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What's the most underrated thing about Centreville Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
482
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 369
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTREVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 260867004418
Centreville Elementary School
190 HOGAN ST, CENTREVILLE, MI 49032 · (269) 467-5201 · St. Joseph County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL482 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Michigan 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Michigan public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
273 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 55%
Community
5
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 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 56% · 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
Centreville Elementary School→Centreville Jr Sr High School
Based on grade levels within Centreville Public Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
M-STEP 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
39.0%
MI avg 47.7%
Math
27.3%
MI avg 44.8%
What this means: On the M-STEP, Michigan's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Michigan schools, those numbers are about 48 and 45.
Source: M-STEP. 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
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.2%
based on MI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Michigan 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 Michigan'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 Centreville Elementary School
Centreville Elementary School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centreville Elementary School this school | 482 | 56.6% | 32.5% |
| Besser Elementary School ALPENA | 470 | 59.4% | 43.2% |
| Cass City Elementary CASS CITY | 459 | 56.4% | 54.9% |
| Springport Elementary School SPRINGPORT | 437 | 56.1% | 32.3% |
| Sandusky Elementary School SANDUSKY | 471 | 53.9% | 42.5% |
| Clara B Bolen Elementary School TAWAS CITY | 433 | 55.2% | 41.4% |
Matched among Michigan 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 Centreville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Michigan | In St. Joseph County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #889 of 1,085 | #5 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #957 of 1,072 | #8 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #793 of 1,139 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 482 | #326 of 1,630 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #879 of 1,424 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #1,022 of 1,424 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.6% | #768 of 1,563 | #9 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.9% | #127 of 440 | N/A |
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
482
+31 (+7%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 482 | 29 | 16.6:1 | 57% (273) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 27.2 | 18.0:1 | 60% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 28.8 | 16.7:1 | 59% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 451 | 23 | 19.6:1 | 51% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 416 | 24.8 | 16.8:1 | 50% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 23 | 16.9:1 | 49% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 472 | 28 | 16.9:1 | 51% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 26 | 17.2:1 | 37% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centreville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (416 to 482); teachers up 17% (24.8 to 29).
About Centreville Elementary School
Centreville Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in CENTREVILLE, Michigan. It had 482 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6. That compares with an average of about 369 students for elementary schools in Michigan.
Enrollment across the 2 schools in Centreville Public Schools totals 889 students.
Roughly 88% of students at Centreville Elementary School are White. Enrollment also includes 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 2% Black. St. Joseph County residents are about 85% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Centreville Elementary School is 23%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 29 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. Elementary schools in Michigan average 15.8:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Centreville Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 57%. The figure for public schools in St. Joseph County is close, at 55%.
Centreville Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 13% of Michigan public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Centreville Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Michigan schools: 32.5% actual against 41.2% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for St. Joseph County show that the median household earns about $66,425 a year, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across St. Joseph County, 32 public schools serve about 9,517 students.
Of the public schools around it, Centreville Elementary School is closest to Centreville Jr Sr High School, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 41.5% on proficiency, and Centreville Elementary School is below that at 32.5%.
Federal data place Centreville Elementary School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A 7% rise took enrollment from 451 in 2020-21 to 482 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.6:1.
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St. Joseph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,969
Census ACS
Median income
$66,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
32
9,517 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Centreville Public Schools
- Centreville Jr Sr High SchoolHigh · 407 students
- Centreville Adult EducationHigh
Other schools in CENTREVILLE
- Centreville Jr Sr High SchoolHigh · 407 students
- Pathfinder Educational CenterCombined · 64 students
- Centreville Adult EducationHigh
Other Centreville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Centreville Elementary. Centreville Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Centreville ElementaryCentreville, VA · 741 students
- Centreville Elementary SchoolCentreville, MD · 535 students
Nearby schools
- Centreville Jr Sr High School0.1 mi · 407
- Pathfinder Educational Center2.3 mi · 64
- Nottawa Community School4.5 mi · 189
- Three Rivers High School5.0 mi · 632
- Three Rivers Middle School5.2 mi · 476
- Ruth Hoppin School5.9 mi · 293
Frequently asked questions
About Centreville Elementary SchoolHow large is Centreville Elementary School?
Centreville Elementary School enrolls approximately 482 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Centreville Elementary School serve?
Centreville Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Centreville Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Centreville Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Centreville Elementary School?
At Centreville Elementary School, the student body is approximately 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Centreville Elementary School public or private?
Centreville Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Centreville Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.