CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of mid-tier scale in DADE CITY, Florida, part of PASCO, educateing 684 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PASCO runs 105 schools in total, collectively educating 86,873 students. CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 32% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Pasco County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.2%; this one delivers 46.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Pasco County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,492, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pasco County's 111 public schools (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students), CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has climbed 48%, going from 463 students in 2018 to 684 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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