High School classes had first been offered in Logansport, in 1863, at the New Seminary, which was a three-story stone building built on the corner of Broadway and Thirteenth Streets in 1848–1849.

[5] The "New" Logansport High School, which opened in 1973, was relocated to the edge of town on an 86 acres (35 ha) site.

Major renovation to the school occurred in 2002, with upgrades to classrooms, the construction of new science and special needs wings, new office facilities, and the New Century Career Center, which replaced EL-Tip-Wa Vocational School, that had been located in an old Pepsi Bottling Company warehouse at Sixth and Miami Streets.

[5] LHS is a part of the Logansport Community School Corporation and is accredited by AdvancED and the Indiana State Board of Education.

Men's sports offered are basketball, baseball, cross country, track, American football, wrestling, tennis, golf, swimming, and soccer.

Women's sports offered are basketball, softball, cross country, gymnastics, track, volleyball, tennis, golf, swimming, and soccer.