Rouse High School

1222 Raider Way

School District

Leander Independent
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on December 04, 2024

i am a student attending this school and its extremely unpleasant , unless you get lucky and get a class in the art building . There was a fight this year and one kid was chocking out this other one and almost made him pass out , it took students to get them off , no AP or staff was seen for i want to say 10 minutes . I also just disagree with how the teachers mix their own views and wants into the learning .
Submitted by parent on January 25, 2023

Our experience at Rouse has been beyond expectations, especially considering the pandemic, the nationwide teacher shortage, etc... The staff/faculty is all in, and very responsive and helpful. Rouse has a lot of college/career readiness pathways to choose, to begin early education to prepare for the future job a student may have a passion for or see themselves doing. Rouse has a diverse mix of students, clubs, activities, sports, etc... to be a part of. To our knowledge, there is no bullying (or at least no major bullying problem) at this school, as their feeder elementary and middle schools have done a great job of curbing this and developing leaders, and Rouse carries the tradition on with a no-tolerance policy.
Submitted by parent on January 21, 2023

Overall, Rouse is a great school. The ASL teacher has been a huge supporter for our child and several of the teachers there go out of their way to support our child. Our child reports that there isn’t a lot of school spirit and there aren’t a ton of traditions, but academically it is a good fit for our child’s learning. The school has great communication using the Remind app
Submitted by student on November 08, 2020

Rouse is an amazing school. I’ve never had a bad time at this school.
Submitted by parent on January 12, 2020

Promising school with above average score students
Submitted by parent on October 21, 2019

all 3 of our kids have attended Rouse HS over the past 9 years and once our last has gone through, we will have spent 11 years with the Rouse Family and wouldn't change anything!
Submitted by parent on May 13, 2019

We zipped in for my son last year of school. Rouse made a potential nightmare change into a very smooth transition. All of my expectations and encounters with faculty and staff have been super. So impressed by the school. Most importantly my son was well received and made friends. Thanks Rouse!
Submitted by student on July 16, 2017

A major setback. The environment of this school will make even the purest hearts sour within minutes. The place was a hell hole and noone wanted to spend anymore time there than they had to.
Submitted by parent on June 05, 2014

My daughter just completed her 2nd year at Rouse and we have loved every minute. From the administration, staff, teachers, cafeteria staff, nurses, attendance - everyone has been helpful, professional, and treated my daughter with genuine caring. Academics are rigorous but as a result our daughter did very well on the PSAT as well as the state tests. We feel so blessed that we moved here and our children are getting such a high quality education.
Submitted by other on June 03, 2014

Whenever I've had trouble in classes they've always been fabulous about working with me. My older and younger brother have gone and go here respectively. I enjoy the large variety of electives and the theatre program is amazing. It was easy to get involved in clubs and after a year of hard work I'm the president in our Latin club! Almost everyone is very welcoming and wants to get to know you, there are a few trouble makers but they've always seemed to be fairly swiftly dealt with. The main thing that i wish was changed was having a small water bottle as an option instead of the school milk.
Submitted by student on July 01, 2013

I absolutely love going to RHS. I had the opportunity to go to LHS to participate in the IB program, but I chose Rouse instead, and I'm so glad I did! The teachers are amazing, the extracurriculars are challenging and varied, and the academics (at least as an AP student) involve the students (lots of learning by doing). Plus, the band and student council are some of the best in the state! Go Raiders!
Submitted by parent on June 27, 2013

Nothing but love for Rouse. Go Raiders..... I have 2 daughters. 1 graduated 2013 and the other is a Junior. They both love the school as well as I commend the staff with their involvement with the students. I can not say enough positive things about them. The AP classes are exceptional and if you can get your child in those classes, it will be well worth it.
Submitted by parent on August 22, 2012

This is a typical public high school in a very large district. I suggest AP courses for your child to get the best education possible at this school. One negative I have experienced is that the football coaches are bullies and play favorites. It's sad that a district that touts a zero tolerance policy with bullying employs coaches that demean the players (it's not acceptable just because it's football). I would speak up directly if I knew my son wouldn't suffer punishment for honest feedback from concerned parents. It's time all teachers and coaches treat students with dignity and practice what they teach (no bullying).
Submitted by parent on November 08, 2011

As a parent of a freshman & sophomore at Rouse, and recently relocating from the midwest where we had less than desirable schools, I can honestly say that Rouse has been everything we hoped it would be. The volleyball coach at Rouse took my daughter under his wing knowing she was coming in from 1200 mi. away, and accepted her as a manager because he knew how hard it would be for a teen girl to acclimate to a new school. What a blessing! I am eternally grateful for Coach Thompson's act of kindness. My daughter came out of her reclusive, shy shell following the move, and an ugly divorce, and is now a bouncing, bubbly, student with many friends. Her grades are good & she is thriving. My freshman son, has better grades than he ever has, many friends, and a lot of activities to keep him busy. The teachers here actually care. They offer open tutorials before & after school, for any student needing help. Standards are high. Anything below a 70% is failing..as it should be. If you do the work, if you have drive, the teachers will do everything to help you pass the class. Communication is great in every aspect. Attendance and grades. We never wonder what is going on with our children.
Submitted by parent on October 15, 2011

My daughter is a senior at Rouse and she loves it. As a parent, I've always found each of her teachers very approachable. There has never been a time that I was unable either thru e-mail or phone to contact any teacher to discuss an issue I might have. Being California transplants, I've found the TX curriculum to be both challenging and exciting for my child. I Love Rouse and it's teachers, yet I do have one complaint. My student has had (unfortuneatley) 3 coaches as teachers in her 4 years here. They have been awful! Not knowledgeable at all on the subjects they teach,and prone to give athletes more help and attn. Thank goodness they don't teach any core subjects. As well as my student is liked and as well as she does in ALL her other classes,she struggled to have questions answered by these coaches. For this I feel they should spend more time coaching our football players (we certainly need it with our awful season last year and this year not looking much better)and stay out academia! We should pay our curriculum teachers more and get rid of,oh let's say 3 or 4 coaches. Spend the money where it will help our kids academically! Go Rouse Teachers, I think you're fabulous!
Submitted by parent on May 20, 2011

This school has too many issues, the immaturity in teachers, coaches and staff, hurts the students in their academics, if your child have learning issues, they were push to the back, for lack of effort in their learning. Rouse teachers and staff are obviously not train adequately to identify students with different learning skills and abilities, different ethnic back ground, also make a big difference in our kids learning, some student can be identified if their are not at their grade level with normal average student in the same grade! This comes from lack of training and immaturity that are hired by the school district staff to educated our children, and our tax money paid them to have a job. The Coaches are cold hearted coaches, no path or goals for student athlete, it's base on, what can I get out of these boys? Not, what can I help my student athletic to better my team? I have a child that attend Rouse, and my child is just so frustrated with teachers, coaches and staffs, teacher don't explained anything well to be understand, coaches are back stabbers, and puts student athlete down, not winning a game is the athlete's fault, so all the bullying starts on this kid or kids