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Spain Park High School

FieldValue
nameSpain Park High School
logoSphslogomain.png
imageSpain Park High School.jpg
imagesize280px
caption
location4700 Jaguar Drive
cityHoover
stateAlabama
zipcode35242
countryUSA
coordinates
typePublic
grades09-12
opened
ceeb010381
principalAmanda Esslinger
districtHoover City Schools
enrollment1,502 (2023–2024)
ratio15.90
faculty94.45
athleticsAHSAA Class 6A
mascotJaguars
colorsLight Blue, Black, and White
website
newspaperThe Jag
yearbookThe Rosette

Spain Park High School (SPHS) is a four-year high school in the Birmingham, Alabama, suburb of Hoover, that includes the Greystone Golf & Country Club–a 4000-acre master-planned golf community. 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 6A athletics.

Academics

  • Niche ranked SPHS as a top high school in the state in 2025.
  • The U.S. Department of Education recognized SPHS as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2008.

Demographics

Enrollment in grades 9–12 for the 2023–24 school year was 1,502 students. Approximately 60% of students are White, 19% are Black, 11% are Hispanic, 6.6% are Asian, and 3.3% are multiracial.

Athletics

SPHS competes in AHSAA Class 6A athletics, and fields teams in the following sports:

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Bowling
  • Cheerleading
  • Cross Country
  • Dance
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Indoor Track & Field
  • Lacrosse (non-AHSAA sport)
  • Outdoor Track & Field
  • Rowing
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming & Diving
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling SPHS has won state championships in the following sports:
  • Lacrosse (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016)
  • Baseball (2014)
  • Boys' golf (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
  • Girls' golf (2009, 2017, 2022)
  • Boys' indoor track and field (2012)
  • Girls' soccer (2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022)
  • Boys' soccer (2021)
  • Girls' tennis (2010)
  • Boys' tennis (2007, 2021)
  • Boys' bowling (2016, 2017. 2022, 2024)
  • Girls' basketball (2018, 2020) Spain Park's football team was shown on MTV's television program Two-A-Days, as an opponent of arch-rival Hoover High.

Notable alumni

  • Tyler Grisham (2005) – football player, NFL
  • Chris Ellis (2010) – baseball player, MLB
  • Simone Charley (2013) – soccer player, NWSL
  • Nick Mullens (2013) – football player, NFL
  • Michael Jackson (2015) – football player, NFL
  • Austin Wiley (2016) – basketball player who plays in Israel
  • Colton Ledbetter (2020)– baseball player in the Tampa Bay Rays organization
  • Sarah Ashlee Barker (2020) – WNBA player

References

References

  1. "Spain Park High School". National Center for Education Statistics.
  2. "Best Public High Schools in Alabama – Niche".
  3. Ray, Tiffany. (September 9, 2008). "Spain Park High School named national Blue Ribbon School". [[The Birmingham News]].
  4. "2024-26 Reclassification". Alabama High School Athletic Association.
  5. "Home".
  6. "Baseball Past State Champions". AHSAA.
  7. "Golf Past State Champions - Boys". AHSAA.
  8. "Golf Past State Champions Girls". AHSAA.
  9. "Past Indoor Track State Champions Boys". AHSAA.
  10. "Soccer Past State Champions". AHSAA.
  11. "Tennis Past State Champions Girls". AHSAA.
  12. "Tennis Past State Champions Boys". AHSAA.
  13. "Bowling Past State Champions". AHSAA.
  14. "Basketball Past State Champions - Girls". AHSAA.
  15. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060828205435/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/2_a_days/series.jhtml#/ontv/dyn/2_a_days/series.jhtml Two-A-Days at MTV.com]
  16. "Tyler Grisham Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College".
  17. (8 June 2010). "Spain Park's Chris Ellis is Birmingham News Hoover/South Metro Pitcher of the Year". Al.
  18. (8 June 2011). "Jag taken in final round of MLB Draft". Shelby County Reporter.
  19. (4 July 2012). "2012 Birmingham News Female Athlete of the Year: Simone Charley, Spain Park".
  20. "Nick Mullens Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College".
  21. "Michael Jackson Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College".
  22. "Austin Wiley - Men's Basketball 2019-20".
  23. "@fullname - Baseball".
  24. "Sarah Ashlee Barker - Women's Basketball".
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