Central High School

Common school name

Central High School is a common name for public secondary schools in the United States, typically indicating a school's central location within a city or district.

The name carries historical weight from the era when many towns had only one high school.

Little Rock Central High School gained particular prominence as the site of the 1957 desegregation crisis, when federal troops escorted nine Black students past angry mobs.

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