[6] Trion was named one of seven National Blue Ribbon Schools in the state in 2009.

THS defeated Quitman 21–18 in 1957 to gain the crown, and repeated this in 1974 against Lincoln County with a 7–0 win.

In 2003, the Trion football team traveled to the Georgia Dome to play Lincoln County in the state playoffs.

[9] In 2009, Trion was named one of the top 25 Georgia high schools, ranked by average SAT scores.

THS also offers a journalism class, which puts out the Bulldog Barker paper every Wednesday, and publishes a K-12 yearbook each year.