Central Private School (CPS) or Central Private (CP) is a

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institution located in

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. The school was founded in the 1967 amidst the court ordered desegregation of public schools. CPS is one of several private schools located in

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Faculty

The school's faculty is composed of 44.5 FTE teachers.

Curriculum

Subjects include science, art, mathematics, language arts, physical education, social studies, and foreign languages.

Student body

The majority of the students are white (78%), along with students of other ethnicities. The school enrolls students from East Baton Rouge and surrounding areas.

Athletics

Central Private joined the

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(LHSAA) on July 1, 2019 and competes in the 1-A classification. Sports offered: *Baseball *Basketball *Football *Golf

Athletics history

The school left the

Louisiana Independent School Association The Louisiana Independent School Association (1970-1992), more commonly known as LISA, was an athletic association created to offer interscholastic sports at all-white segregation academies in the state of Louisiana. The organization is no longe ...

in 1992 to join the

Mississippi Private School Association The Midsouth Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) is a consortium of schools in Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas. It is responsible for accreditation of its member private schools as well as governing athletic competition for its ...

(MPSA). The MPSA changed its name in 2009 to the

Mississippi Association of Independent Schools The Midsouth Association of Independent Schools (MAIS) is a consortium of schools in Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Arkansas. It is responsible for accreditation of its member private schools as well as governing athletic competition for its ...

(MAIS).

Championships

Baseball Championships
*(12) Championships The school has won 12 championships since the school's opening including the years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2013. Basketball Championships
*(5) Championships The school won four consecutive titles from 1998–2002. In 2013, Central Private's boys basketball team became the first school from the state of Louisiana to win the MAIS overall championship.

Mascot

In 2019, the school changed its athletic team name from ''The Rebels'' to ''The Redhawks''.

Notable alumni

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, LSU Tigers baseball pitcher *

Josh Wall Joshua Michael Wall (born January 21, 1987) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 2005 MLB Draft out of Central Private School (Central, Louisiana), Central Private ...

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)

References

{{authority control Private K-12 schools in Louisiana Segregation academies in Louisiana Schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana