Central Private School

Central Private School
Address
12801 Centerra Court
Central, Louisiana
United States
Coordinates 30°33′58.27″N 91°3′37.56″E / 30.5661861°N 91.0604333°E / 30.5661861; 91.0604333
Information
Type Private School
Established 1967
School district W
Headmaster Ellen Frazier
Grades Pre-K–12
Enrollment app. 650
Color(s) Red, Grey, & White             
Mascot Rebels
Website www.centralprivate.org

Central Private School (CPS) or Central Private (CP) is a private education institution located in Central City, Louisiana. The school was founded in the 1967 as a segregation academy in response to the court ordered desegregation of public schools.[1] It is one of several private schools located in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Faculty

The school's faculty is composed of 56 teachers.[2]

Curriculum

Subjects include science, art, mathematics, language arts, physical education, social studies, and foreign languages.[3]

Student body

The majority of the students are white, along with students of other ethnicities. The school enrolls students from East Baton Rouge and surrounding areas.

Athletics

The school left the Louisiana Independent School Association in 1992 to join the Mississippi Private School Association (MPSA). The MPSA changed its name in 2009 to the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools (MAIS).[4]

  • Baseball—The Rebels have won 12 state championships since the school's opening in 1971, including the years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2013.
  • Football
  • Basketball—The Rebels won four consecutive titles from 1998–2002. In 2013, Central Private's boys basketball team became the first school from the state of Louisiana to win the MAIS overall championship.
  • Golf

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Private school study approved". Daily World. Opelousas, Louisiana. July 1, 1969. p. 1.
  2. ↑ Central Private School - Baker, Louisiana/LA - Private School Profile
  3. ↑ Archived February 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ MPSA Home Page
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