CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

As a sprawling secondary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL serves 2,371 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 365% above typical.

Across the 40 schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT (22,320 students total), CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL records that 46% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 11% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 161 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pulaski County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.3%; this one delivers 30.0%.

In the area at large, Pulaski County reports that median household income runs about $62,873, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 14.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 2,347 (now 2,371). Black enrollment moved from 55% to 46% across the same window.

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