Carroll High School

Carroll High School operates as an average-sized senior high in Ozark, Alabama, overseen by Ozark City. Current enrollment sits at 640 students spanning grades 7 through 12.

Ozark City runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,905 students. Carroll High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Carroll High School records that the most-represented group is Black (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 36% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Carroll High School lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.2:1, putting Carroll High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Carroll High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.5%; actual is 14.7%, a gap of -22.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Dale County) logs that median household income runs about $54,963, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Carroll High School is one of 18 public schools in Dale County (combined enrollment of about 6,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: Joseph W Lisenby Primary School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Carroll High School. On composite proficiency, Carroll High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.6%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 696 students in 2018 compared to 640 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 49% to 36% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Carroll High School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.