George Washington Carver High School (Birmingham, Alabama)

George Washington Carver High School
Location
3900 24th Street North Birmingham, Alabama 35207 United States
Coordinates	33°33′29″N86°49′36″W / 33.55811°N 86.82656°W / 33.55811; -86.82656
Information
School type	Public
Motto	Excellence is the Standard
Established	1959(66 years ago) (1959)
School district	Birmingham City Schools
CEEB code	012487
Principal	Evelyn L. Hines
Teaching staff	38.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	544 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.32 [1]
Color(s)	Blue, red, and white
Nickname	Rams
Website	www.bhamcityschools.org/Domain/8

George Washington Carver High School is a four-year public high school in Birmingham, Alabama. It is one of seven high schools in the Birmingham City School System and is named for the American botanist and inventor, George Washington Carver.

History

Carver's current campus was completed in 2001 on a site that was formerly the North Birmingham Golf Course. ^[2] It was Birmingham City Schools' first new high school in three decades and cost an estimated $44.5 million. ^[3]

Athletics

Carver competes in AHSAA Class 5A athletics and currently fields teams in the following sports: ^[4]

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cheerleading
• Football
• Outdoor track and field
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming
• Volleyball
• Wrestling

Carver has won three state championships:

• Boys' basketball (1978) ^[5]
• Boys' track and field (1969)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Girls' track and field (1993)^{[ citation needed ]}

Notable alumni

• Issiac Holt, National Football League (NFL) defensive back ^[6]
• Tina Hutchinson, professional basketball player ^[7]

References

1. "George Washington Carver High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 26, 2024.
2. "Doster Puts $44.5M End to Birmingham's High School Construction Drought". www.constructionequipmentguide.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
3. "(WBHM - Your NPR News Station)". www.wbhm.org. Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
4. "Home - This is the home of carverathletics.com". carverathletics.com. Retrieved October 1, 2015.
5. "Alabama High School Basketball History". www.ahsfhs.org. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
6. "Issiac Holt Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
7. Sanguinette, Marsha (April 6, 1981). "All-Metro Girls Stand Tall". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 1C. Retrieved March 29, 2023– via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Carver school website