Principal Deborah Stephens Nickname Indians Website School website Number of students 1,711 Color Blue and white | Enrollment 1,651 (2014-2015) Yearbook Wakitan Phone +1 816-671-4080 Founded 1895 Lowest grade Ninth grade | |
Address 2602 Edmond St, St Joseph, MO 64501, USA District St. Joseph School District Profiles | ||
Central High School is a public secondary school in St. Joseph, Missouri.The school is part of the Saint Joseph School District.
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History
The school was established in March 1861 as St Joseph High School an closed a few months later due to the Civil War. It re-opened in 1864. On May 8, 1895, the cornerstone was laid for a new building at 13th & Olive Street. The building opened on May 6, 1896. In 1907 a second high school was built in the city thus St. Joseph High School was renamed St. Joseph Central High School. In 1932, a new Central High School was established at 26th & Edmond Street. With a rapidly growing student population, the school expanded in 1961 with a 24-room addition, now called the Sophomore Annex (or Sophomore hallway). In 1968, the 25-room addition now known as the Freshman Annex (or Freshman Building). 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
The following is as of the 2014-15 school year.
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Demographics
Grade level
Athletics
Central High School offers a wide variety of sporting activities including:
Activities
Yearbook
The Central High School yearbook is known as the Wakitan and is currently in its 122nd volume.