Centennial Elementary School

Centennial Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community in Springfield, Oregon, part of Springfield SD 19. The school enrolls 345 students in grades K through 5.

Within Springfield SD 19, which oversees 21 schools and 8,928 students, Centennial Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Centennial Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder reads as 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Centennial Elementary School records 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.5:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lane County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Centennial Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.7%, the actual is 27.9%, a residual of +4.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Lane County shows median household income runs about $71,544, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lane County's 117 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,240 students), Centennial Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Guy Lee Elementary School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Centennial Elementary School comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 30.0%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Centennial Elementary School's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 398 (now 345). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Centennial Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.