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If you could change one rule at Centerville Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
655
Elementary
DISTRICT 956 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GWINNETT COUNTY·NCES 130255001116
Centerville Elementary School
3115 Scenic Hwy S, Snellville, GA 30039 · (770) 972-2220 · Gwinnett County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL655 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
12.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
541 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from Gwinnett County. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
27.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.9pp since 2021
Math
33.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.2% | 33.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 37.4% |
| 2022-23 | 29.9% | 34.8% |
| 2021-22 | 30.1% | 32.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Centerville Elementary School
Centerville Elementary School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville Elementary School this school | 655 | 82.6% | 33.8% |
| Annistown Elementary School Snellville | 686 | 78.3% | 37.7% |
| Britt Elementary School Snellville | 561 | 79.7% | 30.4% |
| Shiloh Elementary School Snellville | 711 | 83.3% | 41.6% |
| Anderson-Livsey Elementary School Snellville | 678 | 83.3% | 38.1% |
| Southwest Elementary School Savannah | 769 | 78.4% | 25.0% |
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 Centerville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gwinnett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #701 of 1,208 | #60 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #762 of 1,215 ▼ 95 | #67 of 84 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #814 of 1,215 ▼ 65 | #68 of 84 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #386 of 1,183 | #46 of 83 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 655 | #470 of 1,324 | #76 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #418 of 1,301 | #34 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #333 of 1,301 | #50 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #683 of 1,312 | #16 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.5% | #724 of 854 | #39 of 53 |
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
655
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 940
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 655 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 83% (541) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 57 | 11.5:1 | 86% (563) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 52 | 12.9:1 | 73% (491) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 49 | 13.1:1 | 71% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 686 | 49.5 | 13.9:1 | 81% (559) |
| 2015-16 | 725 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 80% (577) |
| 2010-11 | 777 | 55 | 14.1:1 | 74% (577) |
| 2000-01 | 728 | 50 | 14.6:1 | 20% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 940 | 51 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centerville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (686 to 655); teachers up 5% (49.5 to 52).
About Centerville Elementary School
Among the schools in Snellville, Georgia, is Centerville Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 655 students, from pre-K through 5.
Gwinnett County is the local district for Centerville Elementary School. It runs 141 schools with 182,518 students.
Centerville Elementary School is 50% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 31% Hispanic, 7% White, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 28% Black among all Gwinnett County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 64% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Centerville Elementary School counts 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.6 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Gwinnett County, the average is 60%.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Centerville Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Centerville Elementary School scores 33.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 34.7%.
In the county around the school, Gwinnett County, the median household income is $87,890, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Gwinnett County is home to 150 public schools and about 196,924 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Norton Elementary School is the closest, at about 1.8 miles. Centerville Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 37.0% proficiency; Centerville Elementary School posts 33.8%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Centerville Elementary School had 643 students in 2020-21 and 655 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
The Centerville Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Gwinnett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,864
Census ACS
Median income
$87,890
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
150
196,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gwinnett County
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 3,803 students
- Grayson High SchoolHigh · 3,627 students
- Parkview High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Peachtree Ridge High SchoolHigh · 3,155 students
- Archer High SchoolHigh · 3,058 students
- North Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
Other schools in Snellville
- Brookwood High SchoolHigh · 3,803 students
- South Gwinnett High SchoolHigh · 2,639 students
- Shiloh High SchoolHigh · 2,096 students
- Shiloh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,592 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,422 students
- Norton Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,042 students
Other Centerville Elementary schools
16 other US public schools in 13 states are named Centerville Elementary. Centerville Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 17.
- Centerville Elementary SchoolCenterville, GA · 679 students
- Centerville ElementaryGilbert, SC · 812 students
- Centerville ElementaryCENTERVILLE, MN · 607 students
- Centerville ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 570 students
- Centerville Elementary SchoolLancaster, PA · 544 students
Nearby schools
- Norton Elementary School1.8 mi · 1,042
- Shiloh High School1.9 mi · 2,096
- Snellville Middle School2.0 mi · 820
- Shiloh Middle School2.1 mi · 1,592
- Partee Elementary School2.3 mi · 775
- Shiloh Elementary School2.3 mi · 711
Frequently asked questions
About Centerville Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Centerville Elementary School?
Centerville Elementary School enrolls approximately 655 students in grades PK-05.
Is Centerville Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Centerville Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Centerville Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Centerville Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Centerville Elementary School?
At Centerville Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 31% Hispanic, 50% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Centerville Elementary School in?
Centerville Elementary School is part of Gwinnett County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.