Hoover City Schools is the public school system serving the city of

Hoover, Alabama Hoover is a city in Jefferson and Shelby counties in north central Alabama, United States. Hoover is the largest suburban city in Alabama and the 6th largest city in Alabama. The city had a population of 92,606 as of the 2020 US Census. Hoover ...

within the

Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area The Birmingham metropolitan area, sometimes known as Greater Birmingham, is a metropolitan area in north central Alabama centered on Birmingham, Alabama. , the federal government defines the Birmingham–Hoover, AL Metropolitan Statistical Area a ...

. Seventeen schools comprise the 55 square-mile system: 10 elementary schools, three middle schools, one intermediate school and two high schools. A five-member Board of Education, appointed by the Hoover City Council, acts as the governing body of the school system. Hoover City Schools has more National Board-Certified Teachers than any other system in Alabama; more Alabama Teachers of the Year than any other system in Alabama; and ACT scores above state and national averages. The system has a strong focus on instructional technology and maintains safe, clean facilities. The system has consistently grown in student population since its inception in the late 1980s.

History

The school system was officially chartered in 1987, breaking away from the Jefferson County School System/Jefferson County Board of Education. The first school year for Hoover City Schools was 1988–1989. Hoover City Schools started with five elementary schools (Bluff Park, Shades Mountain, Rocky Ridge, Gwin and Green Valley), one middle school (Simmons), and one high school (W.A. Berry). The first Superintendent of Hoover City Schools was Dr. Robert Mitchell. He was recruited from Virginia to come to Alabama to help lead the formation of Hoover City Schools.

Schools

High schools

* Hoover High School *

Spain Park High School 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 athl ...

Middle schools

Berry Middle School

R.F. Bumpus Middle School

Simmons Middle School

Intermediate school

Brock's Gap Intermediate School

Elementary schools

Bluff Park Elementary School

Deer Valley Elementary School

Green Valley Elementary School

Greystone Elementary School

Gwin Elementary School

Riverchase Elementary School

Rocky Ridge Elementary School

Shades Mountain Elementary School

South Shades Crest Elementary School

Trace Crossings Elementary School

Awards

Safest School District in Alabama/Niche RankingsBest School Districts in Alabama/Niche RankingsBest Places to Teach in Alabama/Niche RankingsBest Districts for College Readiness/Niche RankingsElementary Schools - Best Teachers in Alabama/Niche RankingsBest Communities for Music Education/NAMM FoundationHighest Percentage of National Board-Certified Teachers/Alabama
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Newsweek Best High Schools
- Spain Park High School

Athletics

Hoover High School's teams are known as the Buccaneers, or the Bucs, and Spain Park's are known as the Jaguars, or Jags. MTV's reality series from the mid-2000s''

Two-A-Days ''Two-A-Days'' is an MTV reality show that chronicled the lives of teens at Hoover High School in Hoover, Alabama, a suburb of nearby Birmingham. It focused on the members of the school's highly rated Hoover Buccaneers football team during the ...

'' showcased Hoover High School's nationally ranked football program. Hoover High has won more than 50 athletic championships since 2000. Spain Park High School opened in 2001; since then, it has enjoyed multiple athletic championships of its own across several sports.http://spainparkathletics.org/

References

External links

Hoover City Schools

Hoover Alabama
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