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If you could change one rule at CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
2,371
High
DISTRICT 1,258 · STATE 510
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900000607
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
1500 LITTLE ROCK NINE WAY, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72202 · (501) 447-1400 · Pulaski County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,371 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Arkansas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
161 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 8.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
1,327 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 682 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 566 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 559 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 564 | 24% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
34.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arkansas average is about 35 of 100. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,371 | 56.0% | 30.4% |
| SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 2,053 | 48.3% | 36.8% |
| GENTRY HIGH SCHOOL GENTRY | 565 | 50.1% | 36.5% |
| WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOL WHITE HALL | 954 | 57.5% | 22.6% |
| CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CONWAY | 1,568 | 48.1% | 45.3% |
| BRYANT HIGH SCHOOL BRYANT | 2,369 | 48.4% | 25.4% |
Matched among Arkansas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #130 of 272 | #3 of 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #96 of 280 ▼ 11 | #5 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,371 | #5 of 310 | #1 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #229 of 245 | #18 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #6 of 246 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #177 of 273 | #12 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #102 of 105 | #7 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,371
-105 (-4%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 1,629
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,371 | 161.5 | 14.7:1 | 56% (1,327) |
| 2023-24 | 2,260 | 161.2 | 14.0:1 | 54% (1,218) |
| 2022-23 | 2,338 | 161.7 | 14.5:1 | 53% (1,247) |
| 2020-21 | 2,476 | 168 | 14.7:1 | 56% (1,376) |
| 2017-18 | 2,347 | 163.6 | 14.3:1 | 18% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 2,485 | 174 | 14.3:1 | 47% (1,160) |
| 2010-11 | 2,456 | 160 | 15.3:1 | 42% (1,038) |
| 2000-01 | 2,069 | 121 | 17.1:1 | 24% (504) |
| 1990-91 | 1,629 | 118 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
About CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a high school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 2,371 students enrolled. That is 365% above the average of about 510 students for high schools in Arkansas.
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one school in a 40-school district, LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 22,320 students.
At CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, Black students make up the biggest share, 46%. Smaller groups are 29% White, 11% Asian, 11% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 37% of Pulaski County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is 14.7:1, based on 161.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Arkansas, 8.8:1, is lower. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL counts 56% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 71% for public schools in Pulaski County.
Among Arkansas public high schools, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL outscored 45%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is 8.6 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 30.4% actual, 39.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
In Pulaski County, home to about 399,818 people, the median household earns about $62,873 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Pulaski County number 133, with about 64,124 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL ONLINE, is the closest to CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. Its average proficiency rate of 30.4% is above the 15.7% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment decreased by 4% across 4 years, from 2,476 in 2020-21 to 2,371 in 2024-25.
People who know CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
- PINNACLE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 807 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
Other Central High schools
70 other US public schools in 32 states are named Central High. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 71.
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLWEST HELENA, AR · 439 students
- Central High SchoolSAN ANGELO, TX · 2,985 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 2,587 students
- Central High SchoolKELLER, TX · 2,410 students
- Central High SchoolPhiladelphia, PA · 2,329 students
Nearby schools
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL ONLINE0.5 mi · 292
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK0.5 mi · 78
- DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR LEADERSHIP & LANGUAGE MAGNET ACAD0.7 mi · 414
- GIBBS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 291
- DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 315
- IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.8 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,371 students in grades 09-12.
Is CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL have?
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL employs 161 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
What is the student diversity at CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 46% Black, 11% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL in?
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is part of LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.