Mars Area Centennial Sch

Located at 100 Winfield Manor Dr, in Mars, Pennsylvania, Mars Area Centennial Sch is a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus that works with 627 students (grades 5 through 6), operated by Mars Area SD.

Within Mars Area SD, which oversees 5 schools and 3,620 students, Mars Area Centennial Sch is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mars Area Centennial Sch lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder consists of 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Butler County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Mars Area Centennial Sch higher than the state norm the norm. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Butler County (around 37%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Mars Area Centennial Sch sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.5%; this one delivers 68.2%.

In the surrounding community, Butler County reports that median household income runs about $89,843, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Mars Area Centennial Sch is one of 39 public schools in Butler County (combined enrollment of about 24,616 students).

Mars Area MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mars Area Centennial Sch. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mars Area Centennial Sch ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.1%.

Mars Area Centennial Sch operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mars Area Centennial Sch's enrollment has ticked up 22% since 2018, when it stood at 512 (now 627). Class-load math has tightened: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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