Spain Park High School | |
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Spain Park High School Exterior
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4700 Jaguar Drive Hoover, Alabama United States |
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Coordinates | 33°23′32″N 86°43′44″W / 33.39222°N 86.72889°WCoordinates: 33°23′32″N 86°43′44″W / 33.39222°N 86.72889°W |
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Type | Public |
Opened | 2001 |
School district | Hoover City Schools |
Principal | Larry Giangrosso |
Faculty | 132 |
Grades | 09-12 |
Enrollment | 1,633 |
Student to teacher ratio | 12:1 |
Color(s) | Carolina Blue, Black & White |
Athletics | AHSAA Class 7A |
Mascot | Jaguar |
Newspaper | The Jag |
Yearbook | The Rosette |
Website | http://spainparkhigh.al.hch.schoolinsites.com/ |
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.
SPHS is consistently recognized as one of the best high schools in Alabama:
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.
SPHS competes in AHSAA Class 7A athletics and fields teams in the following sports:
SPHS has won state championships in the following sports:
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).