Twin Peaks High School is the local school attended by Laura Palmer, Donna Hayward, Bobby Briggs, James Hurley, Audrey Horne, and many other teenage characters. It is one of the principal settings used to show the town’s younger community and the relationships surrounding Laura’s death.
The school appears in the original series as investigators question students, teachers, and other residents about Laura. Its apparently ordinary environment contrasts with the hidden violence, secrets, and supernatural events that define the wider story. Donna and James investigate parts of Laura’s life, while classmates such as Bobby and Audrey reveal different connections to the mystery.
The school’s name is straightforward, but it is sometimes confused with Ghostwood, which is the surrounding forest and a proposed development area, not the name of the school. The series does not establish a separate canonical name such as Laura Palmer High School.
Twin Peaks uses the school setting to connect its murder mystery to familiar coming-of-age television conventions, while deliberately making those conventions stranger and darker.