Centennial Elem School

Centennial Elem School is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in Plano, Illinois, one of the schools within Plano CUSD 88, serveing 351 students in grades 2 through 3.

Centennial Elem School is one of 5 schools operated by Plano CUSD 88, a district that caters to 2,398 students overall.

Demographically, Centennial Elem School records that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% White, 10% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Centennial Elem School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kendall County (around 32%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Centennial Elem School is in the bottom 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.4%; Centennial Elem School posts 25.2%, -15.3 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kendall County) logs that median household income runs about $111,601, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Centennial Elem School is one of 50 public schools in Kendall County (combined enrollment of about 29,773 students).

Plano Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Centennial Elem School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 327 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, the feed for Centennial Elem School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.