Central VPA High School

Central Visual and Performing Arts High School is a magnet high school in St. Louis, Missouri. As the name implies, Central VPA promotes artistic activity within its student body by offering a variety of art classes such as guitar study, visual art, ceramics, photography, choir, brass, woodwind, and fashion design.

Located at 3125 S. Kingshighway Blvd., at Arsenal, Central now occupies a building formerly known as Southwest High School. Dr. Stanley Engram Sr. is principal.

Central notoriously made a local news splash in the 2004-2005 school year with the release of a student produced yearbook. The yearbook, created by the school's National Honors Society, had some photo's of students displaying 'gang sign' and some objectionable captions.