CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized junior high in DADE CITY, Florida, part of PASCO. Current enrollment sits at 688 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

PASCO comprises 105 schools with combined enrollment of 86,873 students; CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 37% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Pasco County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.3:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 50% of students at CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Pasco County (around 37%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 56.3%; this one comes in at 38.9%, -17.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, Pasco County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,492 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 111 public schools in Pasco County (combined enrollment of about 86,873 students).

CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 43.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CENTENNIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL has rose 8%, going from 640 students in 2018 to 688 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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