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Carver High School

Public Grades 9-12

420^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 455 Georgia High Schools

Better than 8% of Georgia high schools

Summary

Carver High School is a comprehensive public high school in Atlanta's southeast corridor serving 544 students in grades 9-12, where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. The school is part of Atlanta Public Schools and has ranked in the bottom 5-8% of Georgia high schools for several years, though its graduation rate has seen a remarkable turnaround.

The most pressing challenge at Carver is chronic absenteeism: 59.5% of students missed 10% or more of school days in the 2025-2026 school year—more than double the district average of 27.6% and triple the state average. This is improving from 77.8% in 2021-2022, but remains far above nearby Midtown High School (20.6%). Test scores reflect this struggle: Algebra I proficiency is 8.5% (state: 48.1%), Biology 14.6% (state: 47.2%), and U.S. History 12.1% (state: 38.5%). However, the graduation rate jumped from 78.6% to 91.0% in one year, now exceeding both district and state averages—a sign that credit recovery and student support efforts are working.

A fascinating comparison exists on Carver's own campus: the Carver High School Early College program serves the same student population (100% free/reduced lunch) but achieves dramatically better results—chronic absenteeism of 27.2% versus 59.5%, a state ranking in the 32nd percentile versus the 8th, and U.S. History proficiency of 38.9% versus 12.1%. Similarly, Booker T. Washington High School, with comparable demographics and absenteeism, has climbed 194 ranking positions in two years and now posts Biology proficiency more than double Carver's. Carver spends $27,778 per student—higher than Maynard Jackson High School ($24,806) and KIPP Atlanta Collegiate ($20,374)—yet outcomes lag. The Early College model and Washington's trajectory show that with the same resources and demographics, substantially better results are achievable, suggesting program structure and school culture—not student background—are the key levers for improvement.

544

Students ?

13.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$27,778

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

55 McDonough Blvd SE
Atlanta, GA 30315

(404) 802-4415

District: Atlanta Public Schools

Feeder schools for Carver High School:

Elementary:	Charles L. Gideons Elementary School
	Finch Elementary
	T. J. Perkerson Elementary School
	Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School
Middle:	Judson Price Middle School
	Sylvan Hills Middle School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

96.0%

Hispanic:

2.2%

White:

0.7%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2019 → 8th in 2026

Strengths

✓91% graduate in 4 years — above the Georgia average (87%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (12% vs 45% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (8th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (60% vs 18% Georgia)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school12%

District avg38%

Georgia avg45%

420^th of 455

Georgia public high schools ?

Bottom 8%▲ up 4 pts since 2019

From bottom 4% (2019) to bottom 8% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 15High Schools in the Atlanta Public Schools

120^th of 201Atlanta Public Schools among Georgia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	8.3	420 of 455	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	7.5	427 of 451	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.9	437 of 454	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.6	434 of 448	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.1	417 of 431	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	5.9	421 of 438	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	13.6	346 of 376	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.7	367 of 391	6.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.1	364 of 382	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.5	369 of 384	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	356 of 372	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	8.8	410 of 431	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.7	416 of 438	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.4	424 of 435	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.5	424 of 433	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.0	417 of 430	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	7.1	413 of 436	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	6.4	425 of 442	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.8	419 of 436	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.9	425 of 436	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.0	416 of 427	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	12.1	326 of 338	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	13.0	341 of 347	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	330 of 344	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	333 of 343	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.8	319 of 331	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2026)8th percentile~ school

Male (2026)5th percentile~ school

Female (2026)5th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2026)4th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Biology15%-33 vs state

