Centerton Elementary School

Centerton Elementary School operates as a tiny elementary school in Martinsville, Indiana, overseen by MSD Martinsville Schools. Current enrollment sits at 126 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 71% smaller than typical.

Within MSD Martinsville Schools, which oversees 10 schools and 3,998 students, Centerton Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Centerton Elementary School logs that nearly all students (90%) are White. The remainder consists of 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Morgan County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school reports having 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.1:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at Centerton Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Centerton Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Indiana public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.5%; Centerton Elementary School posts 75.3%, +36.8 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Morgan County put median household income runs about $79,429, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morgan County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,142 students), of which Centerton Elementary School is one.

Brooklyn STEM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Centerton Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 26%: 170 students in 2018 compared to 126 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 95% to 90% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.