Sparkman High School is a

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in the Madison County Schools district. The school was named after senator and former vice presidential nominee John Jackson Sparkman. Sparkman is one of the largest high schools in northern Alabama and serves students in

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10- 12. The school's mascot is a Senator. The school has an enrollment of around 2,400 students. Sparkman High's main rivals are Bob Jones High School and James Clemens High School. In 2006, the Sparkman Ninth Grade School was built next to the high school.

Campus

Sparkman High was originally located in Toney. The old building is now Sparkman Middle School. Now located on Jeff Road in Harvest, the current high school building was built in 1997. The facility has art rooms, two gyms, a photo studio, drama rooms, a choir room, a band room, three JROTC rooms and musical theater classes. In 2001, additional rooms were built to accommodate the overcrowding. The high school has now split; the Sparkman 9th Grade School, which is across the street from the main high school, opened in 2006 to help overcrowding. There are currently around 607 freshmen at Sparkman 9; Sparkman High has over 1,800 students at the 10-12th grade building.

Notable alumni

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, Major League Baseball player * Izzy Miller, musician * Dell Pettus, NFL safety for the

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Dale Strong Dale Whitney Strong (born May 8, 1970) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 2023. His district includes much of North Alabama, including the city of Huntsville. A member of the Republican Party, Strong served o ...

, U.S. Representative (2023–present) * Jonathan Wallace, former professional basketball player * Andy Whitt, Alabama State Representative (2018–present) *

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References

External links

Sparkman High School official site

Sparkman Ninth Grade School official site

About Sparkman

Basketball teams

Football team

Sparkman High Marching Band
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