistercities.html |title=Sister cities |publisher=City of Houston eGovernment Center |access-date=June 14, 2007}}

Inage Senior High School in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan is also one of Lamar's sister schools."[http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/70961 Japan Exchange Students]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140329094009/http://www.houstonisd.org/Page/70961 Archive]). Lamar High School. Retrieved on March 29, 2014. Chiba has been Houston's sister city through Sister Cities International since 1973.

Elementary schools that feed into Lamar include:

• Baker (formerly Woodrow Wilson)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Wilson_K8.pdf Wilson K-8 School Attendance Zone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510150352/http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Wilson_K8.pdf |date=May 10, 2017 }}." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.
• MacGregor"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Macgregor_ES.pdf MacGregor Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.
• Poe"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Poe_ES.pdf Poe Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.
• River Oaks"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/River_Oaks_ES.pdf River Oaks Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.
• West University"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/West_University_ES.pdf West University Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.
• Wharton"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Wharton_K8.pdf Wharton K-8 School Attendance Zone]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 11, 2017.
• Gregory-Lincoln Education Center (partial){{cite web|url=https://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/Domain/32468/boundarymaps/Gregory_Lincoln_K_8.pdf|title=Gregory-Lincoln School Attendance Zones|publisher=Houston Independent School District|accessdate=2022-08-27}}
• Horn (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Horn_ES.pdf Horn Elementary School Attendance Zone]." Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.
• Longfellow (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Longfellow_ES.pdf Longfellow Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.
• Memorial (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Memorial_ES.pdf Memorial Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.
• Roberts (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Roberts_ES.pdf Roberts Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.
• St. George Place (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/St_George_ES.pdf St. George Place Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016. (the rest of the zoning area indirectly feeds into Lamar)
• Thompson (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Thompson_ES.pdf Thompson Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.
• Mark Twain (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Twain_ES.pdf Twain Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 16, 2016.

Middle schools that feed into Lamar include:

• Lanier"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Lanier_MS.pdf Lanier Middle School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 17, 2016.
• Cullen (partial)[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Cullen_MS.pdf Cullen Middle School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 17, 2016.
• Gregory-Lincoln Education Center (partial)
• Hogg (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Hogg_MS.pdf Hogg Middle School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 17, 2016.
• Pershing (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Pershing_MS.pdf Pershing Middle School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on March 17, 2016.
• As of 2008 many students matriculate from Pershing to Lamar.

All pupils zoned to Pershing Middle School may apply to Pin Oak Middle School's regular program;"[https://web.archive.org/web/20020214054405/http://dist.houstonisd.org/southwest/schools/pin_oak/letter5.htm Pin Oak Middle School]." The Southwest District. Houston Independent School District. February 14, 2002. Retrieved on April 20, 2009. therefore Pin Oak also feeds into Lamar High School.

More schools feed into Lamar as all students zoned to Margaret Long Wisdom High School may instead choose to go to Lamar High School or Westside High School.

Elementary schools that feed into Margaret Long Wisdom (and therefore feed into Lamar) include:

• Briargrove"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Briargrove_ES.pdf Briargrove Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• Benavidez"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Benavidez_ES.pdf Benavidez Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• Piney Point"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Piney_Point_ES.pdf Piney Point Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• Rodriguez"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Rodriguez_ES.pdf Rodriguez Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• Braeburn (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Braeburn_ES.pdf Braeburn Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• Condit (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Condit_ES.pdf Condit Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• Cunningham (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Cunningham_ES.pdf Cunningham Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• Emerson (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Emerson_ES.pdf Emerson Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• St. George Place (partial) (the rest directly feeds into Lamar)
• Sutton (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Sutton_ES.pdf Sutton Elementary School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District

Middle schools that feed into Margaret Long Wisdom (and therefore also feed into Lamar) include:

• Grady"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Grady_MS.pdf Grady Middle School Attendance Zone] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325200327/http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Grady_MS.pdf |date=March 25, 2016 }}," Houston Independent School District
• Long (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Long_MS.pdf Long Middle School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• Pershing (partial)
• Revere (partial)"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Revere_MS.pdf Revere Middle School Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• All pupils zoned to Long and Pershing Middle Schools may attend Pin Oak Middle School; therefore Pin Oak also feeds into Wisdom High School and Lamar High School.

K-8 schools that feed into Margaret Long Wisdom (and therefore also feed into Lamar) include:

• Pilgrim"[http://www.houstonisd.org/cms/lib2/TX01001591/Centricity/domain/32468/boundarymaps/Pilgrim_K8.pdf Pilgrim Elementary Attendance Zone]," Houston Independent School District
• Residents of the Briargrove, Emerson, Pilgrim, and Piney Point elementary attendance zones may apply for the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080507112311/http://es.houstonisd.org/briarmeadowes/ Briarmeadow Charter School], so the K-8 school feeds into Wisdom."[http://es.houstonisd.org/briarmeadowEs/parentInfoRegistration.html Registration] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080507114158/http://es.houstonisd.org/briarmeadowEs/parentInfoRegistration.html |date=May 7, 2008 }}." Briarmeadow Charter School.

