The current campus has specially-designed playground equipment, supports several academic and athletic teams, and was a filming location for 1993's The Firm.

[1] At its outset, the school was jointly managed by Emma DeSaussure Jett, Sophia Alexander Gardner, Bessie Statler, and Florence Goyer Taylor.

Thompson, a "benefactress whose name was almost synonymous with the school", had friends in Little Rock, Arkansas, who wanted their children enrolled at Lausanne.

By the 1990–91 academic year, Lausanne had 285 students and only 18 boarders—four of whom were from East Asia;[5] in early 1992, it was the only girls' boarding program in Shelby County, Tennessee.

[7] Six months later, with only eight boarders, Lausanne ended its history of boarding; four seniors were diverted to private homes for their last year of school.

Elder expressed interest in broadening awareness of Lausanne, shedding its "school for girls" image, and increasing enrollment.

"[12] Starting the 2012–13 academic year, middle school students aged 10–14 were offered the opportunity to meditate during their 10–15 minute recess break.

Middle school head teacher Greg Graber started the program—called "mental recess"—to help students relieve stress, perform better on standardized tests, and disconnect from their mobile computing devices.

Discounting parents, Lausanne students are from 68 different nations:[1] In summer 2006, Lausane developed its own house system for middle-schoolers; the sub-units were named Cottingham, Lendenwood, Massey, and Monmouth.

[16] In 2020, arising from the widespread Black Lives Matter movement, concerns about inequity, and the 2020–21 United States racial unrest, Lausanne formed a task force with the purpose of creating an inclusive environment at the school.

[17] Lausanne's National Science Bowl team won state in 2015, and came in second to Knoxville, Tennessee's Cedar Springs Homeschool in 2016.

[19] The team won their seasons in 2013 and 2014, and made their inaugural visit to the playoffs in 2015, losing to state champ St. George's Independent School "in the Division 2-A quarterfinals to finish 8-4."

[20] In 2008, Lausanne was a recipient of an American Academy of Dermatology grant for the construction of "shade structures" to protect students from damaging ultraviolet radiation.

Once open, the new international school would offer teacher and student exchange programs between the Memphis and Fujian institutions,[11] as well as five- and seven-day boarding.

Production crews fenced-off the school's playground prior to Christmas 1992, and semi-trailer trucks began arriving at West Massey Road on January 5.