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Central High School, Little Rock, AR

Central High School is a public high school in Little Rock, part of Little Rock School District. It enrolled 2,371 students in 2024-25, with 14.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
2,371
Teachers (FTE)
161.0
Students per teacher
14.7
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.0. The Arkansas average across schools is 12.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school14.7
District15.0
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
1500 Little Rock Nine Way, Little Rock, AR 72202
Phone
(501)447-1400
District
Little Rock School District
County
Pulaski County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
050900000607
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
1,082
Reduced-price lunch
245
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,32756.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
318Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Little Rock School District

High schools elsewhere in Little Rock

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.