Carbon Hill High School

Carbon Hill High School operates as an intimate senior high in Carbon Hill, Alabama, one of the schools within Walker County. Current enrollment sits at 349 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 49% leaner than the typical public school in Alabama, which averages around 682 students.

Walker County runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 7,091 students. Carbon Hill High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Carbon Hill High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest is composed of 3% Hispanic, 3% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, Carbon Hill High School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Carbon Hill High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.2%; this one comes in at 12.6%, -32.7 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Walker County shows median household income runs about $56,509, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Walker County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,041 students), Carbon Hill High School is one campus in the mix.

Carbon Hill ElementaryJunior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Carbon Hill High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carbon Hill High School has ticked down 9%, going from 383 students in 2018 to 349 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.