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Enrollment
684
Elementary
DISTRICT 669 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASCO·NCES 120153002580
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
38501 CENTENNIAL RD, DADE CITY, FL 33525 · (352) 524-5000 · Pasco County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL684 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
354 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 49 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
49.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
48.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 46.5% | 40.7% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 684 | 51.8% | 46.3% |
| SHADY HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 615 | 53.3% | 51.0% |
| PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 614 | 50.8% | 39.5% |
| FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 704 | 55.0% | 64.1% |
| WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEBSTER | 690 | 46.4% | 54.5% |
| MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 708 | 55.5% | 57.1% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Pasco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #1,515 of 2,136 | #37 of 60 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #1,628 of 2,149 ▲ 171 | #37 of 60 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,329 of 2,149 ▼ 9 | #35 of 60 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 684 | #765 of 2,267 | #23 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #838 of 2,077 | #28 of 60 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.8% | #840 of 2,108 | #40 of 60 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #1,226 of 2,188 | #27 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +47.7% | #63 of 621 | #3 of 26 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
684
+210 (+44%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 684 | 44.6 | 15.3:1 | 52% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 42 | 16.0:1 | 57% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 39.6 | 15.4:1 | 71% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 474 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 70% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 36 | 12.9:1 | 85% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 501 | 42 | 11.9:1 | 83% (415) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 54 | 12.8:1 | 65% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 55% (316) |
| 1990-91 | 796 | 45 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in DADE CITY, Florida. It reported 684 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
PASCO has a total of 105 schools and 86,873 students, CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
The largest group at CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 53%. Smaller groups are 32% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 72% of Pasco County residents are White. The diversity index for CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 52% at CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rate at public schools in Pasco County averages 37%, lower than here.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 55.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pasco County show that median household income comes to about $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pasco County counts 111 public schools with about 86,873 students.
CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Small.
Federal records list enrollment at CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as 474 in 2020-21 and 684 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.2 to 15.3 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Pasco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
611,444
Census ACS
Median income
$70,492
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
111
86,873 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASCO
- LAND O' LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,233 students
- WIREGRASS RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,218 students
- SUNLAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,206 students
- JAMES W. MITCHELL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,201 students
- CYPRESS CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,006 students
- WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,928 students
Other schools in DADE CITY
- PASCO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,523 students
- PASCO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 819 students
- ACADEMY AT THE FARMElementary · 761 students
- SAN ANTONIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 706 students
- CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 688 students
- PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 639 students
Other Centennial Elementary schools
33 other US public schools in 17 states are named Centennial Elementary. CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 34.
- Centennial Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,090 students
- Centennial ElementaryOREM, UT · 761 students
- Centennial ElementaryFresno, CA · 741 students
- Centennial ElementaryDickson, TN · 713 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolEdmond, OK · 663 students
Nearby schools
- CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 688
- PASCO HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,523
- EAST PASCO EDUCATION ACADEMY3.7 mi · 80
- ZEPHYRHILLS HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,656
- WOODLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 792
- PASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.0 mi · 639
Frequently asked questions
About CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 684 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 53% White, 32% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PASCO.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.