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New Central Middle School

New Middle School - Central

Cost = $66,368,900

  • New State-of-the-Art School Building
  • Approximately 125,000 square footage
  • 900-950 Student Capacity

Amenities

  • New tech-enhanced classrooms and modern learning spaces for hands-on experiences.
  • State-of-the-art career and technical education facilities with industry-relevant resources.
  • Upgraded campus security with advanced monitoring and safety protocols.

A conceptual site plan for New Central Middle School showing a 2-story school building, parking lots, and a large playing field.

Did You Know

  • 110 years ago, in 1914, M. E. Pearson, the then -Superintendent of Schools, commissioned Central Middle School (then known as Central Junior High) to be built, next to Ivandale. It is the first junior high school to be built West of the Missouri River.
  • Central Middle School has been educating students since the start of both World War I and II, and has continued to do so through the Korean and Vietnam Wars, both the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 and the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, the invention of radio and television, the launch of Sputnik, the moon landing, the rise of Microsoft and Apple Computers, 25 Olympiads, and the terms of 19 presidents.