Pleasant Grove High School (Alabama)

Pleasant Grove High School
Address
100 Spartan Drive
Pleasant Grove, Alabama
United States
Coordinates 33°29′51″N 86°59′50″W / 33.4976°N 86.9973°W / 33.4976; -86.9973Coordinates: 33°29′51″N 86°59′50″W / 33.4976°N 86.9973°W / 33.4976; -86.9973
Information
Type Public
Established 1970
School district Jefferson County Board of Education
Principal Jarvis Watkins
Faculty 38
Grades 7-12
Enrollment 522 (2014-15)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 23.1
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Purple and gold         
Athletics AHSAA Class 5A
Nickname Spartans
Feeder schools Pleasant Grove Elementary School
Website www.pleasantgrovehigh.jefcoed.com

Pleasant Grove High School (PGHS) is a Six-year public high school in the Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Pleasant Grove. It is one of fourteen high schools in the Jefferson County School System. School colors are purple and gold, and the athletic teams are called the Spartans. PGHS competes in AHSAA Class 5A athletics.[2]

Student profile

Enrollment in grades 9-12 for the 2013-14 school year is 548 students. Approximately 74% of students are African-American, 25% are white, and 1% are Hispanic. Roughly 46% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch.[3]

PGHS has a graduation rate of 95%. Approximately 92% of its students meet or exceed state proficiency standards in both mathematics and reading. The average ACT score for PGHS students is 22.[4]

Campus

The current PGHS campus was constructed in 2010 at a cost of $44.2 million.[5] It is a 260,000 square foot facility with 32 classrooms, three computer labs, two gyms, a 650-seat auditorium, and a 100-seat lecture hall. It replaced an aging facility that had been in use for over 40 years and did not have an auditorium or stadium.[6]

New athletic facilities were constructed shortly after the new school was opened. These include a new stadium, which has home and visitor bleachers, a sod field, fieldhouse with weight room, meeting rooms, dressing facilities, coaches' offices, and concessions. There is a rubberized track for track and field events, as well as a tower for the school's marching band.[5]

Athletics

PGHS competes in AHSAA Class 5A athletics and fields teams in the following sports:[7]

  • Baseball
  • Basketball (boys and girls)
  • Cheerleading
  • Football
  • Golf (boys and girls)
  • Indoor Track & Field (boys and girls)
  • Outdoor Track & Field (boys and girls)
  • Soccer (boys and girls)
  • Softball
  • Tennis (boys and girls)
  • Volleyball

PGHS won the AHSAA state championship in baseball in 1993, 1994, and 1996. Its football team won regional championships in 1984, 1988, 2006, and 2010. They also advanced to the 2014 5A state championship game before losing to St. Paul's.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Pleasant Grove High Sch". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  2. ↑ "AHSAA Classification 2014-16" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Pleasant Grove High School". SchoolDigger. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  4. ↑ "Pleasant Grove High School in Pleasant Grove, AL - Niche". K-12 School Rankings and Reviews at Niche.com. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  5. 1 2 "Athletic facilities for new Pleasant Grove High School approved". Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  6. ↑ "Community likes what it sees at open house for new Pleasant Grove High School". Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  7. ↑ "Pleasant Grove High -". Pleasant Grove High. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  8. ↑ "Pleasant Grove Football History AHSAA".
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