Central High School may refer to any of these institutions of secondary education:

In the United States

Alabama

Central High School (Phenix City, Alabama) Central High School (CHS) is a suburban public school located in Phenix City, Alabama. Offering grades 10 through 12, Central Phenix City is the only high school in the Phenix City School District. CHS is connected by one freshman academy, an eig ...

* Central High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) * Central High School (Hayneville, Alabama)

Arizona

* Central High School (Phoenix, Arizona)

Arkansas

* Buffalo Island Central High School, Monette *

Central High School (Helena–West Helena, Arkansas) Central High School is a comprehensive public high school for students in grades seven through twelve in Helena–West Helena, Arkansas, United States. It is one of four public high schools in Phillips County and the sole high school administer ...

, West Helena *

Drew Central High School Drew Central High School (DCHS) is a public secondary school in Monticello, Arkansas, United States. It is part of Drew Central School District, which serves rural Drew County and a small section of Monticello. It in a section of the Monticello ...

, Monticello * Genoa Central High School, Texarkana *

Little Rock Central High School Little Rock Central High School (LRCH) is an accredited comprehensive education, comprehensive public high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, Secondary education in the United States, United States. The school was the Little ...

, Pulaski County *

White County Central High School White County Central High School is a comprehensive public high school based in Judsonia, Arkansas, United States. Located in central White County as the name implies, WCC High School is the sole high school managed by the White County Central ...

, Judsonia

California

Central Union High School (El Centro, California) Central Union High School, also known as Central or CUHS, is a four-year public high school in El Centro, California, United States with a diverse student body of more than 1,910 students. It is one of three schools in the Central Union High ...

* Central Valley High School (Bakersfield, California), a high school in California *

Central High School (Fresno, California) Central High School is a multi-campus high school located in Fresno, California. The first campus is known as the West Campus, erected in 1922. The second campus, called the East Campus, opened its doors to students in August 1996. Central High ...

Colorado

* Aurora Central High School, Aurora *

Central High School (Grand Junction, Colorado) Central High School is a public secondary school for grades 9-12 located in Grand Junction, Colorado. Its enrollment is 1,598, and it is operated by Mesa County Valley School District No. 51. History Central High School graduated its first class ...

* Greeley Central High School, Greeley *

Central High School (Pueblo, Colorado) Central High School is one of six public high schools located in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. A part of Pueblo School District 60, the high school was the second for the city of Pueblo, and was founded in 1881. It is the only high school to ...

Connecticut

Central High School (Connecticut) Central High School is a high school in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut in the United States. It was founded in 1876 as Bridgeport High School. In 2003 the school held 2,217 students and 152 teachers. Ethnically ...

, Bridgeport * Bristol Central High School, Bristol

Delaware

* Sussex Central High School (Delaware), Georgetown

District of Columbia

* Central High School (Washington, D.C.), Washington, D.C.

Florida

* Central High School (Brooksville, Florida) * Central High School (Milton, Florida), Milton, Florida *

Fort Pierce Central High School Fort Pierce Central High School is a public high school located in Fort Pierce, Florida, United States. It is part of the St. Lucie Public Schools district. History Fort Pierce Central High School opened its doors in 1970 as the first comprehen ...

, Fort Pierce, Florida *

Miami Central High School Miami Central Senior High School is a secondary school located at 1781 NW 95th Street in West Little River, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.0.1% 80.7% of students were eligible for free or reduced lunch. Miami Central has a large Hai ...

, Miami, Florida * Palm Beach Central High School, Wellington, Florida *

St. Petersburg High School St. Petersburg High School, founded in 1898, is a secondary school in the Pinellas County School District in St. Petersburg, Florida. The school's current building, a historic landmark, was built in 1926. It was designed by Missouri architect W ...

, St. Petersburg, Florida, listed on the NRHP in Pinellas County, Florida

Georgia

Clarke Central High School Clarke Central High School (CCHS) is located in Athens, Georgia, United States. In 1970, Clarke County schools were desegregated, and the high school for black children, Burney-Harris High School (formerly Athens High and Industrial School), and ...

, Athens *

Gordon Central High School Gordon Central High School is a grade 9–12 public high school in Calhoun, Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Geo ...

, Calhoun *

Central High School (Carrollton, Georgia) Central High School is a public high school, part of the Carroll County School System, located just outside Carrollton, Georgia, United States. 1999 suicide pact shooting On January 8, 1999, a suspected suicide pact shooting took place at the ...

Forsyth Central High School Forsyth Central High School is a public high school located in Cumming, Georgia, United States, northeast of Atlanta. Built in 1955, it was originally known as Forsyth County High School until 1989 when South Forsyth High School opened. It is o ...

