L. C. Bird High School

Lloyd C. Bird High School has consistently reached AYP according to the standards of No Child Left Behind each year since the inception of the program.[2]

The mascot is a skyhawk and the sports teams play in the conference 12 and 5A South. They were members of the Central Region and Dominion District before VHSL realignment. Bird won the last VHSL Division 6 State Championship in 2012 (before realignment) with a 14–0 record. They repeated as state champions in 2013 with a 15–0 record, this time in class 5A. The Skyhawks then claimed their third straight state title in 2014 (also in 5A) with a 13–2 record. They are ranked 10th nationally (through 2013) by winning percentage of all the high schools in the United States with over 300 games played.[3] They have also won 25 district championships in 37 years of play and have won the Dominion District football championship for the past 13 of the past 14 seasons. The football team is 73–6 since 2009 with a 57–3 record in the regular season and 16–3 record in playoffs.

Lloyd C. Bird has also been to the state playoffs in many other sports including baseball, boys and girls basketball and many others. The boys basketball team won the 5A state championship in 2017. In 2018 and 2019 the boys won both the 5A indoor and outdoor state track and field championship.

• Slash Coleman – storyteller and writer
• Doug Chapman – former NFL running back
• Vince Gilligan – writer, director and producer; creator of Breaking Bad
• Tyrese Rice – Boston College All ACC First Team point guard; Maccabi Tel Aviv Euroleague champion
• Kristopher (Chef Plum) Plummer – known for multiple appearances on the Food Network and host of the "all recipes" segment on the nationally syndicated show Better
• Jason Snelling – former Atlanta Falcons running back (retired after the 2013 season)
• Linzi Gray – Actress
• Anthony Harris – current NFL Defensive Back for the Minnesota Vikings