Central High School (Rapid City, South Dakota)

Central High School
Location
433 Mt Rushmore Road North Rapid City , South Dakota 57701 United States
Information
Type	Public
School district	Rapid City Area Schools
Principal	Mike Talley
Head of school	Lori J Simon, Superintendent
Staff	100.24 (FTE)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,768 (2022–23)
Student to teacher ratio	17.64
Color(s)	Red, white
Athletics	Basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, track, volleyball, wrestling, and of course tennis
Mascot	Cobbler
School Song	Huckleberry Hound, Let's Go, Rapid City
Website	https://central.rcas.org/

Central High School is a high school in Rapid City, South Dakota. The principal is Mike Talley. The high school mascot is the Cobbler. The nickname was changed from "Tigers" to "Cobblers" to honor the South Dakota Hall of Fame Coach, Euclid N. "Euc" Cobb.

Central teams compete in the Greater Dakota Conference, with teams from Spearfish, Sturgis, Rapid City Stevens, and Sioux Falls schools. Central High School moved from its original location south of downtown, to north of downtown and just west of the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in 1978. The original location was renovated and opened in the fall of 2013 as Rapid City High School again. United States President Calvin Coolidge made his announcement that he would not run for the presidency in 1927 from the old campus.

Notable alumni

• John Dutton – NFL Pro Bowl defensive lineman
• Adam Vinatieri – four-time Super Bowl-winning NFL placekicker for the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts
• Emily Graslie – American science communicator and YouTube educator
• Tomi Lahren – conservative online talk show host for TheBlaze

External links

• Official web site
• SDHSAA school info Archived 2011-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Rapid City Central High School Cobblers