Lassiter High School

The school was founded in 1981. The school colors are gold and maroon, and the school mascot is the Trojan.

Lassiter High School
Address
2601 Shallowford Road Marietta, Georgia 30066 United States
Coordinates	34°02′27″N 84°28′19″W / 34.04088°N 84.47189°W / 34.04088; -84.47189
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Reaching Excellence and Climbing Higher
Established	1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Founder	Leamond N. Lassiter
School district	Cobb County School District
Principal	Chris Richie
Teaching staff	104.60 (FTE) (2021–22)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,945 (2021–22)
Student to teacher ratio	18.59 (2021–22)
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Maroon and Gold
Nickname	Trojans
Publication	Arête (literary magazine)
Newspaper	The Laureate
Yearbook	The Odyssey
Website	lassiterhigh.org

Lassiter High School was established in 1981. It was awarded the Georgia Public School of Excellence award in 1992, 1999, 2008, and 2010. In 2000, it was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.

The school was named for Leamond N. Lassiter, who was a member of the Cobb County Board of Education for 12 years.

The demographic breakdown of the 1,945 students enrolled in 2021–2022 was:

• Male - 49.6%
• Female - 50.4%
• Native American/Alaskan - 0.2%
• Asian/Pacific islanders - 7.7%
• Black - 7.7%
• Hispanic - 10.3%
• White - 68.5%
• Multiracial - 5.6%

2.8% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

The school's first team state championship was in girls' cross country, won in fall 1982. More recently, the baseball team has been the state runner-up seven times in their nine appearances in the state finals. The boys' soccer team was ranked first in the nation during the beginning of the spring season.

Music

The Lassiter Marching Trojan Band won the Bands of America Grand National Championships in 1998 and 2002. The marching band took part in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1999, 2004, and 2010. The marching band also took part in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California on New Year's Day in 1988, 2001, 2005, 2013, and 2019. The Band is a 2-time recipient of the John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Flag of Honor in 1988 and 1998.

Sports

• Mark Bloom - MLS soccer player
• A. J. Bowen - actor
• Kerry Brown (American football) - former Washington Redskins player
• Viet Cuong (composer)
• Andy Dick - comedian, actor, musician
• Hanno Dirksen - South African rugby player
• Amy Dumas - professional wrestler and musician best known as Lita
• Bruce Elder (basketball) - former all-SEC forward at Vanderbilt University
• Kelly Flinn - first female B-52 pilot in the US Air Force
• Bryan Lundquist - swimmer, world record holder in 4 × 100 m freestyle
• Philip Lutzenkirchen - former college football player for Auburn University and NFL player for the St. Louis Rams
• Hutson Mason - former college football player for the University of Georgia
• Melanie Moore - professional dancer
• Kyle Patrick - lead singer of The Click Five
• April Richardson - comedian, regular on Chelsea Lately; frequent contestant on @midnight
• Stefani Robinson - television writer, most notably for Atlanta; Emmy nominee
• Cody Runnels - professional wrestler under the name Cody Rhodes
• Stephen Sklenka - United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General and current Deputy Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command
• Lawson Vaughn - MLS professional soccer player