Central High School is a public secondary school in St. Joseph, Missouri. The school is a part of the St. Joseph School District. Central High School, one of the oldest high schools west of the Mississippi River, was established on May 8, 1895, when St. Joseph High School was built at 13th & Olive Street. The building opened on May 6, 1896. The school was then renamed Central High School in 1910. In 1932, a new Central High School was erected at 26th & Edmond Street. With a rapidly growing student population, the building was expanded in 1961 with a 24-room addition, now called the Sophomore Annex. In 1968, the 25-room addition now known as the Freshman Annex was added. Finally, a bond-renovation project was completed in 2002 that included relocation and centralization of the administrative and counseling offices, as well as the addition of a new media center and library, a gym renovation, and science lab upgrades.

Student body

• Statistics
• Total Students: 1,574

• Full Time Teachers: 89 (estimate)
• Faculty : 175
• Student/Teacher Ratio: 18 Students : 1 Teacher

• Race Distribution
• Percent Native American: 0%
• Percent Asian: 1%
• Percent Hispanic: 3%
• Percent Black: 6%
• Percent White/Other: 89%

• Number of Students per Grade
• 9th Grade—407
• 10th Grade—414
• 11th Grade—385
• 12th Grade—366

CHS 2010 Yearbook

Athletics

Central High School offers a wide variety of sporting activities including:
JV & V: Junior varsity and varsity

• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Football
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Cross Country (Girls & Boys)
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Basketball (Girls & Boys)
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Swimming (Girls & Boys)
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Cheerleading
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Wrestling
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Softball
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Golf (Girls & Boys)
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Soccer (Girls & Boys)
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Volleyball
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Tennis (Girls & Boys)
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Baseball
• Freshman, Sophomore, JV & V Track (Girls & Boys)
• V Dance Team

All Central Highschool Athletic teams are strictly defeated this year. No wins have been seen for quite sometime.

Yearbook

The Central High School yearbook is known as the Wakitan and is currently in its 122nd volume. Photograph manipulations are created by Wakitan staff members and created using Adobe Photoshop CS4.

External links

• Central High School official website
• St. Joseph School District official website