Tucker High School

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Tucker High School
Address
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5036 LaVista Road Tucker , Georgia United States
Coordinates	33°51′22″N 84°12′58″W / 33.856215°N 84.216157°W / 33.856215; -84.216157Coordinates: 33°51′22″N 84°12′58″W / 33.856215°N 84.216157°W / 33.856215; -84.216157
Information
Type	Public
Established	1916
School district	DeKalb County School System
Principal	Robert Williams
Teaching staff	119.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,757 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.76[1]
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Maroon and gold
Mascot	Tom the Tiger
Nickname	Tigers
Accreditation	AdvancED
Website	www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/tucker/

Tucker High School is the only public high school in Tucker, a city in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. It is operated by the DeKalb County School District. Its student body consists of over 1,800 students from many different cultures.

Academics[]

On December 17, 2012, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced that it had downgraded the DeKalb County School District's status from "on advisement" to "on probation" and warned the school system that the loss of their accreditation was "imminent."^[2] AdvancED/SACS upgraded the district's status to "Accredited Advisement" in February 2015.^[3]

Notable alumni[]

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• Asher Allen - Minnesota Vikings player
• Marshon Brooks - NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers
• Thomas Brown - NFL Cleveland Browns player
• Clay Cook - singer-songwriter and Zac Brown Band guitarist
• Dwayne Harris - Former New York Giants player
• Keri Hilson - R&B singer-songwriter
• Buckshot Jones - NASCAR driver
• Matthew Perryman Jones - performing songwriter
• Seantavius Jones - football player
• Brandon Lang - San Diego Chargers player
• Brendan O'Brien - music producer and musician
• JaQuel Knight - choreographer and dancer
• John Oxendine - former Insurance Commissioner and 2010 candidate for governor
• Patrick Pass - former New England Patriot player
• Dwight Phillips - Olympic gold medalist
• Jamoris Slaughter - former Cleveland Browns and former Notre Dame football player
• Andy Stanley - pastor, author, and founder of North Point Ministries
• Neiko Thorpe - former Kansas City Chiefs and Toronto Argonauts and current Oakland Raiders defensive back
• A. J. Bouye - Denver Broncos defensive back.
• Mark B. Perry - Emmy winning television producer and writer: Wonder Years, Law & Order, Party of Five, etc

External links[]

• Tucker High School

References[]