📍 5728 Highway 58, Harrison, Hamilton County, 37341
Central High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Harrison, Hamilton County. The school has 749 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Hamilton County school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 84%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Central High School enrolls 749 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 57 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 46% Black or African American, 34% White and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 342 | 46% |
| White | 253 | 34% |
| Two or more races | 89 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 61 | 8.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Central High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-30, state senate district 11, state house district 26.
Central High School is one of 81 schools in Hamilton County, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The district serves 45,981 students district-wide and employs 3,041 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 749 students, Central High School is larger than the district average of about 568 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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