Total enrollment
5,157
-135 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
13 schools in El Centro Elementary
California · 5,157 students · 1 city
El Centro Elementary runs 13 public K-12 schools per the latest NCES data, with combined enrollment near 5,157 and an average school size of 397.
4-year change in El Centro Elementary
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
12
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How El Centro Elementary ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #336 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 5,157 | #253 of 587 | #1,870 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 12 | #192 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #283 of 587 | #8,630 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 80.7% | #137 of 587 | #1,174 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #513 of 530 | #6,677 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside El Centro Elementary
State test results across the district's 12 scored schools run from Sunflower Elementary at 42.5% proficient to Margaret Hedrick Elementary at 24.9%, a gap of 17.7 points. That is the 347th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 12 district schools that reported both years went from 5,017 to 5,157 students (up 3%) and from 200 to 240 full-time teachers (up 20%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Jr. High | El Centro | Middle | 07-08 | 605 |
| Harding Elementary | El Centro | Elementary | KG-06 | 601 |
| De Anza Magnet | El Centro | Elementary | KG-08 | 504 |
| McKinley Elementary | El Centro | Elementary | KG-06 | 456 |
| Margaret Hedrick Elementary | El Centro | Elementary | KG-06 | 446 |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary | El Centro | Elementary | KG-06 | 445 |
| Kennedy Middle | El Centro | Middle | 07-08 | 434 |
| Sunflower Elementary | El Centro | Elementary | KG-06 | 427 |
| Lincoln Elementary | El Centro | Elementary | KG-06 | 399 |
| Desert Garden Elementary | El Centro | Elementary | KG-06 | 358 |
| Booker T. Washington Elementary | El Centro | Elementary | KG-06 | 351 |
| Imperial Valley Home School Academy | El Centro | Elementary | KG-08 | 131 |
| El Centro District Wide Preschool | El Centro | Elementary | M-M | · |
About El Centro Elementary
El Centro Elementary is a low-population California school district running 13 schools with combined enrollment near 5,157.
In terms of grade levels, El Centro Elementary is built around 11 elementary and 2 middle.
On a per-school basis, El Centro Elementary runs about 397 students per school, 31% lower than the state mean of roughly 578.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 5,157 students, shrank 3% from the 5,292 reported in SY 2020-21.
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