Bob Jones High, Madison: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, administration page, About Our School page, Schedules & Calendars page and athletics site; Madison City Schools’ School Zones page, School Locator and 2026-27 calendar (PDF); the Alabama State Department of Education’s state report card for 2024-25; the federal NCES school directory for 2024-25; and the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s 2026-28 alignment.

Bob Jones High, on Hughes Road, is the older of Madison City Schools’ two high schools. It was established in 1974 and is named after U.S. Rep. Robert E. Jones Jr., according to the school’s About Our School page. Alabama graded it a B, with 86 points, on its 2024-25 report card, and its graduation rate on that card was 96.27%.

Who to call

• Front office: 256-772-2547, 650 Hughes Road
• School website: bjhs.madisoncity.k12.al.us
• Enrolling or checking a zone: Madison City Schools Central Office, 256-464-8370, 211 Celtic Drive, and the district’s Enrollment page
• Buses: MCS Transportation, 256-774-4613, 217 Westchester Drive

Principal

Principal Sylvia Lambert, according to the school’s administration page, which says she is in her 10th year leading Bob Jones. Kurt Yancey is the athletic director, the school’s athletics page says.

Enrollment and teachers

• State count: 2,038 students on the 2024-25 Alabama state report card, up from 1,946 on the 2023-24 card.
• Federal count: 2,048 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 18 students per teacher.

State report card

Alabama grades every public school from A to F each year. The grade comes from a 100-point score built from students’ achievement and growth on state tests in English language arts and math, chronic absenteeism (the share of students who missed 18 or more days), progress in English language proficiency and, for high schools, graduation rate and college and career readiness, according to the Alabama State Department of Education’s report card rules.

2024-25 grade: B, 86 points. The 2023-24 card also gave Bob Jones a B, with 89 points. Madison City Schools as a whole earned an A, with 95 points.

The 2024-25 card lists Bob Jones as a Targeted Support and Improvement School, a federal designation the state assigns from its accountability results; the 2023-24 card listed it the same way. The full report card, with results by student group, is on the state’s report card site.

Attendance zone

Zones in Madison do not follow neighborhood names, and the district redrew them for 2026-27. It held a public hearing on rezoning Oct. 27, 2025 (notice, PDF), and the 2026-27 rezoning map was an action item at the board’s Nov. 6, 2025, meeting (agenda, PDF). Check any address on the district’s School Locator, titled “Madison City Schools Locator 2026-2027.”

On the zone map behind the locator, two middle schools feed Bob Jones:

• Discovery Middle, all of its zone
• Journey Middle, part of its zone; the rest of Journey goes to James Clemens High

The elementary zones that lead to Bob Jones, in whole or in part, are Columbia, Horizon, Madison, Midtown, Mill Creek, Rainbow and Russell Branch.

Programs

The school’s academics menu lists career academies, dual enrollment, co-op (work-based learning) and college and career resources. Bob Jones runs a traditional block schedule: students take four one-credit courses in the fall semester and four different ones in the spring, for eight credits a year, with final exams in December and May, according to its Schedules & Calendars page. Clubs on the school’s site include the Bob Jones Science Academy, a Coding Academy, the Bob Jones Rocketry Team, the Greenpower USA Patriot Racing Team, a math team and a chess team.

Bell times

From the school’s 2026-27 bell schedule:

• Regular days: first block 8:12 a.m., fourth block ends 3:28 p.m.
• Tuesday and Thursday advisory days: same start and end, with a 35-minute advisory period after third block
• Half days: 8:12 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Sports and activities

For football in the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s 2026-28 alignment, Bob Jones is a Class 6A school, the largest public school class, in Region 4, with Buckhorn, Gadsden City, Grissom, Hazel Green, Huntsville, James Clemens and Sparkman. The AHSAA’s 2026-28 enrollment list, which sets the classes, gives Bob Jones a figure of 1,542.35.

The Patriots’ athletics site lists teams in baseball, basketball, bowling, cheer, cross country, flag football, football, golf, indoor track and field, soccer, softball, swim and dive, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling, and the school’s own athletics page adds lacrosse. Its facilities page names Madison City Schools Stadium, 211 Celtic Drive, for football; the baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, track, field house and an indoor baseball and softball facility are on the Hughes Road campus, and the swim team uses the Dublin indoor and outdoor pools on Old Madison Pike. Schedules and results are in our Friday night football guide and on our scoreboard.

Calendar

Bob Jones follows the Madison City Schools 2026-27 calendar (PDF). Coming dates:

• Wednesday, Oct. 21: PSAT for registered 10th and 11th graders; e-learning for 9th and 12th graders
• Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
• Nov. 25-27: Thanksgiving, schools closed
• Dec. 17-18: half days; Dec. 18 ends the first semester
• Dec. 21 to Jan. 4: winter holidays; students return Wednesday, Jan. 6
• March 15-19, 2027: spring break
• Monday, May 17, 2027: graduation day
• Tuesday, May 25, 2027: last day for students, a half day

More

• The school’s website and athletics site
• Every public school in Madison, with zones and report cards
• Our Madison schools guide for enrollment, the Board of Education and the district calendar
• James Clemens High, the district’s other high school

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Bob Jones High serve?

Bob Jones High serves ninth through 12th grade. It is one of two high schools in Madison City Schools; the other is James Clemens High.

What is Bob Jones High’s state report card grade?

Bob Jones earned a B, with 86 points, on Alabama’s 2024-25 state report card, down from 89 points on the 2023-24 card. Its graduation rate on the 2024-25 card was 96.27%.

Which middle schools feed Bob Jones High?

All of Discovery Middle’s zone and part of Journey Middle’s zone, according to the district’s 2026-27 school zone map.

What time does Bob Jones High start?

First block starts at 8:12 a.m. and fourth block ends at 3:28 p.m. on the school’s 2026-27 bell schedule. Half days end at 12:15 p.m.

What AHSAA class is Bob Jones?

Class 6A, Region 4 for football in the AHSAA’s 2026-28 alignment, with Buckhorn, Gadsden City, Grissom, Hazel Green, Huntsville, James Clemens and Sparkman.