, Cumming * Central Gwinnett High School, Lawrenceville * Central High School (Macon, Georgia)

Illinois

* Central Community High School (Breese, Illinois) * Central High School (Burlington, Illinois) * Central High School (Camp Point, Illinois) *

Central High School (Clifton, Illinois) Clifton Central High School is a high school located in Clifton, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi Ri ...

* Champaign Central High School, Champaign, Illinois *

Crystal Lake Central High School Crystal Lake Central High School, often referred to as "Central" or "CLC," is the oldest of the three high schools in Crystal Lake, Illinois, United States. History Crystal Lake Central High School opened its doors in 1924 as Crystal Lake Commun ...

, Crystal Lake, Illinois *

Evansville Central High School Evansville Central High School, also known as Central High, is a public high school on the north side of Evansville, Indiana. It is the oldest high school in continuous operation west of the Allegheny Mountains. It was established in 1854 as Eva ...

, Evansville, Illinois * Galena High School (Illinois), formerly Central *

Hinsdale Central High School Hinsdale Central High School, or HCHS (locally referred to as simply "Central") is a public four-year high school located at the corner of W. 55th St. and S. Grant St. in Hinsdale, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois. It is located ...

, Hinsdale, Illinois *

Naperville Central High School Naperville Central High School (Naperville Central or NCHS) is a four-year state school, public high school located in Naperville, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The school, which enrolls students in grades nine through twelve, is a par ...

, Naperville, Illinois * Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois), locally known as "Central" * Plainfield Central High School, Plainfield, Illinois

Indiana

* Brownstown Central High School * Corydon Central High School * Central High School (East Chicago, Indiana) * Elkhart Central High School *

* Floyd Central High School (Indiana), Floyds Knobs * Muncie Central High School * Central High School & Boys Vocational School, South Bend

Iowa

* Central High School (De Witt, Iowa); see

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* Central Alternative High School, Dubuque Community School District * Central Lee High School, Donnellson * Central High School (Davenport, Iowa) * Le Mars Central High School, listed on the NRHP in Plymouth County, Iowa * Sioux City Central High School, Woodbury County

Kentucky

Central High School (Louisville, Kentucky) Central High School is a public high school founded in 1870, and located in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It was the first African-American high school in the state of Kentucky; and it was a segregated school for African Ameri ...

Louisiana

Central High School (Catahoula Parish, Louisiana) Central High School may refer to any of these institutions of secondary education: In the United States Alabama * Central High School (Phenix City, Alabama) * Central High School (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) * Central High School (Hayneville, Alab ...

, Catahoula Parish * Central High School (Central, Louisiana), Central * Central High School (Shreveport, Louisiana),

Caddo Parish Caddo Parish () () is a parish located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Louisiana. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the parish had a population of 237,848. The parish seat and largest city is Shreveport, which developed al ...

Maine

* Central High School (Corinth, Maine), a high school in Maine

Maryland

* Central High School (Maryland), Walker Mill

Massachusetts

Springfield Central High School Springfield Central High School is a public high school located in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. The high school is for students in grades 9–12. With an enrollment of more than 2,000 students, Springfield Central High School describ ...

Michigan

* Battle Creek Central High School *

Bay City Central High School Bay City Central High School (BCC) is a high school located at 1624 Columbus Avenue, Bay City, Michigan, United States, and a part of Bay City Public Schools. Its mascot is the wolf, and its colors are purple and gold. Building history The buil ...

Benzie Central High School Benzie Central High School is a public high school in Benzonia, Michigan, located at 9300 Homestead Rd. The school offers classes for students in grade 9–12 with an addition of a middle school grade 6-8. History In the fall of 1962, the sc ...

, Benzonia *

Central High School (Detroit) Central High School, previously Central Collegiate Academy and originally named Central High School, is the oldest public school (government funded), public high school in Detroit, Michigan; it is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community Di ...

* Central High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan) *

Flint Central High School Flint Central High School was one of the Flint Community Schools, located in Flint, Michigan, United States. Flint Central was the city's oldest school. Its first building was built in 1875, and the school moved into the present building in 192 ...

Forest Hills Central High School Forest Hills Central High School is located in Ada Township, Michigan, near Grand Rapids. It is one of three high schools in the Forest Hills Public Schools system. The district also includes Forest Hills Eastern High School and Forest Hills N ...

, Ada Township *

Kalamazoo Central High School Kalamazoo Central High School is a four-year Public school (government funded), public high school in Kalamazoo, Michigan serving students from ninth through twelfth grades. It was the first public high school in Michigan. It began operating in ...

