Type Public Principal Wayne Byram Grades 7-12 District Jefferson County Schools Founded 1970 | Established 1970 Faculty 38 Phone +1 205-379-5250 Number of students 781 | |
School district Jefferson County Board of Education Address 100 Spartan Dr, Pleasant Grove, AL 35127, USA | ||
Pleasant Grove High School (PGHS) is a Six-year public high school in the Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Pleasant Grove. It is one of fourteen high schools in the Jefferson County School System. School colors are purple and gold, and the athletic teams are called the Spartans. PGHS competes in AHSAA Class 5A athletics.
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Student profile
Enrollment in grades 9-12 for the 2013-14 school year is 548 students. Approximately 74% of students are African-American, 25% are white, and 1% are Hispanic. Roughly 46% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch.
PGHS has a graduation rate of 95%. Approximately 92% of its students meet or exceed state proficiency standards in both mathematics and reading. The average ACT score for PGHS students is 22.
Campus
The current PGHS campus was constructed in 2010 at a cost of $44.2 million. It is a 260,000 square foot facility with 32 classrooms, three computer labs, two gyms, a 650-seat auditorium, and a 100-seat lecture hall. It replaced an aging facility that had been in use for over 40 years and did not have an auditorium or stadium.
New athletic facilities were constructed shortly after the new school was opened. These include a new stadium, which has home and visitor bleachers, a sod field, fieldhouse with weight room, meeting rooms, dressing facilities, coaches' offices, and concessions. There is a rubberized track for track and field events, as well as a tower for the school's marching band.
Athletics
PGHS competes in AHSAA Class 5A athletics and fields teams in the following sports:
PGHS won the AHSAA state championship in baseball in 1993, 1994, and 1996. Its football team won regional championships in 1984, 1988, 2006, and 2010. They also advanced to the 2014 5A state championship game before losing to St. Paul's.