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Enrollment
1,281
High
DISTRICT 1,293 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKWAY C-2·NCES 292358001379
CENTRAL HIGH
369 N WOODS MILL RD, CHESTERFIELD, MO 63017 · (314) 415-7900 · St. Louis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,281 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
85 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
202 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 | 333 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 297 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 323 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 328 | 26% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 52% · 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
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
MO avg 44.9% . +11.7pp since 2021
Math
54.3%
MO avg 43.8% . -7.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.4% | 55.6% | 14.3% | 10.5% |
| Math | 33.8% | 20.5% | 27.4% | 18.1% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 54.3% |
| 2023-24 | 68.7% | 56.2% |
| 2022-23 | 66.1% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.3% | 62.1% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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
CENTRAL HIGH's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL HIGH this school | 1,281 | 15.8% | 58.8% |
| CLAYTON HIGH CLAYTON | 788 | 8.0% | 71.1% |
| WEST HIGH BALLWIN | 1,417 | 10.7% | 71.3% |
| LAFAYETTE SR. HIGH WILDWOOD | 1,669 | 11.4% | 61.4% |
| LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH ST LOUIS | 1,395 | 11.5% | 60.1% |
| SOUTH HIGH MANCHESTER | 1,485 | 19.9% | 56.6% |
Matched among Missouri 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 ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #37 of 443 | #12 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.3% | #77 of 453 ▼ 32 | #12 of 34 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #23 of 382 ▲ 6 | #8 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #102 of 231 | #12 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,281 | #73 of 561 | #16 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #224 of 343 | #16 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #20 of 343 | #5 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #430 of 455 | #26 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #177 of 187 | #20 of 21 |
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
1,281
+29 (+2%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 865
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 1,281 | 84.7 | 15.1:1 | 16% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 1,261 | 83.2 | 15.2:1 | 16% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 1,244 | 81.7 | 15.2:1 | 13% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 1,252 | 87 | 14.4:1 | 18% (226) |
| 2017-18 | 1,293 | 87 | 14.9:1 | 15% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 1,260 | 88 | 14.3:1 | 16% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 1,267 | 83 | 15.3:1 | 8% (102) |
| 2000-01 | 1,390 | 86 | 16.2:1 | 11% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 865 | 99 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,293 to 1,281); teachers down 3% (87 to 84.7).
About CENTRAL HIGH
CENTRAL HIGH is a large high school based in CHESTERFIELD, Missouri. In all, 1,281 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 156% above the average of about 501 students for high schools in Missouri.
PARKWAY C-2 oversees CENTRAL HIGH and 28 other schools, with 16,759 students in total.
The share of White students at CENTRAL HIGH is 54%, a majority. The school is also 17% Black, 14% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.1:1. The school has 84.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.2:1 average for high schools in Missouri is 3.0 students per teacher. In all, 16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 27 points.
CENTRAL HIGH sits between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.8% and a predicted 54.0%.
For St. Louis County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $82,936, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 275 public schools in the county, enrolling about 134,601, CENTRAL HIGH among them.
CENTRAL MIDDLE sits about 0.3 miles from CENTRAL HIGH. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, CENTRAL HIGH ranks 2nd on proficiency.
CENTRAL HIGH falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 1,252 students in 2020-21 and 1,281 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARKWAY C-2
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- WEST HIGHHigh · 1,417 students
- NORTH HIGHHigh · 990 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 881 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLEMiddle · 812 students
Other schools in CHESTERFIELD
- MARQUETTE SR. HIGHHigh · 2,095 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 881 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
- ROCKWOOD CTR. EARLY CHILD. ED.Elementary · 646 students
- KEHRS MILL ELEM.Elementary · 555 students
- WILD HORSE ELEM.Elementary · 464 students
Other Central High schools
70 other US public schools in 32 states are named Central High. CENTRAL HIGH is the 23rd largest of the 71.
- CENTRAL HIGHST JOSEPH, MO · 1,733 students
- CENTRAL HIGHSPRINGFIELD, MO · 1,428 students
- CENTRAL HIGHCAPE GIRARDEAU, MO · 1,278 students
- CENTRAL HIGHPARK HILLS, MO · 605 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MO · 519 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL MIDDLE0.3 mi · 881
- GREEN TRAILS ELEM.1.3 mi · 345
- RIVER BEND ELEM.1.3 mi · 380
- BELLERIVE ELEM.1.6 mi · 400
- SHENANDOAH VALLEY ELEM.1.9 mi · 387
- MASON RIDGE ELEM.2.2 mi · 405
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL HIGHHow large is CENTRAL HIGH?
CENTRAL HIGH enrolls approximately 1,281 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does CENTRAL HIGH serve?
CENTRAL HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at CENTRAL HIGH?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at CENTRAL HIGH.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CENTRAL HIGH?
At CENTRAL HIGH, the student body is approximately 54% White, 9% Hispanic, 17% Black, 14% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is CENTRAL HIGH public or private?
CENTRAL HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by PARKWAY C-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.