Central Magnet School

Central Magnet School operates as a large high school in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, operated by Rutherford County. Current enrollment sits at 1,222 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Tennessee's public schools average about 754 students each, so Central Magnet School sits 62% above that benchmark.

Within Rutherford County, which oversees 53 schools and 52,127 students, Central Magnet School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Central Magnet School shows that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest looks like 13% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

Across the wider county, census data for Rutherford County shows median household earnings sit near $85,470, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Rutherford County's 69 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,904 students), Central Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

Homer Pittard Campus School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Magnet School.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Central Magnet School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 1,240 (now 1,222). The White share of enrollment edged down from 83% to 73% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.