CENTENNIAL EL

Set in LUBBOCK, Texas, CENTENNIAL EL is a medium-sized elementary school, part of LUBBOCK ISD. It serves 523 students across grades pre-K through 5.

LUBBOCK ISD comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 24,237 students; CENTENNIAL EL is among them.

Demographically, CENTENNIAL EL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Black, 15% White, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Lubbock County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CENTENNIAL EL has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Lubbock County's rate of about 57%.

With demographic context factored in, CENTENNIAL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.1%; this one delivers 26.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lubbock County indicate median household income runs about $64,155, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lubbock County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), CENTENNIAL EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WOLFFARTH EL, around 1.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CENTENNIAL EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. CENTENNIAL EL's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 715 (now 523). White enrollment moved from 22% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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