Hueytown High School
| Hueytown High School | |
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| Address | |
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4881 15th Street Road Hueytown, Alabama |
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| Information | |
| Motto | Honor, hard work, success |
| Established | 1922 |
| School district | Jefferson County Schools |
| Principal | Joseph Garner |
| Teaching staff | 60 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,113 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18:1 |
| Color(s) | Purple and Gold |
| Athletics | AHSAA Class 6A |
| Mascot | Golden Gophers |
| Feeder schools | Hueytown Middle School |
| Website | http://hueytownhigh.jefcoed.com/ |
Hueytown High School is a four-year public high school in the Birmingham, Alabama suburb of Hueytown. 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 Golden Gophers. Hueytown competes in AHSAA Class 6A athletics.
Enrollment in grades 9-12 for the 2013-14 school year is 1,113 students. Approximately 51% are white, 43% are African-American, 4% are Hispanic, and 2% are multiracial. Roughly 52% of students qualify for free or reduced price lunch.
Hueytown has a graduation rate of 88%. Approximately 89% of its students meet or exceed state proficiency standards in mathematics, and 85% meet or exceed standards in reading. The average ACT score for Hueytown students is 22.
The first Hueytown High School began classes on February 25, 1921, with students who had transferred from Bessemer High School. It was one of six new high schools in the Jefferson County system at that time. It had an enrollment of just 66 students with 25 seniors in the first graduating class in 1922. Mr. Harley F. Gilmore was the first principal and athletic director, serving as principal from 1921 until his retirement in 1956. Only six teachers served on the original staff with Mr. Gilmore.
Subjects available in those early years included French, Latin, chemistry, mathematics, and history. Home economics was offered for girls and manual arts (woodworking) for the boys.
In 1957, enrollment had reached 1,273. The next year the school relocated to its Dabbs Avenue campus serving grades 10-12. The old building then became Pittman Junior High School (serving grades 7-9) and continued in that capacity until May 1970.
Hueytown High School has been located at three different sites since its founding.
Student groups and activities include art club, band, cheerleading, choir, dance team, debate team, DECA, drama club, FBLA, FCCLA, First Priority, color guard, Hueytown Ambassadors, Key Club, majorettes, math team, National Honor Society, Scholar's Bowl, and Science Olympiad.
Today the school's sports teams, known as the Hueytown Golden Gophers, compete in baseball, basketball, football, golf, softball, tennis, track, cross-country, soccer, wrestling and volleyball.
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