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George Washington Carver High School
Address
3900 24th Street North

Birmingham, Alabama
35207

United States
Coordinates 33°33′29″N 86°49′36″W / 33.55811°N 86.82656°W / 33.55811; -86.82656
Information
School type Public
MottoExcellence is the Standard
Established1959 (65 years ago) (1959)
School district Birmingham City Schools
CEEB code012487
PrincipalEvelyn L. Hines
Teaching staff42.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9- 12
Enrollment626 (2019-20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.90 [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:

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "George Washington Carver High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  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

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