[2] In 2011, La Porte ISD's Lomax Elementary won the national Blue Ribbon School Award.
[3] La Porte Independent School District was formed in 1916 and a new three-story red-brick building was constructed near Broadway and "C" streets which would house the bused-in additional students from Lomax and Morgan's Point.
[clarification needed] During the years of the depression, 1918-1924 that followed in the wake of World War I many citizens were unable to pay their taxes, and as a result, the school term lasted only six months.
The La Porte school system was one of the first districts in the country to fully integrate its student body and facilities in 1963–1964.
In 1963, the first fully air-conditioned school in the district, James H. Baker Elementary, was opened for students in the Fairmont Park area.
Since 1966, the district has changed boundaries, annexed several communities, and built and remodeled campuses all over the city.
Over the years the La Porte High School has expanded to include: The Sonja Angelo Theater, a basketball gymnasium, a swimming pool complex, a vocational building, a student center, and the Henry Enfield Band Hall.
Some of the highlights include the Bulldog Centre, a multipurpose facility – for athletics, fine arts, and community events – that can accommodate about 2,300 people; the Pemberton Planetarium, one of the most technologically advanced planetariums in its class; and facilities that were built or retrofitted to help ensure the safety and security of our 7,200 students and 1,100 staff members.