A student vote resulted in the Spartan mascot and the school colors of blue and white, modeled after the flag of Greece.

[6] The girls cross country team won the NSAA Class A championship in 2018.

Jeff Hoham coached the most state titles in school history with a total of 16, in a combined 3 sports -boys tennis (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 04, 05 2007.

From 2002 to 2016, the Lincoln East speech team took first place each year at the annual state tournament.

[8] LEHS has three competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender Express and Elevation and the female-only Elegance.