Central High School

Public 9-12

 610 W University Ave
       Champaign, IL  61820-3918


(217) 351-3914

District: Champaign CUSD 4

SchoolDigger Rank:
124th of 699 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $16,479 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  14.7 Help
Number of students:  1,597

Racial breakdown:

White:
38.6%
African American:
27.4%
Hispanic:
17.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  45.5% Help


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Compare Details Central High School ranks better than 82.3% of high schools in Illinois. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 78.62. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Central High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Central High School has the largest high school student body size in the Champaign CUSD 4 School District. Student population at Central High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (38.6%), African American (27.4%), Hispanic (17.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 45.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Central High School is 14.7, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Champaign CUSD 4 School District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Central High School is $16,479. 1 high schools in the Champaign CUSD 4 School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Central High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Central High School 124th of 699 Illinois public high schools. (See Central High School in the ranking list.)

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Champaign CUSD 4:

SchoolDigger ranks Champaign CUSD 4 515th of 823 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Central High School

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Rank History for all students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2003 72.66 145th 586 75.3%
2004 66.35 206th 592 65.2%
2005 58.85 273rd 590 53.7%
2006 69.44 172nd 596 71.1%
2007 62.27 238th 612 61.1%
2008 61.59 267th 624 57.2%
2009 62.73 257th 632 59.3%
2010 49.10 391st 643 39.2%
2011 54.95 333rd 655 49.2%
2012 43.06 436th 665 34.4%
2013 51.51 365th 670 45.5%
2014 52.25 350th 670 47.8%
2015 55.71 228th 614 62.9%
2016 39.45 400th 643 37.8%
2017 64.25 197th 642 69.3%
2018 69.18 178th 647 72.5%
2019 67.36 184th 701 73.8%
2021 78.18 119th 688 82.7%
2022 75.01 138th 699 80.3%
2023 78.62 124th 699 82.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 66.63 51st 154 66.9%
2019 37.60 96th 165 41.8%
2021 44.51 80th 160 50.0%
2022 49.53 86th 170 49.4%
2023 46.63 83rd 163 49.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.56 41st 151 72.8%
2019 34.20 114th 183 37.7%
2021 49.21 60th 189 68.3%
2022 62.79 40th 205 80.5%
2023 23.07 201st 217 7.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.69 92nd 374 75.4%
2019 33.81 282nd 473 40.4%
2021 76.94 51st 453 88.7%
2022 55.03 124th 493 74.8%
2023 91.60 43rd 476 91.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.94 383rd 585 34.5%
2019 32.23 443rd 639 30.7%
2021 24.12 484th 611 20.8%
2022 43.63 348th 626 44.4%
2023 49.62 292nd 644 54.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.01 164th 620 73.5%
2019 65.47 200th 665 69.9%
2021 79.20 117th 639 81.7%
2022 74.70 139th 658 78.9%
2023 78.32 119th 656 81.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 36.93 227th 428 47.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 63.70 199th 619 67.9%
2019 66.25 177th 675 73.8%
2021 72.84 138th 653 78.9%
2022 72.15 138th 664 79.2%
2023 75.66 125th 668 81.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 67.27 43rd 132 67.4%
2019 61.02 55th 130 57.7%
2021 63.70 49th 135 63.7%
2022 87.15 15th 141 89.4%
2023 69.73 42nd 134 68.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.22 169th 253 33.2%
2019 33.22 180th 299 39.8%
2021 43.16 117th 281 58.4%
2022 42.94 139th 294 52.7%
2023 45.20 130th 301 56.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.84 168th 291 42.3%
2019 34.55 203rd 317 36.0%
2021 29.67 221st 317 30.3%
2022 19.63 281st 335 16.1%
2023 43.28 166th 333 50.2%
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Rank History for White students at Central High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools IL State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.72 68th 548 87.6%
2019 87.61 62nd 552 88.8%
2021 92.66 51st 553 90.8%
2022 84.67 71st 560 87.3%
2023 91.70 36th 557 93.5%
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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Central High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 763 338 33 14 n/a n/a n/a 0 1148
1989 773 310 40 11 n/a n/a n/a 0 1134
1990 718 335 38 11 n/a n/a n/a 0 1102
1991 717 319 36 14 0 n/a n/a 0 1086
1992 702 308 33 19 1 n/a n/a 0 1063
1993 683 315 40 13 2 n/a n/a 0 1053
1994 733 338 51 13 2 n/a n/a 0 1137
1995 788 323 51 8 2 n/a n/a 0 1172
1996 788 323 51 8 2 n/a n/a 0 1172
1997 823 364 55 15 3 n/a n/a 0 1260
1998 800 323 47 21 2 n/a n/a 0 1193
1999 826 354 40 30 1 n/a n/a 0 1251
2000 845 345 44 26 1 n/a n/a 0 1261
2001 851 359 62 30 1 n/a n/a 0 1303
2002 792 388 69 48 0 n/a n/a 0 1297
2003 792 388 69 48 0 n/a n/a 0 1297
2004 769 439 67 68 0 n/a n/a 0 1343
2005 757 455 69 69 3 n/a n/a 0 1353
2006 685 507 72 63 7 n/a n/a 0 1334
2007 644 514 73 67 8 n/a n/a 0 1306
2008 622 484 60 68 7 n/a n/a 0 1241
2009 598 526 63 77 3 n/a n/a 2 1269
2010 567 511 80 97 5 n/a n/a 0 1260
2011 536 445 88 104 5 2 54 0 1234
2012 541 418 99 112 5 1 39 0 1215
2013 588 400 102 123 5 0 46 0 1264
2014 580 366 87 113 8 2 33 0 1189
2015 571 358 90 112 9 2 43 0 1185
2016 560 358 89 146 6 1 57 0 1217
2017 568 351 86 170 5 2 53 0 1235
2018 580 349 98 170 4 1 80 0 1282
2019 570 343 105 191 7 2 73 0 1291
2020 575 350 102 217 2 0 80 0 1326
2021 599 404 116 221 2 2 108 0 1452
2022 602 449 116 273 4 1 110 0 1555
2023 616 438 136 285 5 2 115 0 1597

