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Liberty High School (Liberty, Missouri)

Field	Value
name	Liberty High School
principal	Mike Sharp
type	Public Secondary
established	1890
grades	9–12
rival	Liberty North High School
colors
address	200 Blue Jay Drive, Liberty, MO 64068
website	Official
city	Liberty
state	Missouri
country	United States
campus	Suburban
enrollment	1,908 (2023–2024)
district	Liberty Public School District
mascot	Bluejay
coordinates

Liberty High School (LHS) is a four-year high school located in Liberty, Missouri. Its 2019–2020 enrollment is approximately 2000, having rapidly increased with the addition of the freshman class for the first time during the 20132014 school year. LHS is one of two high schools in the Liberty Public School District, alongside Liberty North High School (Liberty, Missouri) which opened in 2010. Liberty High School has two feeder middle schools, Liberty Middle School and Discovery Middle School (formerly South Valley Junior High).

The school serves grades 9-12 and had about 1600 students in 2024.

History

African Americans in Liberty were segregated at Garrison School. It is part of the Garrison School Historic District.

Athletics/Activities

Several programs at Liberty have received state and national accolades. Its broadcasting program operates cable channel 18 on Time Warner Cable under the non-assigned call letters KLPS. In 2017, Liberty High School was ranked 1st in the nation in debate and forensics according to the National Speech and Debate Association with over 600 speech and forensics degrees on the team. The school has a competitive marching band known as the blue and white Vanguard. Liberty's baseball team won the state championship at the highest class level in 2002 and 2021.

Notable alumni

David Allen, American football player
Braxton Bragg, baseball player
Scott Carroll, baseball player
James Dewees, musician with Reggie and the Full Effect, The Get Up Kids and My Chemical Romance
Shea Groom, soccer player
Charlie Lee (American football coach), former football coach for the Texas Longhorns and Denver Broncos
Marcus Lucas, American football player
Alex Saxon, actor
Eric Staves, actor
Bennett Stirtz, basketball player
Deron Winn, UFC fighter

References

"Liberty High". National Center for Education Statistics.
"Liberty High School in Lake St. Louis, MO {{!}} US News Best High Schools".
"Rankings {{!}} National Speech & Debate Association".
(June 6, 2021). "Liberty Blue Jays pull late shift, claim first baseball title since 2002 with 8-4 win". The Kansas City Star.
"Ring of Honor Feature: David Allen". Kansas State University.
"Braxton Bragg".
(June 3, 2014). "Former Liberty High star Scott Carroll pitches with a lot of support against hometown team". Kansas City Star.
(August 16, 2018). "Liberty family proud after pro athlete daughters honored by ESPN for epic plays".
(September 26, 2011). "Marcus Lucas Learns From His Mother". KOMU-TV.

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