Hoover City Schools

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Hoover City Schools
Location
Hoover, Alabama
United States
Coordinates33°24′26″N 86°45′58″W / 33.4073°N 86.7661°W / 33.4073; -86.7661Coordinates: 33°24′26″N 86°45′58″W / 33.4073°N 86.7661°W / 33.4073; -86.7661[1]
District information
TypePublic
Motto"Learning for Life"
GradesK–12
Established1987
SuperintendentDr. Dee Fowler
Schools17
Budget$167.8 million
Students and staff
Students13,567
Teachers1,000 (approximate)
Staff850(approximate)
Other information
Websitehttp://www.hoovercityschools.net/

Hoover City Schools is the public school system serving the city of Hoover, Alabama within the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. Seventeen schools comprise the 55 square-mile system: 10 elementary schools, three middle schools, one intermediate school and two high schools.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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).[5]

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[]

Middle schools[]

Intermediate school[]

Elementary schools[]

Awards[]

Safest School District in Alabama/Niche Rankings Best School Districts in Alabama/Niche Rankings Best Places to Teach in Alabama/Niche Rankings Best Districts for College Readiness/Niche Rankings Elementary Schools - Best Teachers in Alabama/Niche Rankings Best Communities for Music Education/NAMM Foundation Highest Percentage of National Board-Certified Teachers/Alabama Highest Number of JSU Teacher Hall of Fame Inductees/Alabama U.S. News and World Report Best High Schools - Hoover High School Newsweek Best High Schools - Spain Park High School

Athletics[]

Hoover High School's teams are known as the Buccaneers,[6] or the Bucs, and Spain Park's are known as the Jaguars, or Jags. MTV's reality series from the mid-2000sTwo-A-Days 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.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Latitude and Longitude". satsig.com. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ^ http://www.hoovercityschools.net/?PN=Schools2
  3. ^ http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/HooverCity/HooverCity/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/HCS_PROFILE.pdf[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ http://images.pcmac.org/Uploads/HooverCity/HooverCity/Departments/DocumentsCategories/Documents/HCS_PROFILE.pdf[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Honea, Vadie. "A History of Hoover". www.hooveral.org. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  6. ^ http://hooverhighathletics.com/
  7. ^ http://spainparkathletics.org/

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