South Carroll High

South Carroll High, a low-enrollment high school in Sykesville, Maryland, one of the schools within Carroll County Public Schools, instructs 933 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

Carroll County Public Schools comprises 43 schools with combined enrollment of 26,141 students; South Carroll High is among them.

Looking at the student body, South Carroll High reports that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Carroll County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, South Carroll High has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting South Carroll High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), South Carroll High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 61.9%; this one comes in at 46.6%, -15.3 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Carroll County indicate median household income runs about $118,211, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. South Carroll High is one of 44 public schools in Carroll County (combined enrollment of about 26,141 students).

The closest other public school is Winfield Elementary, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Carroll High ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 1,048 students in 2018 compared to 933 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 78% across the same window.

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