olid ation ▁of ▁Wh ites burg ▁High ▁and ▁Ro op ville ▁High , ▁along ▁with ▁some ▁students ▁who ▁would ▁have ▁attended ▁M t . ▁Z ion ▁or ▁Temple ▁High ▁School s . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁it ▁was ▁called ▁" Cent ral ▁School ", ▁and ▁was ▁the ▁largest ▁school ▁in ▁the ▁county , ▁having ▁all ▁ 1 2 ▁gr ades ▁under ▁one ▁roof . ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁the ▁primary ▁gr ades ▁moved ▁into ▁their ▁own ▁facility ▁and , ▁later , ▁the ▁elementary ▁and ▁middle - school ▁gr ades ▁did ▁so ▁as ▁well . ▁Today , ▁Central ▁High ▁includes ▁gr ades ▁ 9 - 1 2 , ▁with ▁around ▁ 1 1 0 0 ▁students ▁en rolled . ▁Because ▁there ▁are ▁several ▁other ▁Central ▁High ▁School s ▁in ▁Georgia ▁and ▁around ▁the ▁nation , ▁Central ▁became ▁known ▁as ▁" Cent ral ▁of ▁Car roll ton ". ▁Later ▁the ▁name ▁was ▁changed ▁to ▁" Cent ral ▁of ▁Car roll ▁County " ▁or ▁" Cent ral ▁Car roll " ▁to ▁properly ▁reflect ▁its ▁status ▁as ▁a ▁Car roll ▁County ▁and ▁not ▁a ▁Car roll ton ▁City ▁school . ▁To ▁the ▁loc als , ▁it ▁is ▁still ▁just ▁" Cent ral ▁High ". ▁ ▁Academ ics ▁F resh men ▁at ▁Central ▁begin ▁their ▁high ▁school ▁experience ▁in ▁the ▁N inth ▁Gra de ▁Academy , ▁occup ying ▁the ▁upper ▁flo ors ▁of ▁the ▁three - story ▁education ▁building , ▁completed ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁Central ▁students ▁are ▁encourag