Central Private School


Central Private School or Central Private is a private education institution located in Central City, Louisiana. The school was founded in the 1967 admist the court ordered desegregation of public schools.
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.

Curriculum

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

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. The MPSA changed its name in 2009 to the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. Effective July 1, 2019, Central Private joined the Louisiana High School Athletic Association. It competes in District 1-A.
In 2019, the school changed its athletic team name from The Rebels to The Redhawks.

Notable alumni