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Little Rock Central High School

Little Rock Central High School
Facade of Central High School - Little Rock - Arkansas - USA - 01.jpg
Front entrance to Little Rock Central High School
Address
1500 Park Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72202-5843
United States
Information
School type Comprehensive
public high school
Founded 1869 (1869) Sherman School
1905 Little Rock HS
1927 (1927) (current facility)
Status Open
School district Little Rock School District
NCES District ID 0509000
CEEB code 041422
NCES School ID 050900000607
Principal Nancy Rousseau (2002–)
Teaching staff 160.86 (on FTE basis)
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 2,456 (2010–11)
 • Grade 9 724
 • Grade 10 624
 • Grade 11 609
 • Grade 12 480
Student to teacher ratio 15.27
Education system
  • Arkansas Smart Core Curriculum
  • Little Rock Scholars
  • International Studies Career Focus
  • Environmental Science Magnet/Career Focus
  • Information Science Magnet/Career Focus
  • Systems Engineering Magnet/Career Focus
Classes offered Regular, Career Focus, Advanced Placement
Hours in school day 6.75
Campus size 18 acres (7.3 ha)
Color(s)      Black
     Old gold
Fight song On, Tigers! (based on On, Wisconsin!)
Athletics conference 7A/6A East (2012–14)
Team name Tigers
Rival Little Rock Hall, Little Rock Catholic
Accreditation ADE
AdvancED (1924–)
USNWR ranking Unranked (2012)
National ranking No. 275 (2013)
No. 119 (2012)
No. 123 (2011)
No. 92 (2010)
No. 55 (2009)
No. 32 (2008)
No. 23 (2007)
Publication The Labyrinth
Newspaper The Tiger
Yearbook The Pix
Communities served Little Rock
Website
Little Rock Central High School
Little Rock Central High School is located in Arkansas
Little Rock Central High School
Little Rock Central High School is located in the US
Little Rock Central High School
Location Little Rock, Arkansas
Coordinates 34°44′12″N 92°17′56″W / 34.7368°N 92.2989°W / 34.7368; -92.2989Coordinates: 34°44′12″N 92°17′56″W / 34.7368°N 92.2989°W / 34.7368; -92.2989
Area 17.95 acres (7.26 ha)
Architect Parks Almand, John
Architectural style Gothic Revival
Visitation 44,293 (2005)
Part of Central High School Neighborhood Historic District (#96000892)
NRHP Reference # 77000268
Significant dates
Added to NRHP August 19, 1977
Designated NHL May 20, 1982
Designated CP August 16, 1996
Designated NHS November 6, 1998 (#01000274)

Little Rock Central High School (LRCHS) is an accredited comprehensive public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Central High School was the site of forced school desegregation after the US Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. This was during the period of heightened activism in the American Civil Rights Movement. Central is located at the intersection of Daisy L. Gatson Bates Drive (named for the civil rights leader and formerly known as 14th Street) and Park Street.

Central can trace its origins to 1869 when the Sherman School operated in a wooden structure at 8th and Sherman streets; it graduated its first class on June 13, 1873. In 1885 the Sherman School was moved to 14th and Scott streets and was named Scott Street School, but was more commonly called City High School. Five years later in 1890, the Peabody School was constructed at West Capitol and Gaines streets. It was named in honor of philanthropist George Peabody from US$200,000 received via the Peabody Education Fund. In 1905, the city founded Little Rock High School at the intersection of 14th and Cumberland streets, and shuttered the Peabody and Scott Street schools to serve as the city's sole public high school. At the time only white students were enrolled.

In 1927 at a cost of US$1.5 million, the city completed construction on the nation's largest and most expensive high school facility, which remains in use today. In 1953 with the construction of Hall High School, the school was renamed as Little Rock Central High School. It has since been listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places and named as a U.S. National Historic Landmark.


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