The school colors are orange, black, and white, and the athletic teams are called the Buccaneers.

Shades Valley, also a Jefferson County School, began to rapidly grow in the late 1960s from a large population of people moving south of Birmingham.

Mountain Brook was not growing near as rapidly due to high living cost and having an independent school system since their inception in 1966; prior to this, Mountain Brook was zoned for Shades Valley's pattern.

To offset the rapid student body growth in the city of Vestavia Hills, Cahaba Heights, now a neighborhood in Vestavia Hills, the unincorporated communities of Hoover, Bluff Park, and other unincorporated communities, Jefferson County Schools created a new school zone for the southern area of the county.

[5] In 1988 the city of Hoover (in large part due to the construction of the Riverchase Galleria in 1986 and massive land annexation efforts) left the Jefferson County School system to form Hoover City Schools.

Hoover's MTV show spread their popularity, which saw their football dynasty last from 2000 to 2017, a remarkable and state record breaking feat.

Since then only Hoover, Spain Park (2007, 2015),[6] and Thompson (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)[7] have been the only teams from the north bracket to make state championship appearances.

[citation needed] Grace Notes is one of Hoover High School's two a capella ensembles.

Made up of twelve 10th12 grade girls, they perform pop pieces at mane events throughout the school year.

[19] Rush Propst, the Bucs' head coach, denied any wrongdoing, as did then-principal Richard Bishop.

Hoover Superintendent Andy Craig appointed retired federal prosecutor Sam Pointer to investigate the charges.

On July 25, 2007, the Hoover School Board voted to not renew Bishop's contract after one year of service.

Dr. Ken Jarnagin was named the interim principal; he started the previous month as the school system's chief academic officer.

The AHSAA investigation resulted in the forfeiture of all games in which he played, reducing the team record from 6-1 to 2-5 at the time.

The state director of K-12 accreditation for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools announced his concern with the leadership at Hoover High.

SACS asked for and received an outline of the changes necessary to fix the problems in order for the school to retain its accreditation.