[2] School colors are black and gold, and the athletic teams are called the Yellowjackets.

[7] In 1916, land from the McAdory family was purchased and a high school was built, opening its doors in 1920.

In the early morning hours of Friday April 5, 1929, a fire destroyed most of the school.

It fields teams in the following sports:[11] MHS has won four AHSAA state championships: baseball in (1995), twice in and boys' track and field (1954 and 1980), and most recently the state wrestling team championship (2019) under Coach Blake Dutton.

In 1953, McAdory (then a 2A high school) posted a very strong team that went 9-1 (including two victories in the same season over Hueytown High School, with the second game being the "Dental Clinic Classic" which the Yellow Jackets won by a score of 18-0).

The two players were Richard Autry (offensive center) and Clay Walls (quarterback).