Pleasant Grove High School (Alabama)


Pleasant Grove High School is a Six-year public high school & Junior 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.

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.
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.

Campus

PGHS competes in AHSAA Class 5A athletics and fields teams in the following sports:
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.
On the football field, Pleasant Grove's two most common rivals have been Fairfield High School whom they have played 33 times with a record of 19-14 and Mortimer Jordan High School with a record of 13-16.

Notable Alumni