Centerville-Abington Elem School

Centerville-Abington Elem School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Centerville, Indiana, overseen by Centerville-Abington Com Schs. Current enrollment sits at 530 students spanning grades 3 through 6. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Centerville-Abington Elem School sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

Centerville-Abington Com Schs comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,755 students; Centerville-Abington Elem School is among them.

On demographics, Centerville-Abington Elem School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Centerville-Abington Elem School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Centerville-Abington Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.8%, the actual is 45.7%, a residual of +6.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wayne County put the typical household earns roughly $55,692 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Wayne County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,696 students), of which Centerville-Abington Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Centerville Sr High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Centerville-Abington Elem School at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

Centerville-Abington Elem School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Centerville-Abington Elem School's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 545 (now 530). Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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