{{alumni|date=March 2019}}

• Lauren Anderson – prima ballerina with Houston Ballet from 1990 to 2006"[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c3783acb02efc010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Distinguished HISD Alumni] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515061020/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=c3783acb02efc010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD |date=May 15, 2012 }}," Houston Independent School District. Retrieved on October 20, 2011."[http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=971ecd3ae97f5110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=63d48672ea450110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD Lamar High School to Celebrate 70 Years of Service November 3] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928224651/http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=971ecd3ae97f5110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=63d48672ea450110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD |date=September 28, 2011 }}." Houston Independent School District. October 3, 2007.
• Rod Babers- Former UT and NFL football player
• Herring B. Bailey – part-time NASCAR racer
• Bill Bentley – music executive and record producer
• Jack S. Blanton – former CEO and chairman of Scurlock Oil
• Larry Blyden – actor, The Twilight Zone, Route 66
• John G. Cramer – nuclear physicist, author of Transactional interpretation of quantum mechanics (graduated in February 1953)
• John Culberson – U.S. Congressman (R-TX 7) "[https://web.archive.org/web/20060329055851/http://www.culberson.house.gov/bio.aspx Biography]," U.S. Congressman John Culberson, 7th District of Texas
• David Dewhurst – Texas Lieutenant Governor, Class of 1963
• Lars Eighner – author of Travels with Lizbeth, memoir of homelessness in American Southwest during late 1980s
• Linda Ellerbee – television journalist, former NBC News anchor and Nickelodeon personality
• James H. Fields – WW2 Medal of Honor Recipient
• Robert Foxworth – actor, Falcon Crest, Six Feet Under – Class of 1960
• A. J. Foyt, Jr. – auto racing champion (also attended Pershing and Hamilton middle schools and San Jacinto High School)
• Ian Gibaut – MLB pitcher{{cite news|title=Lamar grad Gibaut pitches in Tulane loss|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/bellaire/sports/article/Lamar-grad-Gibaut-pitches-in-Tulane-loss-4635128.php|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=April 25, 2013|access-date=August 10, 2019}}
• Carlin Glynn – actress
• Mike Godwin – Wikimedia Foundation general counsel, founding counsel of Electronic Frontier Foundation, author of Godwin's law"[http://www.texasmonthly.com/blogs/stateofmine/2007/08/re-complete-waste-of-time.php Re: A Complete Waste of Time]," Texas Monthly, August 19, 2007
• Josh Gordon – NFL wide receiverMcClain, Josh. "[http://blog.chron.com/ultimatetexans/2012/07/former-baylor-receiver-josh-gordon-preps-for-nfl%E2%80%99s-supplemental-draft/ Former Baylor receiver Josh Gordon preps for NFL’s supplemental draft]." Ultimate Texans, Houston Chronicle. July 10, 2012. Retrieved on February 17, 2013.
• John Gray – author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
• Ben Guez – professional baseball player
• Ty Hardin"[https://web.archive.org/web/20030730073727/http://tyhardin.com/ Official Biography]." Ty Hardin website – actor, Bronco, ABC/Warner Brothers western television series
• Lisa Hartman-Black - actress, Knots Landing (later attended and graduated from HSPVA)
• Ron Henley – International Grandmaster at Chess
• Fred Hofheinz - former Mayor of Houston
• Johnny Holloway – former NFL cornerback
• Bram Kohlhausen – former college football player{{cite web|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/college/article/bram-kohlhausen-tcu-hospital-icu-hurt-quarterbackj-18088394.php|title=Former UH, TCU quarterback Bram Kohlhausen hospitalized with 'serious injuries'|website=Houston Chronicle|first=Matt|last=Young|date=May 9, 2023|access-date=July 21, 2023}}
• Liza Koshy – social media star and actress
• Brandon LaFell – Former NFL wide receiver
• James Lee Burke – novelist{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}
• I. D. McMaster – former District Judge{{cite news|last=Ruiz |first=Rosanna |url=http://www.chron.com/news/houston-deaths/article/Deaths-I-D-McMaster-80-judge-for-2-decades-1989595.php |title=Deaths: I.D. McMaster, 80, judge for 2 decades |newspaper=Houston Chronicle |date=June 24, 2004 |access-date=August 31, 2014}}
• Jeff Niemann – Former baseball player, Tampa Bay Rays{{cite web|url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/n/jeff-niemann.shtml |title=Jeff Niemann Pitching Statistics - the Baseball Cube |access-date=2010-06-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606002806/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/N/Jeff-Niemann.shtml |archive-date=June 6, 2010 }}