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Central High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1148 70.2 16.3 n/a
1989 1134 65.9 17.2 n/a
1990 1102 61.7 17.8 n/a
1991 1086 64.4 16.8 n/a
1992 1063 64.8 16.4 n/a
1993 1053 56.9 18.5 n/a
1994 1137 57.7 19.7 n/a
1995 1172 71.5 16.4 n/a
1996 1172 71.5 16.4 n/a
1997 1260 72.1 17.5 n/a
1998 1193 75.3 15.8 n/a
1999 1251 74.9 16.7 n/a
2000 1261 79.4 15.9 n/a
2001 1303 76.8 17.0 n/a
2002 1297 81.9 15.8 24.3
2003 1297 81.9 15.8 24.3
2004 1343 82.6 16.3 28.4
2005 1353 92.6 14.6 31.5
2006 1334 86.2 15.5 40.1
2007 1306 90.0 14.5 39.4
2008 1241 74.0 16.8 44.2
2009 1269 90.6 14.0 42.1
2010 1260 88.1 14.3 63.6
2011 1234 89.1 13.8 50.7
2012 1215 87.0 13.9 52.3
2013 1264 127.4 9.9 49.5
2014 1189 95.3 12.4 46.6
2015 1185 97.0 12.2 48.3
2016 1217 100.0 12.1 46.3
2017 1235 96.8 12.7 46.4
2018 1282 99.1 12.9 46.6
2019 1291 97.1 13.2 47.9
2020 1326 99.1 13.3 49.2
2021 1452 n/a n/a n/a
2022 1555 104.7 14.8 38.3
2023 1597 108.5 14.7 45.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Central High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1148 70.2 16.3 n/a
1989 1134 65.9 17.2 n/a
1990 1102 61.7 17.8 n/a
1991 1086 64.4 16.8 n/a
1992 1063 64.8 16.4 n/a
1993 1053 56.9 18.5 n/a
1994 1137 57.7 19.7 n/a
1995 1172 71.5 16.4 n/a
1996 1172 71.5 16.4 n/a
1997 1260 72.1 17.5 n/a
1998 1193 75.3 15.8 n/a
1999 1251 74.9 16.7 n/a
2000 1261 79.4 15.9 n/a
2001 1303 76.8 17.0 n/a
2002 1297 81.9 15.8 24.3
2003 1297 81.9 15.8 24.3
2004 1343 82.6 16.3 28.4
2005 1353 92.6 14.6 31.5
2006 1334 86.2 15.5 40.1
2007 1306 90.0 14.5 39.4
2008 1241 74.0 16.8 44.2
2009 1269 90.6 14.0 42.1
2010 1260 88.1 14.3 63.6
2011 1234 89.1 13.8 50.7
2012 1215 87.0 13.9 52.3
2013 1264 127.4 9.9 49.5
2014 1189 95.3 12.4 46.6
2015 1185 97.0 12.2 48.3
2016 1217 100.0 12.1 46.3
2017 1235 96.8 12.7 46.4
2018 1282 99.1 12.9 46.6
2019 1291 97.1 13.2 47.9
2020 1326 99.1 13.3 49.2
2021 1452 n/a n/a n/a
2022 1555 104.7 14.8 38.3
2023 1597 108.5 14.7 45.5

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Immunization Rates

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YearPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMeningococcal
201598.9%99.0%99.0%99.0%98.8%98.0%99.9%
201698.6%99.1%99.1%99.1%98.6%98.8%22.2%
201797.9%98.8%98.8%98.8%98.2%98.1%97.5%20.2%
201898.1%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.0%97.9%97.9%19.5%
201999.3%99.7%99.7%99.7%99.3%99.5%99.3%49.4%
202197.0%97.7%97.7%97.7%96.4%96.9%96.2%94.8%
202296.4%97.7%97.7%97.7%97.1%97.4%96.2%97.1%
202396.5%97.8%97.8%97.8%97.5%96.8%97.5%97.5%

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Central High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $511 (3.9%) $12,512 (96.1%) $13,023
2020 $558 (4.2%) $12,748 (95.8%) $13,307
2021 $1,303 (10.0%) $11,727 (90.0%) $13,030
2022 $1,303 (10.0%) $11,727 (90.0%) $13,030
2023 $1,608 (9.8%) $14,872 (90.2%) $16,479

Data source: Illinois Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Central High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 184th of 701 High schoolsRanks 124th of 699 High schools
 8.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade Mathematics (Central High School)3938.2
 0.8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Champaign CUSD 4)36.833.2
 3.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Illinois)34.826.7
 8.1%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Central High School)40.740.8
 0.1%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Champaign CUSD 4)3834.5
 3.5%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Illinois)36.731.6
 5.1%
End of Course Science (Central High School)31.955.7
 23.8%
   End of Course Science (Champaign CUSD 4)29.952
 22.1%
   End of Course Science (Illinois)36.452.2
 15.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students12911597
 23.7%
African American343438
 27.7%
American Indian75
 28.6%
Asian105136
 29.5%
Hispanic191285
 49.2%
Pacific Islander22
White570616
 8.1%
Two or More Races73115
 57.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients47.9%45.5%
 2.4%


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Central High School ranks 124th of 699 Illinois high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Central High School are 39% White, 27% African American, 18% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,597 students attended Central High School.


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