Bob Jones High School

Bob Jones High School
"Preparing today for the challenges of tomorrow."
Address
650 Hughes Road Madison, Alabama United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1974
District	Madison City Schools
Principal	Sylvia Lambert
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,100
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, White & Blue
Mascot	Patriot
Nickname	Patriots
Newspaper	Patriot Pages
Yearbook	Perspectives...
Literary magazine	Eclectic
Rival	James Clemens High School

Bob Jones High School is a public high school in Madison, Alabama, United States. The school is a part of Madison City Schools. Despite its name, it is not affiliated with Bob Jones University of Greenville, South Carolina; rather, it is named after Robert E. Jones, Jr., who served the area in the United States House of Representatives from 1947 until 1977.

In 2007 Bob Jones High School was ranked by Newsweek in the top 5% of American High Schools. The school was ranked 1044 among the top 1200 high schools in the nation based on the number of Advanced Placement, Cambridge tests, and/or International Baccalaureate tests taken by all students at a school and then dividing by the number of graduating seniors. These students are nationally known for their scholastic aptitude, with eleven students having been selected as Presidential Scholars Program candidates in the last three years alone.

The school was named for former Alabama congressman Robert E. "Bob" Jones. (Originally the school was to be named for James Record, the former Alabama State Senator and Madison County Commission Chairman who suggested Jones for the honor instead.) The current principal is Sylvia Lambert, and the school is in Region 4 of class 7A in the AHSAA. As of 2007, it is the largest high school in Alabama by enrollment.