Carrollton High School

Carrollton High School is a moderately sized senior high in SAGINAW, Michigan, run under Carrollton Public Schools. The school teaches 431 students in grades 9 through 12.

Carrollton Public Schools runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,562 students. Carrollton High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Carrollton High School records that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% Black, 26% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Saginaw County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.6:1, putting Carrollton High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 74% of students at Carrollton High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Saginaw County (around 59%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Saginaw County) reports that median household earnings sit near $60,622, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Saginaw County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,621 students), of which Carrollton High School is one.

The closest other public school is Carrollton Elementary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carrollton High School has contracted 20%, going from 541 students in 2018 to 431 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 25% to 30% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.