Homewood High School

Homewood High School (HHS) is a public high school, serving grades 9-12, in Homewood, Alabama, a surburb of Birmingham, Alabama. It is the only high school in the Homewood City School System. The student enrollment for the 2009-2010 academic year is approximately 1,000. The current principal is Dr. Kevin Maddox. Assistant principals are John Finlay, Eddie Cunningham, Dr. Desiree Smith, and Tyler Burgess. Before coming to Homewood High School, Dr. Maddox served as the principal of Homewood Middle School. In the summer of 2007, the front of the school was remodeled, and a new building, Pathways Alternative School, was constructed in the upper level of the student parking lot. The front office and lobby were also remodeled in the summer of 2008.

Homewood High School's colors are red, white, and blue and all competitive teams are known as the Patriots.

Academics Homewood offers 18 AP courses (US History, European History, English Language & Composition, English Literature & Composition, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Psychology, Physics B, Physics C, Biology, Chemistry, French, Latin, Spanish, Government, Studio Art, Photography, Environmental Science). The graduating class of 2009 had 236 students, with 206 students taking at least 1 AP exam. As a whole, the class of 2009 took 475 AP exams. The AP exam "pass score" of 3 or higher was 74.9% in 2009. The S.A.T. Critical Reading mean was 572 and the Math mean was 568. The average ACT composite score was 22.8. There were 3 National Merit Finalists and 7 National Merit Commended students in 2009.