CENTRAL H S
SAN ANGELO · TX · SAN ANGELO ISD · Public · K-12 combined
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Ambleside School Of San Angelo → CARVER ALTER LRN CTR → PREMIER H S - SAN ANGELO → TEXASWORKS - SAN ANGELO → Cornerstone Christian School → LAKE VIEW H S → Trinity Lutheran School → TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF SAN ANGELO →📋 At a glance
- 📚 21 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 35 physics · 22 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 86th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Top 3.3% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How CENTRAL H S compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 14% nationally with 21 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Ambleside School Of San Angelo, CARVER ALTER LRN CTR, PREMIER H S - SAN ANGELO and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
86th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Top 3.3% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,985 students:
≈ 222 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $10,881 per student in district revenue, the 222 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $2,415,582/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambleside School Of San Angelo San Angelo |
Private | 0.2 | 83 | +36.1% |
| CARVER ALTER LRN CTR SAN ANGELO |
Public | 0.5 | 19 | — |
| PREMIER H S - SAN ANGELO SAN ANGELO |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 180 | +35.3% |
| TEXASWORKS - SAN ANGELO SAN ANGELO |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 39 | — |
| Cornerstone Christian School San Angelo |
Private | 1.0 | 191 | +44.7% |
| LAKE VIEW H S SAN ANGELO |
Public | 3.0 | 1,072 | -0.2% |
| Trinity Lutheran School San Angelo |
Private | 3.3 | 98 | -4.9% |
| TEXAS LEADERSHIP OF SAN ANGELO SAN ANGELO |
Public · charter | 3.7 | 415 | +19.6% |