George Washington Carver High School (Birmingham, Alabama)

George Washington Carver High School
George Washington Carver High School
Address
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	3900 24th Street North; Birmingham, Alabama; United States
Coordinates	33°33′29″N 86°49′36″W / 33.55811°N 86.82656°WCoordinates: 33°33′29″N 86°49′36″W / 33.55811°N 86.82656°W
Information
School type	Public
Motto	Excellence is the Standard
Established	1959
School district	Birmingham City Schools
Principal	Evelyn L. Hines
Teaching staff	42.00 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	626 (2019-20)
Student to teacher ratio	14.90
Color(s)
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)^{[citation needed]}
Boys' track and field (1969)^{[citation needed]}
Girls' track and field (1993)^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni[]

Issiac Holt, National Football League (NFL) defensive back^[5]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "George Washington Carver High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
^ "Doster Puts $44.5M End to Birmingham's High School Construction Drought". www.constructionequipmentguide.com. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
^ "(WBHM - Your NPR News Station)". www.wbhm.org. Retrieved 2015-09-29.^{[dead link]}
^ "Home - This is the home of carverathletics.com". carverathletics.com. Retrieved 2015-10-01.
^ "Issiac Holt Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

External links[]

Carver school website

[NCES-1] Jump up to: ^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 2015-09-29.

[3] "(WBHM - Your NPR News Station)". www.wbhm.org. Retrieved 2015-09-29.^{[dead link]}

[4] "Home - This is the home of carverathletics.com". carverathletics.com. Retrieved 2015-10-01.

[5] "Issiac Holt Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

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George Washington Carver High School
Address
Wikimedia \| © OpenStreetMap
3900 24th Street North Birmingham , Alabama United States
Coordinates	33°33′29″N 86°49′36″W / 33.55811°N 86.82656°W / 33.55811; -86.82656Coordinates: 33°33′29″N 86°49′36″W / 33.55811°N 86.82656°W / 33.55811; -86.82656
Information
School type	Public
Motto	Excellence is the Standard
Established	1959
School district	Birmingham City Schools
Principal	Evelyn L. Hines
Teaching staff	42.00 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	626 (2019-20)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.90^[1]
Color(s)
Nickname	Rams
Website	www.bhamcityschools.org/Domain/8