Central High School

Size

Central High School is the largest of St. Joseph School District's 3 high schools; its 1,733 students are 16.6% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 10.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 335; Central High School is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 11 with 446 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 424, against an average of 433 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 431 in grade 9 and 424 in grade 12.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 62.2% here and 62% across St. Joseph. Hispanic students are next, at 15.3%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

37.6% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 74.4% across St. Joseph and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 17.9% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 105.35 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,733 students, Central High School has 16.4 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 1,733 students would have about 142 teachers, so Central High School has 36.7 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).

Location

Central High School is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people, which NCES calls city, small. The nearest other high school is Lafayette High School, 1.9 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 4 other high schools, 3 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.