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Central High School

1130 W Chestnut St, Louisville, KY, 40203-2047 -

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Definition of Terms

Central High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Jefferson County, KY

Students & Faculty

Total Students

983 students

% Male / % Female

34% / 66%

Total Classroom Teachers

67 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 292 students

Grade 10 - 244 students

Grade 11 - 191 students

Grade 12 - 246 students

Grade Not Listed - 10 students

This School

(KY) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:17

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(KY) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	1%
% Hispanic	4%	1%
% Black	82%	12%
% White	12%	83%

Additional Student Information

This School

(KY) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

66%

33%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

11%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(KY) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Jefferson County School District

This School's Agency

(KY) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	172	6
Number of Students Managed	92,436 students	2,420 students
District Total Revenue	$884,299,000	$20,205,000
District Expenditure	$888,518,000	$21,072,000
District Revenue / Student	$9,567	$8,349
District Expenditure / Student	$9,612	$8,707
District Graduation Rates	77%	76%

Death claims Entee Shine :Ex-Central star broke barriers at Notre Dame (South Bend Tribune)
posted on November 3, 2009 at 01:20:43 pm
Entee Shine was larger than life from the moment he drew his first breath
Death claims Entee Shine; Ex-Central star broke barriers at Notre Dame (22 WSBT South Bend)
posted on November 3, 2009 at 11:42:25 am
Entee Shine was larger than life from the moment he drew his first breath. He was 12 pounds, 9 ounces at birth. And, you could say, he lived up to it, too.
Former city, county football players in college (Bowling Green Daily News)
posted on November 1, 2009 at 04:31:03 am
Bowling Green High School Tevin Barksdale has 9 carries for 47 yards, 267 return yards and a TD for the 3-5 Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks.
Pease helps complete track, cross country teams (Indiana Daily Student)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 05:26:08 am
Strong leadership is hard to come by on a young team, but IU women’s cross country doesn’t have to look any further than junior Sarah Pease.
New Albany city attorney seeking state seat in 2010 (The Evening News and the Tribune)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 02:22:11 am
Floyd County native Shane Gibson announced his candidacy for the District 72 State Representative seat Thursday.

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Formally known as Louisville Central High School Magnet Career Academy, Central High School is a public high school in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
Overview
Specializing in preparing students for professional careers, Central offers many magnet programs. As an all-magnet school, it has no home district, instead bringing in students from throughout the Jefferson County Public School System.
Not only has Louisville Central's 2007-2008 football team become 3A champions, their basketball team has won 2008's regional basketball championship and is one of two schools in the county attending the sweet sixteen games. Their band featuring the "Yellow Jacket Drumline", "The Flag Girls" and the "Stingettes" majorettes dance team, has become one of the most talented musical ensembles in the region; and also the first to incorporate majorettes in the county.
Louisville Central High School and the rest of the Louisville school system played a part in both integration efforts and the Cold War. In 1957, as many around the world began to take notice of racial problems within the United States, the United States Information Agency produced promotional materials touting "The Louisville Story" as an example of peaceful integration.
In the 1950s, Central High School also won three national basketball high school championships. In 1983, Central High School won the WAVE-TV's High Q Championship. In 2007, Central won the 3A State Football Championship. Head coach, Ty Scroggins became the first African-American high school coach in Kentucky history to win a state football championship. On December 12, 2008, Central's football team repeated the feat of winning the 3A State Championship, becoming the first Louisville high school to do so in 44 years. In 2008, Central was listed by U.S. News and World Report as one of America's best high schools.
In 2009, the Central High School basketball team (which started 0-8) repeated as regional basketball champions and advanced to the sweet sixteen championship game against Holmes High School. Central also swept the boys' and girls' 2-A Track & Field Regional Championship titles.
Central High School is located at 1130 W. Chestnut Street, and the principal is Dan Withers.
Magnet programs offered
Law/Government
Business
Accounting
Computer Technology
Medical Administration
Pharmacy
Nursing
Veterinary
Diagnostics
Dental
Racial preference controversy
Until 2000, all high schools in Jefferson County were required to maintain a percentage of African-American students between 15 and 50%. In 2000, a group of black parents sued after their children were denied admission to Central High School. As a result, US District Judge John Heyburn II struck down the use of race-conscious school assignment procedures for Jefferson County magnet and traditional schools such as Central. Admission is now determined through a random lottery.
Notable alumni
Muhammad Ali
Lenny Lyles - 11-season NFL player, mosly with the Baltimore Colts
Maurice Rabb, Jr.
Robert Graves - 19 seasons as Boys Head Basketball Coach
Greg Page, former WBA Heavyweight champion
Dudziak, Mary L., The Louisville Story: Cold War Civil Rights: Race and the Image of American Democracy (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000).
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090517/SPORTS05/905170508/1031/SPORTS05/Central+sweeps+2-A+Region+Three
External links
Central High School Web site

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