Centennial Elementary

Centennial Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in CIRCLE PINES, Minnesota, operated by Centennial Public School District. Current enrollment sits at 502 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% larger than the state mean of about 344.

Centennial Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Centennial Public School District, a district that instructs 6,851 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Centennial Elementary shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Black, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Anoka County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Centennial Elementary logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Centennial Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 47% of students at Centennial Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Centennial Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.

Around the school, census data for Anoka County shows median household earnings sit near $101,869, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Centennial Elementary is one of 145 public schools in Anoka County (combined enrollment of about 59,656 students).

Project Search is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Centennial Elementary comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.6%.

Centennial Elementary operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Centennial Elementary has changed only slightly, going from 511 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 76% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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