Editing Hueytown, Alabama (section)

==Schools and education history==
The Hueytown area has been served by many schools over the past one hundred years.  Most of these have been public schools of The Jefferson County School System which was founded in 1898. However, the first established school in the community was in August 1874, when several families gathered to build a small log building that served as both a church and school.  That structure was located on the hill behind present-day Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church.  A later grammar school was built on Upper Wickstead Road but burned down in 1907.  The following year, Hueytown Grammar School opened with just four teachers for its 100 students.  Also located across the street from Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church it faced Dabbs Avenue.  The school was replaced with a larger building in 1935 which faced Hueytown Road.  That entire structure burned to the ground on the night of March 3, 1949. The present Hueytown Elementary School, which has been expanded many times, first opened in the fall of 1950.

The present Hueytown Intermediate School opened to the students in the fall of 2020. (November 2 or 9)

Other schools serving the city include: [[Hueytown High School]], Hueytown Middle School (formerly Pittman Middle School and Pittman Junior High), Concord Elementary School and North Highland Elementary School. Four private religious schools, Deeper Life Academy, Garywood Christian School, Brooklane Baptist Academy, and Rock Creek Academy are located in Hueytown.

Other schools that served Hueytown in years past have long since been closed.  They included Virginia Mines School, Rosa Zinnerman Elementary, and Bell High School. When an [[April 1998 Birmingham tornado|F5 tornado]] destroyed [[Oak Grove High School (Jefferson County, Alabama)|Oak Grove High School]] and Oak Grove Elementary School on April 8, 1998, students from the Oak Grove high school grades were temporarily relocated to the former Bell School campus until their new school reopened two years later.

Recently the [[Hueytown High School]] Marching, Symphonic, and Jazz Bands have gained some prestige by playing at the Alabama Music Educators Association (AMEA) and a dual concert with the [[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]'s Symphonic and Wind ensembles.
* The Hueytown High School mascot is the Golden Gophers, which came from the [[Minnesota Golden Gophers football|Minnesota Golden Gophers]] National Championship football team, which won the National Championship in 1960, the same year Hueytown was incorporated.