Carver serves residents of the main section of Maxwell Air Force Base.

Clarence M. Dannelly, then superintendent of Montgomery Public Schools, held the ground breaking ceremony on Fairview Avenue on April 13, 1949.

There were 875 students and 23 faculty members including principal, M. H. Griffin, a graduate of the University of Michigan.

[1] In 1964, Carver won the negro AAA (the largest division at the time) state football championship in 1964 with a record of 9-0-1, defeating Cobb Avenue of Anniston.

[4] Carver High School won the Class 6A Basketball state championship title for 2012 and 2015.