Sparkman High School

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Sparkman High School
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Sparkman High School in 2022
Address
Sparkman High School
2616 Jeff Road

35749

United States
Information
School type Public
Established1958(67 years ago) (1958)
CEEB code 012648
PrincipalTodd Dreifort
Teaching staff86.95 (FTE) [1]
Grades 10-12
Enrollment1,770 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio20.36 [1]
Color(s)Black and cardinal
  
Nickname Senators
Website sparkmanhighschool.mcssk12.org

Sparkman High School is a public high school in Harvest, Alabama, United States in the Madison County Schools district. [2] The school was named after senator and former vice presidential nominee John Jackson Sparkman. Sparkman is one of the largest high schools in northern Alabama and serves students in grades 10-12. The school's mascot is a Senator. The school has an enrollment of around 2,400 students. [3] Sparkman High's main rivals are Bob Jones High School and James Clemens High School.

Contents

In 2006, the Sparkman Ninth Grade School was built next to the high school.

Campus

Sparkman High was originally located in Toney. The old building is now Sparkman Middle School. Now located on Jeff Road in Harvest, the current high school building was built in 1997. The facility has art rooms, two gyms, a photo studio, drama rooms, a choir room, a band room, three JROTC rooms and musical theater classes. In 2001, additional rooms were built to accommodate the overcrowding. The high school has now split; the Sparkman 9th Grade School, which is across the street from the main high school, opened in 2006 to help overcrowding. There are currently around 607 freshmen at Sparkman 9; Sparkman High has over 1,800 students at the 10-12th grade building.

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. "School Directory – Schools – Madison County Schools". www.mcssk12.org. Archived from the original on January 5, 2017. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  3. "AL State Department of Education Data reports".
  4. Boyette, Daniel (June 25, 2018). "Troy lands commitment from 2019 in-state DB Dell Pettus". AL.com. Retrieved August 27, 2024.

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