Hooper City School

Hooper City School, operating as Hooper City High School from 1936 to 1965, was a former school operated by Jefferson County Schools for Black students in the vicinity of Hooper City, near Sayreton.

The City of Birmingham purchased the vacant school in 1973 and renovated it as the Hooper City Park Recreation Center.

Principals

• Lizzie Spryor, 1927–1933
• Nona Powell, 1936–1953
• Paul Ware, 1957–1958
• William J. Jackson, 1959–1966
• Thomas Shaw, 1966–1967
• Edna Drake, 1967–1969

Notable graduates

• Johnny Hairston, baseball player
• Sam Hill, baseball player
• Samuel Williams, baseball player