Davenport Central High School
| Davenport Central High School | |
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| Address | |
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1120 Main Street Davenport, Iowa USA |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Communicate with Dignity and Respect |
| Established | 1904 |
| School district | |
| Part of | College Square Historic District (#83003628) |
| Added to NRHP | November 18, 1983 |
| Superintendent | Arthur W. Tate |
| Principal |
Scott McKissick Activities Brian Ehlinger |
| Faculty | 125 |
| Grades | 9−12 |
| Enrollment | 1,414 |
| Color(s) | Red and Blue |
| Athletics | Mississippi Athletic Conference |
| Mascot | Blue Devils |
| ACT average | 21.2 |
| Newspaper | The BlackhawK |
| Yearbook | The BlackhawK |
| Website | http://www.davenportschools.org/central |
Coordinates: 41°31′47″N 90°34′32″W / 41.5297°N 90.5756°W
Scott McKissick
Davenport Central High School is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Davenport, Iowa. The school building opened in 1907 as "Davenport High School," and is now one of three public high schools part of the Davenport Community School District. The school, whose western side is located along U.S. Highway 61, draws students primarily from the southern and central portions of the city.
The school has an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students in grades 9 through 12, and offers over 200 courses in a four-block schedule. Central also has a variety of extracurricular activities, clubs, and teams. The school also houses the Davenport School District's high school autism program. The school complex is part of the College Square Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
High schools had operated in various buildings and Davenport since 1861, the longest-lived of those sites being in roughly the area where Seventh and Eighth, and Iowa streets are today. An early history of Davenport and Scott County stated that the building was opened in 1875, and "grew from year to year until the building was too small to accommodate the numbers."
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