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If you had an hour of school board time for Centennial Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 501 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTENNIAL PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270810000332
Centennial Elementary
4657 NORTH RD, CIRCLE PINES, MN 55014 · (763) 792-5300 · Anoka County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
234 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 48%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 60% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
56.9%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
56.9%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 Centennial Elementary
Centennial Elementary's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Elementary this school | 502 | 46.6% | 49.0% |
| Sand Creek Elementary COON RAPIDS | 557 | 44.7% | 39.8% |
| Wilson Elementary ANOKA | 576 | 48.1% | 43.4% |
| Overland Elementary School ROCHESTER | 549 | 45.9% | 45.4% |
| BRIMHALL ELEMENTARY ROSEVILLE | 569 | 47.6% | 43.1% |
| L.H. TANGLEN ELEMENTARY MINNETONKA | 521 | 47.6% | 33.6% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 Centennial Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Anoka County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #356 of 844 | #20 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #326 of 844 | #19 of 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #263 of 844 | #15 of 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #294 of 1,130 | #25 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #550 of 769 | #28 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #201 of 796 | #17 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #373 of 942 | #24 of 50 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.8% | #466 of 499 | #27 of 27 |
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
502
-24 (-5%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 833
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 502 | 33.3 | 15.1:1 | 47% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 507 | 36.9 | 13.7:1 | 47% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 31.6 | 16.3:1 | 45% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 526 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 25% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 511 | 29.8 | 17.1:1 | 23% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 27% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 28 | 16.8:1 | 23% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 682 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 7% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 833 | 38 | 21.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centennial Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (511 to 502); teachers up 12% (29.8 to 33.3).
About Centennial Elementary
Centennial Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in CIRCLE PINES, Minnesota. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 502 students. It has 46% more students than the average for elementary schools in Minnesota (about 344).
The 15 schools in Centennial Public School District enroll 6,851 students altogether, Centennial Elementary among them.
Federal enrollment data show Centennial Elementary is 52% White. The remaining shares are 22% Black, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Anoka County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. Elementary schools in Minnesota have an average ratio of 13.7:1. At Centennial Elementary, 47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Centennial Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 67% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Anoka County show that the median household earns about $101,869 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Anoka County has 145 public schools with about 59,656 students, including Centennial Elementary.
Project Search, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Centennial Elementary places 5th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Centennial Elementary is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Centennial Elementary enrolled 526 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 502. Federal data show the ratio falling from 17.0:1 to 15.1:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Centennial Elementary. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Anoka County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,349
Census ACS
Median income
$101,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
145
59,656 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Centennial Public School District
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,067 students
- Centennial MiddleMiddle · 1,595 students
- Blue Heron ElementaryElementary · 707 students
- Rice Lake ElementaryElementary · 687 students
- Centerville ElementaryElementary · 607 students
- Golden Lake ElementaryElementary · 394 students
Other schools in CIRCLE PINES
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,067 students
- Golden Lake ElementaryElementary · 394 students
- Centennial Area Learning CenterHigh · 79 students
- JourneyHigh · 24 students
- Project SearchHigh · 8 students
- Centennial High School OnlineHigh
Other Centennial Elementary schools
33 other US public schools in 17 states are named Centennial Elementary. Centennial Elementary is the 13th largest of the 34.
- CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARYRICHFIELD, MN · 303 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,090 students
- Centennial ElementaryOREM, UT · 761 students
- Centennial ElementaryFresno, CA · 741 students
- Centennial ElementaryDickson, TN · 713 students
Nearby schools
- Project Search0.1 mi · 8
- Centennial High School0.1 mi · 2,067
- Centennial Area Learning Center0.3 mi · 79
- Journey0.3 mi · 24
- Karner Blue Education Center1.5 mi · 101
- Golden Lake Elementary1.5 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Centennial ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Centennial Elementary?
Centennial Elementary enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
Is Centennial Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Centennial Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Centennial Elementary have?
Centennial Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Centennial Elementary?
Student demographics at Centennial Elementary are roughly 52% White, 7% Hispanic, 22% Black, 11% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Centennial Elementary in?
Centennial Elementary is part of Centennial Public School District.
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