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George Washington Carver High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

3900 24th St North

Birmingham AL, 35207, Jefferson County

Phone: 205-231-3900

Ranking:

(324 out of 359, bottom 10%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Birmingham City School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	50		53		64		67		64		75		64
Total Students:	902		919		930		1,094		1,166		1,129		979
Grade 9:	343	38.0%	306	33.3%	196	21.1%	351	32.1%	381	32.7%	382	33.8%	325	33.2%
Grade 10:	189	21.0%	192	20.9%	265	28.5%	271	24.8%	326	28.0%	307	27.2%	263	26.9%
Grade 11:	166	18.4%	217	23.6%	251	27.0%	249	22.8%	226	19.4%	241	21.3%	176	18.0%
Grade 12:	204	22.6%	204	22.2%	218	23.4%	223	20.4%	233	20.0%	199	17.6%	215	22.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	494	54.8%	497	54.1%	499	53.7%	556	50.8%	565	48.5%	555	49.2%	466	47.6%
Female:	408	45.2%	422	45.9%	431	46.3%	538	49.2%	593	50.9%	566	50.1%	509	52.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	4	0.4%	10	0.9%	5	0.4%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	58	6.4%	46	5.0%	45	4.8%	37	3.4%	51	4.4%	32	2.8%	25	2.6%
Black:	836	92.7%	862	93.8%	872	93.8%	1,037	94.8%	1,100	94.3%	1,090	96.5%	949	96.9%
White:	5	0.6%	5	0.5%	8	0.9%	9	0.8%	10	0.9%	6	0.5%	4	0.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	739	81.9%	804	87.5%	810	87.1%	676	61.8%	951	81.6%	860	76.2%	683	69.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	44	4.9%	38	4.1%	42	4.5%	63	5.8%	83	7.1%	68	6.0%	79	8.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.22		17.34		14.65		16.33		18.22		15.00		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ADAW
2004	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	20.7%	25.6%	N/A
2005	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	25.3%	25%	N/A
2006	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	22.6%	30.2%	N/A
2008	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	24.72%	32.06%	N/A
2009	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	12.39%	27.8%	N/A
2004	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	42.1%	48.4%	N/A
2005	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	36.6%	43.7%	N/A
2006	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	52.1%	48.8%	N/A
2008	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	45.3%	51.3%	N/A
2009	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	54.96%	62.12%	N/A
2004	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	42.7%	42.4%	N/A
2005	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	40.2%	42.6%	N/A
2006	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	40.8%	45.8%	N/A
2008	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	42.69%	48.74%	N/A
2009	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	31.19%	44.86%	N/A
2004	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	42.7%	39.5%	N/A
2005	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	38.6%	36.4%	N/A
2006	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	46.3%	44.2%	N/A
2008	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	36.52%	50.2%	N/A
2009	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	28.9%	43.72%	N/A
AHSGE
2008	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	62.14%	65.2%	N/A
2009	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	82.06%	79.48%	N/A
2010	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	83.84%	87.2%	N/A
2011	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	92.04%	88.94%	N/A
2012	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	87.98%	88.84%	N/A
2004	Language	11th Grade	% met std	67.9%	68.4%	N/A
2005	Language	11th Grade	% met std	87.2%	68%	N/A
2006	Language	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73%	N/A
2007	Language	11th Grade	% met std	68.45%	70.3%	N/A
2008	Language	11th Grade	% met std	52.49%	60.05%	N/A
2009	Language	11th Grade	% met std	70.31%	70.98%	N/A
2010	Language	11th Grade	% met std	66.09%	73.98%	N/A
2011	Language	11th Grade	% met std	68.47%	68%	N/A
2012	Language	11th Grade	% met std	51.18%	51.84%	N/A
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	52.9%	60.8%	N/A
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	67.1%	59.1%	N/A
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	73.7%	77.8%	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	77.18%	80.08%	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	64.13%	73.43%	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	66.96%	75%	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.65%	81.82%	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	92.04%	81.97%	N/A
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	79.04%	72.12%	N/A
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.7%	78.8%	N/A
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.3%	75.3%	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	80.1%	79.1%	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	70.87%	75.22%	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	73.04%	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.61%	71.41%	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.41%	79.69%	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	86.21%	76.6%	N/A
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	83.09%	69.77%	N/A
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	67.6%	67%	N/A
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	66.3%	62.9%	N/A
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	72.9%	73.9%	N/A
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	73.3%	70.24%	N/A
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	51.39%	63.15%	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	43.75%	72.31%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	61.1%	66.1%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	84.8%	66%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.5%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	50.49%	67.37%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	34.62%	54.26%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	53.07%	63.18%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	62.88%	71.92%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	74.38%	68.76%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	51.9%	55.17%	N/A
2010	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	94.23%	93.1%	N/A
2011	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	92.69%	96.14%	N/A
2012	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	95.89%	95.87%	N/A
2004	Language	12th Grade	% met std	99.5%	94.6%	N/A
2005	Language	12th Grade	% met std	95.6%	90.1%	N/A
2006	Language	12th Grade	% met std	94.8%	89.9%	N/A
2007	Language	12th Grade	% met std	91.19%	83.11%	N/A
2008	Language	12th Grade	% met std	94.85%	92.59%	N/A
2009	Language	12th Grade	% met std	78.46%	87.96%	N/A
2010	Language	12th Grade	% met std	81.78%	88.99%	N/A
2011	Language	12th Grade	% met std	82.65%	88.09%	N/A
2012	Language	12th Grade	% met std	85.45%	84.3%	N/A
2004	Math	12th Grade	% met std	99.5%	94.6%	N/A
2005	Math	12th Grade	% met std	88.8%	89.4%	N/A
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	91.1%	90.8%	N/A
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	88.55%	83.39%	N/A
2008	Math	12th Grade	% met std	96.38%	94.14%	N/A
2009	Math	12th Grade	% met std	81.21%	90.84%	N/A
2010	Math	12th Grade	% met std	82.7%	93.94%	N/A
2011	Math	12th Grade	% met std	89.05%	93.26%	N/A
2012	Math	12th Grade	% met std	90.37%	91.12%	N/A
2004	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	100%	95.9%	N/A
2005	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	92.4%	91.1%	N/A
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	93.2%	92.2%	N/A
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	90.31%	83.56%	N/A
2008	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	96.39%	93.67%	N/A
2009	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	78.76%	89.99%	N/A
2010	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	86.86%	90.26%	N/A
2011	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	88.12%	91.43%	N/A
2012	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	91.4%	88.47%	N/A
2004	Science	12th Grade	% met std	98.1%	96.3%	N/A
2005	Science	12th Grade	% met std	91.9%	91%	N/A
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	91.6%	91.7%	N/A
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	88.11%	83.44%	N/A
2008	Science	12th Grade	% met std	93.82%	91.84%	N/A
2009	Science	12th Grade	% met std	79.28%	89.06%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	96.8%	93.5%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	95.5%	90.6%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	93.2%	90%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	91.19%	83.16%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	93.81%	92.05%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	80%	89.56%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	81.36%	88.94%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	80.91%	87.79%	N/A
2012	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	82.35%	85.7%	N/A

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* George Washington Carver High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.