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.[3]
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.[4]
Campus
The current PGHS campus was constructed in 2010 at a cost of $44.2 million.[5] It is located on Spartan Drive. It is a 260,000 square foot facility with 32 classrooms, three computer labs, two gyms, a 650-seat auditorium, and a 100-seat lecture hall. The new campus includes athletic facilities constructed shortly after the school was opened. It includes a football stadium with a sod field and separate home and visitor bleachers, a fieldhouse with weight room, meeting rooms, dressing facilities, coaches' offices and concessions. There is a rubberized track for trach and field events as well as a tower for the school's marching band.
The first Pleasant Grove High School was built shortly after the City attempted to establish a municipal school system which it was ultimately denied by the Federal Courts. That aging facility that had been in use for over 40 years and still exists. It is located at the corner of 7th Street and 9th Avenue. That facility did not have an auditorium or football stadium on site.[6]
Athletics
PGHS competes in AHSAA Class 5A athletics and fields teams in the following sports:[7]
Baseball
Basketball (boys and girls)
Cheerleading
Football
Golf (boys and girls)
Indoor Track & Field (boys and girls)
Outdoor Track & Field (boys and girls)
Soccer (boys and girls)
Softball
Tennis (boys and girls)
Volleyball
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.[8]
