Tarrant High School

Located at 91 Black Creek Road, in Tarrant, Alabama, Tarrant High School is a medium-sized secondary school that educates 597 students (grades 7 through 12), part of Tarrant City.

Across the 3 schools in Tarrant City (1,308 students total), Tarrant High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tarrant High School logs that the largest single group is Black at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 42% Hispanic, 2% White, 2% Native American. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Tarrant High School records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Tarrant High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.8%; this one delivers 10.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household income runs about $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which Tarrant High School is one.

The closest other public school is Fultondale High School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tarrant High School. On composite proficiency, Tarrant High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

Tarrant High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tarrant High School has ticked up 26%, going from 472 students in 2018 to 597 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 28% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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