Montgomery Central High, 3955 Highway 48: grades 9-12, 992 students this fall and a C state grade. Office: 931-387-3201.
Last checked Oct. 17, 2026. Sources: montgomerycentralhigh.cmcss.net, Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, Tennessee Department of Education data files, NCES school directory and the TSSAA.
Montgomery Central High School is a CMCSS high school for grades 9 to 12 on Highway 48 in Cunningham, in southern Montgomery County. It is outside Clarksville, but its zone reaches Clarksville addresses south of the Cumberland River, including the Cumberland Heights Elementary zone, according to the district’s zone map and rezoning plan.
Who to call
- Front office: 931-387-3201, 3955 Highway 48, Cunningham, TN 37052
- School website: montgomerycentralhigh.cmcss.net
- Enrolling a new student: the CMCSS Enrollment Center, 931-542-5078, 430 Greenwood Ave., or start online through the district registration page
- Buses: CMCSS Transportation, 931-358-4089; this school’s buses run from Operations dispatch, 931-358-4224, according to the bus and zoning page
- District office: 931-648-5600, 621 Gracey Ave.
| Address | 3955 Highway 48, Cunningham, TN 37052 |
| Phone | 931-387-3201 |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| School day | 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. |
| District | Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) |
| Students, Oct. 17, 2026 | 992 |
| State letter grade, 2024-25 | C |
Principal
Principal Christy Houston, according to the school’s staff directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- This fall: 992 students on Oct. 17, 2026, day 44 of the school year, in the district’s enrollment count.
- State count: 1,048 students in the 2024-25 school year, in the Tennessee Department of Education’s school profile file.
- Federal count: 1,026 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 18 students per teacher.
State report card
Tennessee gives most public schools an A-F letter grade. The Department of Education says the grades are meant “to provide a snapshot of how each school performed during the previous academic year,” according to its school letter grades page. The grade combines indicators scored from 1 to 5: student achievement, academic growth, growth of the highest-need students and, for high schools, college and career readiness.
Montgomery Central High earned a C for 2024-25, the latest grades published, with an overall score of 3.3 out of 5 in the state’s letter grade file.
| Indicator | Score (1 to 5) |
|---|---|
| Achievement | 5 |
| Growth | 1 |
| Growth of highest-need students | 1 |
| College and career readiness | 4 |
| Overall success rate, all students, 2024-25 tests | 42.8% |
Spring 2026 TCAP tests (share of students who met or exceeded expectations, all grades, from the state’s 2026 school assessment file):
| Subject | Met or exceeded | Valid tests |
|---|---|---|
| English I | 44.4% | 259 |
| English II | 71.3% | 261 |
| Algebra I | 25.5% | 239 |
| Geometry | 57.9% | 271 |
| Algebra II | 32.1% | 218 |
| Biology | 74% | 277 |
| U.S. history | 53.4% | 176 |
- Graduation rate, class of 2025: 95.2% of a cohort of 269 students, in the state’s graduation rate file.
- ACT, 2024-25: average composite score 19.1; 38.6% of 236 test takers scored 21 or higher, per the state ACT file.
The full report, with chronic absence and subgroup results, is on the Tennessee State Report Card; search for Montgomery Central High by name.
Attendance zone and feeder schools
Check any address with the district’s bus and zoning lookup, or open the 2026-27 elementary zone map (PDF) and middle and high school zone map (PDF). Students attend their zoned school; a transfer needs a Special Request for Transfer approved by Student Services or an Open Enrollment application, and transfer students do not get bus service, according to the bus and zoning page.
Montgomery Central High and Montgomery Central Middle share one zone on the district’s 2026-27 middle and high school zone map (PDF). In the elementary rezoning plan the school board approved in January 2024 (the feeder diagram in the final rezoning presentation (PDF)), Cumberland Heights Elementary and Norman Smith Elementary feed into this zone, some of them only in part.
For 2026-27, CMCSS offered open-enrollment seats at Montgomery Central High in ninth and 12th grades (10 seats each), with the building at 81% of capacity; a lottery is held if requests outnumber seats, according to the district’s application page.
Calendar and bell times
From the board-approved CMCSS 2026-27 calendar (PDF):
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: staff development, no school for students
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Thursday, Dec. 17: half day for students, end of the second nine weeks
- Dec. 18 to Jan. 4: winter break; students return Wednesday, Jan. 6
- March 15-19, 2027: spring break
Bell times, from the district’s list of schools: regular days run 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and half days 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Sports and activities
Montgomery Central High plays football in Class 4A, Region 5 for 2026-27, according to the TSSAA’s current alignments, with Battle Creek, Creek Wood, Marshall County and Spring Hill. In basketball it is in Class 3A, District 11, with Battle Creek, Creek Wood, Fairview and Spring Hill.
The school’s athletics site lists band, baseball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, cheerleading, cross country, dance, football, girls flag football, golf, softball, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and boys and girls wrestling.
Programs
Montgomery Central High is home to the Academy of Plant and Animal Systems, one of the CMCSS college and career academies, which the district describes as schools within a school built around a career theme. Incoming ninth graders apply; for 2026-27 the window ran Jan. 15 to Feb. 15, 2026, according to the district’s application page.
More on Clarksville schools
- The school’s website and the CMCSS list of high schools
- Every public school in Clarksville
- Our Clarksville schools guide for enrollment documents, the full calendar and school board meetings
- Friday night football and the high school scoreboard
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Montgomery Central High School serve?
Montgomery Central High serves grades 9 to 12. It is a Clarksville-Montgomery County School System school at 3955 Highway 48 in Cunningham.
What is Montgomery Central High’s state letter grade?
Montgomery Central High earned a C in Tennessee’s 2024-25 school letter grades, with an overall score of 3.3 out of 5. Its class of 2025 graduation rate was 95.2%.
What classification is Montgomery Central High in for football?
Montgomery Central High plays in Class 4A, Region 5, in the TSSAA’s 2026-27 football alignment.
What time does Montgomery Central High start?
CMCSS lists Montgomery Central High’s regular day as 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and half days as 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
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