Class of 2003 here. The campus has gone through a major transformation. Looks like a small college now with more coming
Yeah, a lot of people (outside of GA) are unaware of the funding differentials due to Georgia politics.
Carrollton is one of the "city" school districts that arose in some of the mid-sized Georgia cities (i.e., not Atlanta) and were designed to better fund "city" schools in otherwise rural counties.
What it means is that "Carroll County" schools and the county school board are SEPARATE from the Carrollton "city" schools and city school board. And for the "City" of Carrollton, that city school board runs a very small set of schools. Which I will show below in ONE map screenshot.
Simply stated, the Carrollton "city" taxes are able to be laser-focused on only ONE high school (and, sure, two elementary schools and one middle school, but they don't have football teams). On top of that, Carrollton High has had (for decades) its own very well-funded booster club.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Carroll COUNTY schools are (mostly) crap. By comparison, of course.
1. Carrollton Elementary
2. Carrollton Upper Elementary
3. Carrollton Middle
4. Carrollton High
5. The Carrollton City School Board offices are in the upper right corner