By 1939, Ider School was accredited and offered its students twelve grades of education.

Ider High School has a number of athletic programs, segregated by gender.

[citation needed] Additionally, the softball team won the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 2A state championship in 2006, 2008, and 2009.

Pitcher Hillary Phillips, who played for the Hornets from 2004-09, was a part of all three championship teams.

Because Alabama is one of only six states (alongside Arkansas, Delaware, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Dakota) that allow seventh-and eighth-graders to play varsity sports, Phillips set the national record for career strikeouts, fanning 2,463 batters in her career.