Tucker High School

This article is about the high school in Georgia. For the high school in Virginia, see John Randolph Tucker High School.

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 1,600 students.^[3]

Tucker High School
Location
5036 LaVista Road Tucker , Georgia United States
Coordinates	33°51′22″N 84°12′58″W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1918[1]
School district	DeKalb County School System
Principal	Eric Parker
Teaching staff	100.50 (on an FTE basis)[2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,590 (2023-2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	15.82[2]
Campus	Urban
Colors	Maroon and gold
Mascot	Tom the Tiger
Nickname	Tigers
Accreditation	AdvancED
Website	tuckerhs.dekalb.k12.ga.us

Tucker High's boundary includes a section of the City of Clarkston.^[4][5]

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."^[6] AdvancED/SACS upgraded the district's status to "Accredited Advisement" in February 2015.^[7]

Notable alumni

• Asher Allen (2006)^[8] – former professional football player
• A. J. Bouye (2009)^[9] – professional football player, Carolina Panthers
• MarShon Brooks (2007)^[10] – professional basketball player
• Bryce Brown (2015)^[11] - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Thomas Brown (2004)^[12] – former professional football player
• Terrence Edwards Jr. (2020) - basketball player^[13]
• Dwayne Harris (2006)^[14] – former professional football player
• Seantavius Jones (2010)^[15] – former professional football player
• Brandon Lang (2004)^[16] – former professional football player
• Jonathan Ledbetter (2015)^[17] – professional football player, Arizona Cardinals
• Duke Shelley (2015)^[18] – professional football player, Chicago Bears
• Jamoris Slaughter (2008)^[19] – former professional football player
• Neiko Thorpe (2008)^[20] – former professional football player
• James Vaughters (2011)^[21] – professional football player, Atlanta Falcons