Central Private School

Central Private School
Address
Map
12801 Centerra Court

Baker
,
Louisiana

United States
Coordinates30°33′58.27″N 91°3′37.56″W / 30.5661861°N 91.0604333°W / 30.5661861; -91.0604333
Information
TypePrivate School
Established1967
HeadmasterRobert Martin
GradesPre-K–12
Enrollment470[1] (2016)
Color(s)Red, Grey, & White
     
MascotRedhawks (formerly Rebels)
Websitewww.centralprivate.org

Central Private School (CPS) or Central Private (CP) is a private education institution located in Central, Louisiana.

History

The school was founded in the 1967 amidst the court ordered desegregation of public schools.[2] CPS is one of several private schools located in East Baton Rouge Parish.

Faculty

The school's faculty is composed of 44.5 FTE teachers.[1]

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 (78%), along with students of other ethnicities.[1] The school enrolls students from East Baton Rouge and surrounding areas.

Athletics

Central Private joined the Louisiana High School Athletic Association (LHSAA) on July 1, 2019, and competes in the 1-A classification.[4]

Sports offered:

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Football
  • Golf

Athletics history

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), which renamed itself the Mid-South Association of Independent Schools the day Central Private departed.[5]

Championships

Baseball Championships

  • (12) Championships

The school has won 12 championships since the school's opening including the years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2013.

Basketball Championships

  • (5) Championships

The school won four consecutive titles from 1998 to 2002.[specify] In 2013, Central Private's boys basketball team became the first boys team from the state of Louisiana to win the MAIS Overall Championship. The Riverdale Academy (Class A) girls won the Overall Tournament in 2003 making them the first Louisiana school to win the MAIS Overall Championship.

Mascot

In 2019, the school changed its athletic team name from The Rebels to The Redhawks.[6]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "Central Private School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Private school study approved". Daily World. Opelousas, Louisiana. July 1, 1969. p. 1.
  3. ^ [1] Archived February 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Athletics - Central Private School".
  5. ^ MPSA Home Page
  6. ^ "Central Private Now the Redhawks". Central City News. July 18, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2020.