Central Visual and Performing Arts High School
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Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (formerly Central High School) is a magnet high school in St. Louis, Missouri, part of the St. Louis Public Schools.
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Coordinates | 38.6046°N 90.2709°W / 38.6046; -90.2709 |
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Type | Magnet high school |
Motto | There Will Always Be a Central High[1] |
Established | February 7, 1853; 171 years ago (February 7, 1853) |
School district | St. Louis Public Schools |
Superintendent | Keisha Scarlett |
Principal | Amy Phillips |
Faculty | 29.00 (FTE)[2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 386 (2022-23)[2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 13.31[2] |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Gold, white, black (formerly red and black) |
Mascot | Eagle (formerly Owl) |
Newspaper | None (formerly the Monthly Blossom, The Nut, The Reflector, and The High School News)[1] |
Yearbook | Famebook[3] (formerly The Red and Black)[4] |
Website | www |
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Founded in 1853, Central High School is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River, although it has moved several times and merged with a magnet school in 1984.[1][5][6] Central VPA specializes in the arts, with students taking courses in three art majors, including visual art, musical art, and performing art, with focuses on ceramics, drawing and painting, photography, instrumental music, vocal music, dance, and theater.[7]