• Brian Orakpo – Former defensive lineman for Texas Longhorns and NFL's Washington Redskins and Tennessee TitansSteinberg, Dan. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20121008122515/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/11/charles_mann_works_with_brian.html Charles Mann works with Brian Orakpo]." Washington Post. Retrieved on December 4, 2010.
• Marjorie Paxson – Newspaper editor and publisher {{cite journal|last1=Voss|first1=Kimberly Wilmot|last2=Speere|first2=Lance|date=2007–2008|title=Marjorie Paxson: from women's editor to publisher|url=http://blogs.elon.edu/mhm/files/2017/03/mhmjour10-1.pdf|url-status=live|journal=Media History Monographs|volume=10|issue=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305204721/http://blogs.elon.edu/mhm/files/2017/03/mhmjour10-1.pdf|archive-date=March 5, 2021|access-date=March 17, 2019}}{{Rp|2}}
• Paula Prentiss – Emmy-nominated actress and film star
• Anthony Rendon – MLB player for the Los Angeles Angels{{cite web |title=Anthony Rendon Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rendoan01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}
• Will Rhymes - former MLB player for the Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Rays{{cite web |title=Will Rhymes Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rhymewi01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}
• Lawrence Roberts – basketball player "[http://www.nba.com/draft2005/profiles/LawrenceRoberts.html Prospect Profile: Lawrence Roberts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715115626/http://www.nba.com/draft2005/profiles/LawrenceRoberts.html |date=July 15, 2007 }}," NBA
• Kelly Rowland – Grammy Award-winning member of Destiny's Child
• Tommy Sands – American pop music singer and actor
• Gerome Sapp – Former NFL safety
• Joe Savery – baseball player "[http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/savery_joe00.html Joe Savery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030122819/http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/savery_joe00.html |date=October 30, 2006 }}, Rice University, NCAA Freshman of the Year, 2005; drafted #19 overall by Philadelphia Phillies in 2007
• Gilbert Shelton – Cartoonist and creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
• Bob Smith – Former football player{{cite web|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/smit04400.html |title=BOB SMITH |publisher=profootballarchives.com |access-date=May 18, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909110240/http://www.profootballarchives.com/smit04400.html |archive-date=September 9, 2015 }}
• Jaclyn Smith – Golden Globe-nominated actress, Charlie's Angels
• James Marcus Smith – actor
• Columba Stewart, OSB — Benedictine Monk, Rescuer of Endangered Manuscripts, 2019 Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities [https://edsitement.neh.gov/media-resources/2019-jefferson-lecture-father-columba-stewart Jefferson Lecturer in the Humanities]
• Tommy Tune – dancer, choreographer and actor, 10-time Tony Award winner
• Glenn Vaughan - former MLB player for the Houston Colt .45s{{cite web |title=Glenn Vaughan Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/v/vaughgl01.shtml |website=Baseball-Reference.com |language=en}}
• Mark Wells White – former Governor of Texas
• James E. White – Texas State Representative from Tyler County
• Robert Woodrow Wilson – physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize
• Gene Wolfe – science-fiction writer (class of 1949)[https://books.google.com/books?id=DbJSiTMJwh0C&dq=Gene+WOlfe+Lamar&pg=PR5 Gene Wolfe by Joan Gordon]
• Jimmy Wooley - two-time Olympian in Judo, Class of 1968.
• Bill Worrell - Sportscaster for the Houston Rockets and formerly the Houston Astros

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• Henry Grover, former history teacher at Lamar High School, member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature and Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1972{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}

• Childers, Jay P. The Evolving Citizen: American Youth and the Changing Norms of Democratic Engagement. Penn State Press, 2012. p. {{ISBN|0271054115}}, 9780271054117.
• Henry, Jay C. Architecture in Texas: 1895-1945. University of Texas Press, 1993. {{ISBN|0292730721}}, 9780292730724.
• Sloan, Anne. The History of Mirabeau B. Lamar High School. The Donning Company Publishers, 2013. {{ISBN|978-1-57864-831-3}}. [http://www.brazosbookstore.com/event/anne-sloan-lamar-high-school See profile at] Brazos Bookstore.

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• Blitzer, Andy. "[http://westubuzz.com/2007/11/lamar-70-years-young/ Lamar – 70 Years Young]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140327221248/http://westubuzz.com/2007/11/lamar-70-years-young/ Archive]). West University Buzz. November 2007.

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• Harris County Assessor's Block Book: [http://books.tax.hctx.net/BlockBooksPDF/v118/AE1997_118-2_0013.pdf PDF format], [http://books.tax.hctx.net/v118/AE1997_118-2_0013.jpg JPG format]

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