Central High School (New Madrid County, Missouri)


New Madrid County Central High School is a secondary school located in New Madrid County, Missouri. It serves grades 912 and is located just outside Howardville, Missouri.
It is a part of the New Madrid County R-I School District. The district includes the following New Madrid County communities: Canalou, Catron, Howardville, Lilbourn, Marston, Matthews, New Madrid, [North Lilbourn, Missouri|Lilbourn, Missouri|North Lilbourn], and Parma.
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History

The school became county-wide in 1980 when New Madrid, Lilbourn, and Parma High Schools all combined making New Madrid County Central High School. The district consists of one middle school, which is located on the same 60+ acre campus that the high school is on, and three elementary schools which are located in New Madrid, Lilbourn, and Matthews.
The high school principal is Jarred Shackleford.

Athletics

In 1980 Mike Ellis of the Enterprise-Courier stated that the strength of the Central High basketball team came from that it was a consolidation of "several basketball-rich" former high schools. Jim Carr of the Daily American Republic wrote that the nature of the consolidation meant that members of the community anticipated that the school would have strong athletic teams; Carr described the former Lilbourn High School as being "powerful".

Notable alumni