Central High School is a public high school in

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, United States, in the

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. It is the only high school in the Central Community School System. The Central school system serves the entire city of Central, as well as a section of the

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and another small

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. A 9th-grade academy building was planned as a way of relieving congestion within the main school facility and was finished in 2015.

History

The school was originally a part of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. As a part of the EBR school board, it served most of Central, and a portion of

Athletics

Central High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Football

In 2023, Central High hired new head coach David Simoneaux, a Baton Rouge native who graduated from Parkview Baptist High School, and previously coached at nearby

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in Baton Rouge and Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee.

Championships

Football championships *(1) State Championship: 1966, 2024 Baseball championships *(7) State Championships: 1978, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2017, 2018

Notable alumni

Notable people who attended the school include: *

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– American football cornerback who most recently played for the

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in the

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, he has also spent time in the

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with the

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, and

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. He was drafted in the 7th round of the

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by the Browns with the 221st pick out of

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References

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Central High School
* {{authority control Public high schools in Louisiana Schools in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Educational institutions in the United States with year of establishment missing