High · Arizona

Central High School

Free meals for all

Central High School, a public high school in Phoenix, Arizona: grades 9–12, 1,733 students, 17.2 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Phoenix Union High School District (4286).

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
1,733
Teachers (FTE)
100.9
Students per teacher
17.2
Grades
9–12
High

Fewer students per teacher than 54% of high schools in Arizona

Median 17.9 · 471 schools compared

More students per teacher than 69% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Larger than 85% of high schools in Arizona

Median 240 · 558 schools compared

Larger than 89% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades
High · Grades 9–12
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Phoenix Union High School District (4286).

Location

Address
4525 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85012
Phone
(602)764-7500
City or town
Phoenix

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
9–120—
9–128542.5
Phoenix Coding AcademyFree meals for all
9–1222413.8
Girls Leadership Academy of ArizonaCharterFree meals for all
9–124816.0
Learning Institute TheCharterAlternative
7–129515.9
5–123079.8

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

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