📍 91 Black Creek Road, Tarrant, Jefferson County, 35217
Tarrant High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Tarrant, Jefferson County. The school has 559 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tarrant City school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
Tarrant High School enrolls 559 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Black or African American, 42% Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 275 | 49% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 236 | 42% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 18 | 3.2% |
| White | 17 | 3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 7 | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 5 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
472 of the school's 559 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tarrant High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-70.
Tarrant High School is one of 3 schools in Tarrant City, based in Tarrant, Alabama. The district serves 1,308 students district-wide and employs 69 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 559 students, Tarrant High School is larger than the district average of about 436 students per school.
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