Centennial High

Centennial High is one of the mid-sized four-year high schools in Compton, California, part of Compton Unified, with 908 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Compton Unified runs 36 schools in total, collectively educating 16,304 students. Centennial High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Centennial High shows that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 17% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Centennial High has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Centennial High higher than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Centennial High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.8%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of +1.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Centennial High is one campus in the mix.

Ronald E. McNair Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Centennial High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Centennial High at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 58.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Centennial High has shrank 4%, going from 941 students in 2018 to 908 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 73% to 81%. Class-load math has grew: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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