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Enrollment
760
Elementary
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAINESVILLE CITY·NCES 130231000037
Centennial Arts Academy
852 Century Pl, Gainesville, GA 30501 · (770) 287-2044 · Hall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL760 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
553 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
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 | 40 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 71% · 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
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
21.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
27.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 27.7% |
| 2023-24 | 23.8% | 32.2% |
| 2022-23 | 17.6% | 19.8% |
| 2021-22 | 18.2% | 23.7% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Georgia 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 Georgia'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 Arts Academy
Centennial Arts Academy's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Arts Academy this school | 760 | 72.8% | 26.1% |
| Mundy Mill Arts Academy Gainesville | 825 | 72.2% | 32.2% |
| City Park Elementary School Dalton | 707 | 72.7% | 31.2% |
| Peachtree Elementary School Peachtree Corners | 689 | 74.6% | 32.9% |
| Sandra Dunagan Deal Elementary Gainesville | 762 | 78.7% | N/A |
| Ferguson Elementary School Duluth | 856 | 83.5% | 29.1% |
Matched among Georgia 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 Arts Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Hall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #903 of 1,208 | #18 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #914 of 1,215 ▼ 129 | #20 of 26 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #984 of 1,215 ▼ 25 | #20 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #501 of 1,183 | #10 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 760 | #287 of 1,324 | #8 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #919 of 1,301 | #13 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #644 of 1,301 | #10 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.8% | #800 of 1,312 | #13 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #589 of 854 | #10 of 11 |
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
760
-58 (-7%) vs 2020
+16% since 2000-01, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 760 | 53.3 | 14.3:1 | 73% (553) |
| 2023-24 | 793 | 57.4 | 13.8:1 | 73% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 808 | 57 | 14.2:1 | 73% (588) |
| 2020-21 | 818 | 59 | 13.9:1 | 73% (596) |
| 2017-18 | 831 | 56.3 | 14.8:1 | 61% (503) |
| 2015-16 | 939 | 64 | 14.7:1 | 61% (569) |
| 2010-11 | 858 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 61% (525) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 36 | 18.3:1 | 79% (521) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centennial Arts Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (831 to 760); teachers down 5% (56.3 to 53.3).
About Centennial Arts Academy
Federal records list Centennial Arts Academy as an elementary school in Gainesville, Georgia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 760 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Gainesville City has 8,480 students spread across 10 schools.
At Centennial Arts Academy, 63% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 16% Black, 14% White, and 5% multiracial. That is higher than the 29% Hispanic share among all Hall County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
Centennial Arts Academy reported 53.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.3:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1. There are 553 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 73% of enrollment. That rate is above the 64% average among public schools in Hall County.
Centennial Arts Academy holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 14% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Centennial Arts Academy would score about 39.8%. It scores 26.1%, 13.7 points below that figure.
In the wider Hall County area, the median household earns about $80,901 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Centennial Arts Academy shares Hall County with 48 other public schools.
Centennial Arts Academy's nearest public school is Gainesville High School (about 0.3 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Centennial Arts Academy places 4th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 818 to 760.
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Hall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
212,705
Census ACS
Median income
$80,901
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
36,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gainesville City
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Gainesville Middle School WestMiddle · 931 students
- Gainesville Middle School EastMiddle · 896 students
- Mundy Mill Arts AcademyElementary · 825 students
- Enota Multiple Intelligences AcademyElementary · 767 students
- Fair Street International AcademyElementary · 651 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- East Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- North Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,164 students
Nearby schools
- Gainesville High School0.3 mi · 2,077
- Horizon Academy School0.9 mi · 464
- Gainesville Exploration Academy1.5 mi · 536
- Fair Street International Academy1.8 mi · 651
- Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy1.9 mi · 767
- Gainesville Middle School West2.1 mi · 931
Frequently asked questions
About Centennial Arts AcademyHow large is Centennial Arts Academy?
Centennial Arts Academy enrolls approximately 760 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Centennial Arts Academy serve?
Centennial Arts Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Centennial Arts Academy have?
Centennial Arts Academy employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Centennial Arts Academy?
Student demographics at Centennial Arts Academy are roughly 14% White, 63% Hispanic, 16% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Centennial Arts Academy in?
Centennial Arts Academy is part of Gainesville City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.