United States History12%-26 vs state

Algebra I8%-40 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Algebra I (2026)	Milestones Assessment Biology (2026)	Milestones Assessment United States History (2026)	Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	Milestones Assessment Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Algebra I End of Course	Milestones Assessment Biology End of Course	Milestones Assessment United States History End of Course	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 8th Grade	Milestones Assessment Social Studies 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Carver High School	Public	9-12	55 McDonough Blvd SE	Atlanta	30315	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-4415	544	41	13.3	100.0%	4 (0.7%)	522 (96.0%)	12 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	8.3	420^th of 455 public high schools	7.7%		7.5	427^th of 451 public high schools	5.3%	7	8.5	14.6	12.1						$27,778	$1,177	$26,601
Carver High School Early College	Public	9-12	55 McDonough Blvd SE	Atlanta	30315	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-4405	514	57	9.0	100.0%	2 (0.4%)	483 (94.0%)	21 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	26	310^th of 455 public high schools	31.9%		22.3	344^th of 451 public high schools	23.7%	34	24.5	9.0	38.9						$29,385	$2,112	$27,273
Maynard Jackson High School	Public	9-12	801 Glenwood Ave SE	Atlanta	30316	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-5200	1,549	107	14.5	81.8%	330 (21.3%)	1,037 (66.9%)	121 (7.8%)	11 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	48 (3.1%)	34	265^th of 455 public high schools	41.8%		37.4	249^th of 451 public high schools	44.8%	16	33.7	45.3	13.7						$24,806	$1,585	$23,220
Booker T. Washington High School	Public	9-12	45 Whitehouse Dr SW	Atlanta	30314	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-4600	856	71	12.0	100.0%	5 (0.6%)	811 (94.7%)	21 (2.5%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (1.8%)	38.9	228^th of 455 public high schools	49.9%		16.7	376^th of 451 public high schools	16.6%	148	21.8	33.8	48.7						$28,684	$1,941	$26,742
Hank Aaron New Beginnings Academy	Public	6-12	2930 Forrest Hills Dr SW	Atlanta	30315	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-6950	147	37	3.9	100.0%	1 (0.7%)	141 (95.9%)	3 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	2.8	450^th of 455 public high schools	1.1%		3.6	450^th of 451 public high schools	0.2%		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Metro Regional Youth Detention Center	Public	5-12	1300 Constitution Rd SE	Atlanta	30316	Fulton County	Department of Juvenile Justice	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 635-4415	19	3	6.3	84.2%	1 (5.3%)	16 (84.2%)	2 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	0.0
Tri-Cities High School	Public	9-12	2575 Harris St	East Point	30344	Fulton County	Fulton County	No	No	No	Yes	(470) 254-8200	1,748	114	15.3	100.0%	13 (0.7%)	1,189 (68.0%)	507 (29.0%)	6 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (1.7%)	18.9	363^rd of 455 public high schools	20.2%		16.5	377^th of 451 public high schools	16.4%	14	23.3	25.7	23.8						$17,308	$1,189	$16,119
South Atlanta High School	Public	9-12	800 Hutchens Rd SE	Atlanta	30354	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(404) 802-5025	942	51	18.5	99.9%	1 (0.1%)	835 (88.6%)	89 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.7%)	16.9	378^th of 455 public high schools	16.9%		11.8	412^th of 451 public high schools	8.6%	34	29.2	25.6	14.5						$27,320	$1,619	$25,700
McNair High School	Public	9-12	1804 Bouldercrest Rd SE	Atlanta	30316	Fulton County	DeKalb County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 874-4902	779	60	12.9	100.0%	4 (0.5%)	688 (88.3%)	72 (9.2%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.8%)	17.5	371^st of 455 public high schools	18.5%		13.1	404^th of 451 public high schools	10.4%	33	22.9	27.8	18.4						$20,470	$2,062	$18,407
Midtown High School	Public	9-12	929 Charles Allen Dr NE	Atlanta	30309	Fulton County	Atlanta Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(404) 802-3001	1,696	103	16.4	27.4%	731 (43.1%)	633 (37.3%)	153 (9.0%)	47 (2.8%)	8 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	123 (7.3%)	58.1	120^th of 455 public high schools	73.6%		72.5	75^th of 451 public high schools	83.4%	45	43.9	59.5	35.9						$23,302	$917	$22,385

Frequently Asked Questions about Carver High School

What district is Carver High School in?

Atlanta Public Schools

Is Carver High School a good school?

Carver High School ranks in the bottom 7.7% of Georgia high schools.

What is the racial makeup of Carver High School?

Students at Carver High School are 96% African American, 2% Hispanic.

What schools feed into Carver High School?

Carver High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Charles L. Gideons Elementary School
Elementary : Finch Elementary
Elementary : T. J. Perkerson Elementary School
Elementary : Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School
Middle : Judson Price Middle School
Middle : Sylvan Hills Middle School

How many students attend Carver High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 544 students attended Carver High School.

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