Central High School (Central, Louisiana)

Central High School is a public high school in Central, Louisiana, United States, in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area. It is the only high school in the Central Community School System.

Central High School (CHS)
Location
10200 East Brookside Drive Baton Rouge , Louisiana 70818 United States
Coordinates	30.5418°N 91.0187°W / 30.5418; -91.0187
Information
Type	Public
School district	Central Community School System (2007-) East Baton Rouge Parish School Board (-2007)
Principal	Brandon Lagroue
Faculty	108.08 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,605[1] (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio	14.85[1]
Color(s)	Maroon, white, silver, and black
Athletics conference	District 4-5A (LHSAA)
Mascot	Wildcat
Nickname	Wildcats
Yearbook	Wildcat
Website	centralhigh.centralcss.org

The Central school system serves the entire city of Central,^[2][3] as well as a section of the Brownfields census-designated place and another small unincorporated area.^[4]

A 9th-grade academy building was planned as a way of relieving congestion within the main school facility and was finished in 2015.^[5][6]

History

The school was originally a part of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board.^[7] As a part of the EBR school board,^[8] it served most of Central,^[9] and a portion of Brownfields.^[10]

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 Catholic High School in Baton Rouge and Catholic High School of Pointe Coupee.

Championships

Football championships

• (1) State Championship: 1966,^[11] 2024^[12]

Baseball championships

• (7) State Championships: 1978, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2017, 2018^[13][14][15]

Notable alumni

Notable people who attended the school include:

• Donnie Lewis – American football cornerback who most recently played for the Birmingham Stallions in the USFL, he has also spent time in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, Cincinnati Bengals, and Denver Broncos. He was drafted in the 7th round of the 2019 NFL draft by the Browns with the 221st pick out of Tulane University.

• Todd McClure - American football center who played his entire 13 year career with the Atlanta Falcons in the National Football League. He was drafted in the 7th round of the 1999 NFL draft by the Falcons with the 237th pick out of Louisiana State University.