Lassiter High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, with a Marietta post office address. A part of the Cobb County School District, the school was founded in 1981. The school colors are gold and maroon, and the school mascot is the Trojan.
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History
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.
Demographics
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.
Sports and clubs
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 Lassiter Marching Trojan Band also participated in the 1986 and 1995 Orange Bowl Parade. The Band is a 2-time recipient of the John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Flag of Honor in 1988 and 1998.
Notable alumni
Mark Bloom - MLS soccer player
A. J. Bowen - actor
Kerry Brown - former Washington Redskins player
Viet Cuong - composer
Hanno Dirksen - South African rugby player
Amy Dumas - professional wrestler and musician best known as Lita
Bruce Elder - former all-SEC forward at Vanderbilt University
Karen Fairchild - singer and co-founder of Little Big Town
Kelly Flinn - first female B-52 pilot in the US Air Force
Hal Hershfelt - National Women's Soccer League player for the Washington Spirit
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