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Type
  
Public

Principal
  
Larry Giangrosso

Grades
  
09-12

Phone
  
+1 205-439-1400

Number of students
  
1,633

Opened
  
2001

Faculty
  
132

Enrollment
  
1,633

Mascot
  
Jaguar

Address
  
4700 Jaguar Dr, Birmingham, AL 35242, USA

District
  
Hoover City School District

Similar
  
Jaguar Stadium, Hoover High School, Berry Middle School, Oak Mountain High Sch, Homewood High School

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Spain Park High School (SPHS) is a four-year public high school in the Birmingham, Alabama, suburb of Hoover. It is the smaller of two high schools in the Hoover City School System. School colors are Carolina blue, black, and white, and the athletic teams are called the Jaguars. SPHS competes in AHSAA Class 7A athletics.

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Recognition

SPHS is consistently recognized as one of the best high schools in Alabama:

  • SPHS is one of 12 schools in Alabama to be included in the Washington Post's 2015 list of America's Most Challenging High Schools.
  • SchoolDigger ranks SPHS 13th among 357 high schools in the state of Alabama and 5th among high schools in the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area.
  • Niche ranks SPHS 4th in the state of Alabama and 3rd among high schools in the Birmingham-Hoover metropolitan area.
  • The U.S. Department of Education has recognized SPHS as a National Blue Ribbon School and awarded it the National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence Award.
  • Student Profile

    Enrollment in grades 9-12 for the 2013-14 school year is 1,633 students. Approximately 65% of students are white, 24% are African-American, 5% are Asian-American, 4% are Hispanic, and 2% are multiracial. Roughly 22% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch.

    SPHS has a graduation rate of 92%. Ninety-eight percent of its students meet or exceed proficiency standards in both reading and mathematics. The average ACT score for SPHS students is 28.

    Athletics

    SPHS competes in AHSAA Class 7A athletics and fields teams in the following sports:

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Bowling
  • Cheerleading
  • Cross Country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Indoor Track & Field
  • Lacrosse (SPLAX)
  • Outdoor Track & Field
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming and Diving
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling
  • SPHS has won state championships in the following sports:

  • Baseball (2014)
  • Boys' golf (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
  • Girls' golf (2009)
  • Boys' indoor track and field (2012)
  • Girls' soccer (2004, 2009, 2010, 2011)
  • Boys' tennis (2007)
  • Spain Park's football team was shown on MTV's television program Two-A-Days, as an opponent of arch-rival Hoover High. The team also advanced to the "Super Six" Class 6A final game of the Alabama High School Athletic Association football championship in 2007, losing to defending champion Prattville High School (which defeated Hoover in the 2006 finals).

    References

    Spain Park High School Wikipedia


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