Spain Park High School

Spain Park High School, a roomy senior high in Hoover, Alabama, part of Hoover City, serves 1,472 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 116% bigger than the state mean of about 682.

Across the 16 schools in Hoover City (13,632 students total), Spain Park High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Spain Park High School reports that 59% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 19% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Spain Park High School has 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Shelby County's rate of about 42%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Spain Park High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.3%; this one delivers 49.8%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Shelby County put the typical household earns roughly $97,961 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Shelby County runs 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,120 students), of which Spain Park High School is one.

The closest other public school is Berry Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spain Park High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Spain Park High School has shrank 9%, going from 1,626 students in 2018 to 1,472 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 5% to 10%.

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