Academics
For 2011-12, Central is in Whole School Improvement Year 4 towards its attempts to reach Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) towards the No Child Left Behind Act. Central has had the most National Merit and National Achievement finalists in the state over the past 10 years with over $4 million in scholarships awarded during the 2006–2007 school year. Central has had five Presidential Scholars in the last decade and had 144 AP Scholars in 2006–07. The school dominates at regional and state Science Fairs. It has the largest number of delegates to Boys' and Girls' State, the most participants in Governor's School Gifted and Talented Program, and has competed in chemistry Olympiad, Arkansas Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, mock trial, various mathematics competitions, and the SECME Olympiad. In addition, Central has had 55 Stephens' Award winners for outstanding academic achievement. As of 2011, Central has the most successful policy debate program in the state, winning the state championship 13 out of the past 15 years.
Central has an International Studies Magnet Program, an EAST Initiative Lab Program, over 30 service, academic, and honors clubs available, award-winning instrumental and concert band and choral programs, over 141 courses offered, including 33 AP and Pre-AP courses and 5 foreign languages.
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