Traverse City Central High School Traverse City Central High School (also known as Central High School, TC Central, or simply TCC) is a public education, public high school in Traverse City, Michigan. It is one of two comprehensive high schools in the Traverse City Area Public Sc ...

* Walled Lake Central High School * Portage Central High School

Minnesota

* Central High School (Duluth, Minnesota), St. Louis County *

Central High School (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Central High School (1860–1982) was a public high school in Minneapolis, Minnesota. History The school went through several phases. Central High was first established in 1860 when students of high-school age were added to Union Elementary. In ...

* Central High School (Norwood Young America, Minnesota), a high school in Minnesota * Central High School (Saint Paul, Minnesota) * Central High School (South St. Paul, Minnesota), the former name of South St. Paul Secondary

Mississippi

* Central High School (Jackson, Mississippi), a

Mississippi Landmark A Mississippi Landmark is a building officially nominated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History and approved by each county's chancery clerk. The Mississippi Landmark designation is the highest form of recognition bestowed on prope ...

Missouri

* Central High School (Cape Girardeau, Missouri) *

Central High School (Kansas City, Missouri) Central High School is a high school located at 3221 Indiana Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. It is part of the Kansas City Public Schools. Central was established in 1867 in order to help educate the growing population of Kansas City. Formally ...

* Francis Howell Central High School, Cottleville * Central High School (St. Joseph, Missouri) * Central High School (Springfield, Missouri) *

Central VPA High School Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (formerly Central High School) is a magnet high school in St. Louis, Missouri, part of the St. Louis Public Schools. Founded in 1853, Central High School is the oldest public high school west of the ...

, St. Louis * Hazelwood Central High School * New Madrid County Central, Howardville

Montana

Great Falls Central High School (disambiguation) Great Falls Central High School may refer to: *Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, Great Falls Central High School, a historic public high school in Great Falls, Montana, constructed in 1896 and closed in 1930. It served as a junior high school and ...

(all in Montana)

Nebraska

Omaha Central High School Omaha Central High School, originally known as Omaha High School, is a fully accredited public high school located in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It is one of many public high schools located in Omaha. As of the 2023–2024 academi ...

, Douglas County

New Hampshire

* Manchester Central High School

New Jersey

* Central High School (Newark, New Jersey) * Central High School (Paterson, New Jersey) *

Central Regional High School Central Regional High School is a four-year regional comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, ope ...

, Berkeley Township * Hopewell Valley Central High School, Hopewell Township * Hunterdon Central Regional High School, Flemington

New Mexico

* Kirtland Central High School

New York

Valley Stream Central High School Valley Stream Central High School is a public senior high school (grades 10–12) in the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream in Nassau County, on the South Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is part of the Valley Stream C ...

North Carolina

Garinger High School Garinger High School (sometimes referred to simply as Garinger or The G) is a high school located in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. History Garinger was in essence the relocation of Central High School, making it one of the oldest rem ...

(formerly ''Central High School''), Charlotte * High Point Central High School * Rutherfordton-Spindale Central High School, Rutherford County

North Dakota

* Central High School (Devils Lake, North Dakota), Ramsey County *

Central High School (Fargo, North Dakota) Central High School, of Fargo, North Dakota, was the first public high school A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. They are funded in ...

* Central High School (Grand Forks, North Dakota)

Ohio

* Central High School, now the site of National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM High School, Akron * Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio) * Central High School (Columbus, Ohio) (closed 1982), Franklin County * Central High School (Dayton, Ohio), a former high school; see Charlotte Reeve Conover * Central High School (Mingo Junction, Ohio), listed on the NRHP in Jefferson County, Ohio * Westerville Central High School

Oklahoma

* Central High School (Central High, Oklahoma) * Central High School (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), listed on the NRHP in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma *

Central High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma) Central High School is the oldest high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was founded in 1906 as Tulsa High School, and located in downtown Tulsa until 1976. The school now has a campus in northwest Tulsa. Tulsa Central is part of the Tulsa Publ ...

Oregon

* Central High School (Independence, Oregon)

Pennsylvania

Central Bucks High School (disambiguation) Central Bucks High School may refer to any of the three high schools in the Central Bucks School District: *Central Bucks High School East, Buckingham, Pennsylvania *Central Bucks High School South, Warrington, Pennsylvania *Central Bucks High Scho ...

, three high schools in Bucks County, PA *

Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh) Central Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic, Lasallian, all-boys college preparatory school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The De La Salle Brothers administer and partially ...

* Central High School (Martinsburg, Pennsylvania) *

Central High School (Philadelphia) Central High School is a public high school in the Logan, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Logan"." Philadelphia City Planning Commission. May 2002. 1 (document page 3). Retrieved on August 2, 2011. "The neighborhood is generally defined as including ...

, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, second oldest continually operated public high school in the United States * Central Tech High School, Erie * Columbia Central High School (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania) * Greensburg Central Catholic High School, in

Greensburg, Pennsylvania Greensburg is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 14,976 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located southeast of Pittsburgh, Greensburg is a part of the Greater Pittsbu ...

Rhode Island

* Central High School (Providence, Rhode Island)

South Carolina

* Central High School (Central, South Carolina), listed on the NRHP in Pickens County, South Carolina * Central High School (Pageland, South Carolina)

South Dakota

* Central High School (Aberdeen, South Dakota) * Central High School (Rapid City, South Dakota)

Tennessee

* Central High School (Bolivar, Tennessee), a high school in Tennessee * Central High School (Camden, Tennessee),

Camden, Tennessee Camden is a city in and the county seat of Benton County, Tennessee. The population was 3,674 at the 2020 census. History Native Americans were living in the Camden area as early as the Archaic period (8000-1000 BC). A significant archaeologica ...

* McMinn Central High School, Englewood *

Central High School (Knoxville, Tennessee) Central High School is a public high school located at 5321 Jacksboro Pike in the Fountain City neighborhood of Knoxville, Tennessee, operated by the Knox County school system. The school's athletic teams are nicknamed the Bobcats, and its col ...

Central High School (Memphis, Tennessee) Central High School is a public high school (grades 9-12) in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Founded in the early 1900s, it is popularly considered the first high school in Memphis. This, however, is not accurate; in fact, 3 High Schools in ...

, listed on the NRHP in Shelby County * Central High School (Nashville, Tennessee), now defunct, stood from 1921 to 1971 * Central High School (Wartburg, Tennessee), in Wartburg, Tennessee *

Chattanooga Central High School Chattanooga Central High School is a public high school in Harrison, Tennessee, operated by the Hamilton County Board of Education. Central High School opened in September 1907 on Dodds Avenue in Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in H ...

, Harrison * Columbia Central High School (Columbia, Tennessee), listed on the NRHP in Maury County

Texas

* Central High School (Beaumont, Texas), closed in 2018 * Central High School (Fort Worth, Texas) *

Central High School (Galveston, Texas) Central High School was a senior high school for African-American students in Galveston, Texas. It was a part of the Galveston Independent School District (GISD). Lorraine Smith Tigner, quoted in the '' Galveston County Daily News'', stated th ...

, closed in 1968 * Central High School (Pollok, Texas) * Central High School (San Angelo, Texas)

Virginia

* Central High School (Painter, Virginia), Accomack County * Central High School (Woodstock, Virginia) * Central High School (King and Queen Court House, Virginia),

King and Queen County, Virginia King and Queen County is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia, located in the state's Middle Peninsula on the eastern edge of the Richmond, VA, metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,608. Its county seat is King a ...

* Central High School (Victoria, Virginia), Victoria,

Lunenburg County, Virginia Lunenburg County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,936. Its county seat is Lunenburg. History Lunenburg County was established on May 1, 1746, from Brunswick County. The count ...

* Central High School (Wise, Virginia)

Washington

* Central Valley High School (Washington)

Wisconsin

* Walter Reuther Central High School, Kenosha * Westosha Central High School, Paddock Lake *

La Crosse Central High School La Crosse Central High School is a public high school in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Administered by the School District of La Crosse, it is located on the south side of the city. The school was established in 1907. History La Crosse Central is the ...

West Allis Central High School West Allis Central High School is a public high school in West Allis, Wisconsin, United States. The school boundaries are the city of West Allis, village of West Milwaukee, Wisconsin, West Milwaukee and portions of New Berlin, Wisconsin, New Be ...

* Madison Central High School (Wisconsin), Madison

Wyoming

* Cheyenne Central High School

Elsewhere

Armenian Evangelical Central High School The Armenian Evangelical Central High School () is one of the oldest and most-well established Armenian schools in Lebanon. It was founded in 1922 in a refugee camp, on the initiative of the Reverend Yenovk Hadidian. Ten years later, it moved to i ...

, East Beirut, Lebanon *

Central High School (San Juan, Puerto Rico) Central High School, also known as La Central or La Central High, is a school located in Santurce barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The 1925-built building was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1987 and on the Puerto Ri ...

, listed on the NRHP in San Juan, Puerto Rico * St. Croix Central High School (Virgin Islands), St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands * Central Etobicoke High School, Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama Central Senior High School, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan * Yamagata Prefectural Yamagata Central High School, Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan; see 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball draft