Spain Park High School (SPHS) is a four-year high school in the Birmingham, Alabama, suburb of Hoover, that includes the Greystone Golf & Country Club–a 4000-acre master-planned golf community. It is the smaller of two high schools in the Hoover City School System. School colors are Carolina blue, black, and white, and the athletic teams are called the Jaguars. SPHS competes in AHSAA Class 6A athletics.
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Academics
Niche ranked SPHS as a top high school in the state in 2025.
The U.S. Department of Education recognized SPHS as a National Blue Ribbon School in 2008.
Demographics
Enrollment in grades 9–12 for the 2023–24 school year was 1,502 students. Approximately 60% of students are White, 19% are Black, 11% are Hispanic, 6.6% are Asian, and 3.3% are multiracial.
Athletics
SPHS competes in AHSAA Class 6A athletics, and fields teams in the following sports:
Baseball
Basketball
Bowling
Cheerleading
Cross Country
Dance
Football
Golf
Indoor Track & Field
Lacrosse (non-AHSAA sport)
Outdoor Track & Field
Rowing
Soccer
Softball
Swimming & Diving
Tennis
Volleyball
Wrestling
SPHS has won state championships in the following sports:
Lacrosse (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016)
Baseball (2014)
Boys' golf (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016)
Girls' golf (2009, 2017, 2022)
Boys' indoor track and field (2012)
Girls' soccer (2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022)
Boys' soccer (2021)
Girls' tennis (2010)
Boys' tennis (2007, 2021)
Boys' bowling (2016, 2017. 2022, 2024)
Girls' basketball (2018, 2020)
Spain Park's football team was shown on MTV's television program Two-A-Days, as an opponent of arch-rival Hoover High.
Notable alumni
Tyler Grisham (2005) – football player, NFL
Chris Ellis (2010) – baseball player, MLB
Simone Charley (2013) – soccer player, NWSL
Nick Mullens (2013) – football player, NFL
Michael Jackson (2015) – football player, NFL
Austin Wiley (2016) – basketball player who plays in Israel
Sarah Ashlee Barker (2020) – basketball player, WNBA
Colton Ledbetter (2020)– baseball player in the Tampa Bay Rays organization