CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in COLUMBUS, Nebraska, one of the schools within COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, with 353 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 30% bigger than the typical public school in Nebraska, which averages around 272 students.

COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 4,171 students. CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 40% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.0:1 average. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Platte County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.6%, the actual is 49.4%, a residual of -5.2 points.

In the area at large, census data for Platte County shows the typical household earns roughly $71,552 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 19 public schools in Platte County (combined enrollment of about 5,530 students).

Nearest neighbor: KRAMER EDUCATION CENTER, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 391 (now 353). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 37% to 56% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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