Bristol Central High School

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{{Infobox school

|name = Bristol Central High School

|image = Bristol Central High School, Bristol CT.jpg

|streetaddress = 480 Wolcott Street

|city = Bristol

|state = Connecticut

|zipcode = 06010

|country = United States

|ceeb = 070075

|district = Bristol Public Schools

|established = {{start date and age|1959|p=1}}

|coordinates = {{coord|41.6615|-72.9604|format=dms|type:edu_region:US-CT|display=inline,title}}

|type = Public high school

|principal = Peter Wininger

|superintendent = Sue Moreau

|grades =9-12

|campus =

|students = 1,172 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0900510&ID=090051000092|title=Bristol Central High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=January 5, 2025}}

|teaching_staff = 73.12 {{FTE}}

| ratio = 14.10

|team_name = Rams

|colors = Maroon and white
{{color box|Maroon|border=silver}}{{color box|White|border=silver}}

|conference = Central Connecticut Conference Southern Division

|homepage = {{URL|https://bchs.bristol.k12.ct.us/}}

|motto="Be Creative, Be Conscientious, Be Collaborative, Be Committed."|fightsong="March On For Central High"}}

Bristol Central High School is a public high school in Bristol, Connecticut, United States. Its mascot is the Ram, and its colors are maroon and white.{{Cite web|title=Home|url=https://bchs.bristol.k12.ct.us/home|access-date=2021-01-05|website=bchs.bristol.k12.ct.us|language=en-US}} The school is known for its performing arts group, Central Stage, as well as for its athletics. The Rams have excelled in basketball, baseball, wrestling, and track in recent years.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} In 2017, principal Peter Wininger was awarded Varsity Brands 'Principal of Principles,' deeming him the best principal in the United States. The school's Italian Language teacher Gina Gallo-Reinhardt nominated Wininger for the award, and he and his family were sent to Florida for the ceremony where he was crowned the winner.{{Cite web|title=The Bristol Press - Bristol Central's Wininger wins national Principal of Principle Award|url=http://www.bristolpress.com/BP-Bristol+News/285331/bristol-centrals-wininger-wins-national-principal-of-principle-award|access-date=2021-01-05|website=Central Connecticut Communications|archive-date=2021-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210107235733/http://www.bristolpress.com/BP-Bristol+News/285331/bristol-centrals-wininger-wins-national-principal-of-principle-award|url-status=dead}}