Welcome to the Nashville Central High School Alumni Website
(The above color print of Central High School was drawn by J. M. Garner)
Central High School
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
1917 - 1971
Founded in 1917 as the first public high school in the county system, Central High School stood from 1921 -1971. One of the earliest student government associations in the South began here.
Many graduates became city and county political leaders. The last mayor of the old Nashville City Government, Ben West, and the first Metro Government mayor, Beverly Briley, were classmates here.
The last graduating class was 1971 after which the school, located in south Nashville on the hill above the State Fairgrounds on Raines Avenue between Wedgewood Avenue, and Southgate Avenue, was torn down and converted to a Public Television Station.
We hope you find our web site informative and an enjoyable visit.
Please contact us with questions or comments .
Central High Alumni Assoc.
P.O. Box 404
Hermitage, TN 37076-0404
615-291-6614, ext. 1918
Hail to the Blue and Gold
Hail Central High
Loyal and true
We'll be to you
Long as the years go by.
Up to the vaulted sky
Fling thy proud fold
Standard of might and right,
The blue and Gold.
Central High School Alumni Association
2025 Scholarship Requirements
Scholarship Eligibility Requirements
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Student scheduled to graduate in 2025.
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Student is natural or legally adopted direct descendant (child, grandchild, great-grandchild) of a Nashville Central High School graduate OR a person who attended Nashville Central High School for at least two (2) years and did not transfer to or graduate from another high school. (Exception: descendants of students who were transferred to another high school when Central was closed at the end of the 1971 school year}
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Student is planning to attend a four (4) year college or university.
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Student does not have a full scholarship from another source.
To obtain a scholarship application with instructions, contact Tana Little beginning October 1, 2024
Scholarship applications must be sent to Tana Little by February 1, 2025
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