Mountain Brook High School

Mountain Brook High School
The front entrance to MBHS in 2010
Address
3650 Bethune Drive Mountain Brook, Alabama 35223 United States
Information
School type	Public
Founded	1966
School district	Mountain Brook School System
Principal	Amanda Hood
Faculty	87
Grades	10-12
Enrollment	1,024 (2013)
Student to teacher ratio	12:1
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Green & Gold
Athletics	AHSAA Class 7A
Mascot	Spartan
Newspaper	Sword and Shield
Yearbook	Olympian
Feeder schools	Mountain Brook Junior High School
Website	http://www.mtnbrook.k12.al.us/mbhs

Mountain Brook High School (MBHS) is a three-year public high school in the Birmingham, Alabama, suburb of Mountain Brook. It is the only high school in the Mountain Brook City School System. School colors are green and gold, and the athletic teams are called the Spartans. MBHS competes in AHSAA Class 7A athletics.

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

Enrollment in grades 10-12 for the 2013-14 school year is 1,024 students. Approximately 98% of students are white and 2% are Asian-American. No students qualify for free or reduced price lunch.

MBHS has a graduation rate of 98%. Ninety-eight percent of its students meet or exceed proficiency standards in reading, and 99% meet or exceed standards in mathematics. The average ACT score for MBHS students is 30, and the average SAT score is 2050.

The Mountain Brook Spartans compete in Class 7A, Alabama's largest classification. The sports teams have experienced success, and the school holds 122 state championships, the most in Alabama. The girls' cross country team has won 12 state championships in a row, since 2003, and the boys have won the previous three state championships. The tennis teams, outdoor and indoor track teams, bowling team, golf teams, and swim and dive teams also have contributed to the total, among many others.

The Mountain Brook High School tennis teams have been successful. The boys teams have won 23 state championships, the most in the state. The girls teams also hold the record for most state championships in the state with 23 wins. Tennis is the varsity sport that has the most state championships of any other at Mountain Brook High School.

Spartan football has also achieved success, winning state championships in 1975 and 1976. Since their first season in 1966, they have had 11 ten-win seasons and 12 state quarterfinal appearances. The current coach is Chris Yeager; his predecessor, Joey Jones, is now the head coach for the South Alabama Jaguars. The boys' basketball team won its first state championship in 2013. They won again in 2014. They also reached the Final Four in 2001.