Central High School

Set in Davenport, Iowa, Central High School is an expansive senior high, run under Davenport Comm School District. It caters to 1,288 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Central High School sits 175% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 27 schools in Davenport Comm School District (12,812 students total), Central High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Central High School reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 23% Black, 17% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, Central High School shows 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Scott County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Central High School is in the bottom 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 67.3%; Central High School posts 51.1%, -16.2 points below that line.

Across the wider county, Scott County reports that the typical household earns roughly $78,277 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Central High School is one of 53 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students).

Nearest neighbor: Madison Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Central High School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 1,414 students in 2018 compared to 1,288 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 54% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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