It’s just really frustrating that I now have a birth certificate with my current legal name as if that’s what I was born as and it’s something totally different than my school papers. I think it’s kinda silly that one can go through all this to change their name and yet not be able to get everything transferred.
You
can get your name changed on documents. Although it takes time, you have already been through the hardest (and most expensive) part of the process.
Changing your name legally is a court process and all else branches off from that court order. You were able to get your birth certificate changed. You were able to get your name changed with social security office. With those changes, you can get your driver's license changed to reflect your new name.
Different schools have different policies and processes for changing names on school records. Contact your school to inquire. Colleges and universities often have forms for this purpose. High schools might not. All will require legal documentation of the name change.
Again, although these records can be changed to show your new legal name, the old records are not destroyed.