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Enrollment
523
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850011296
Centennial Elementary School
1301 N UTICA, LUBBOCK, TX 79416 · (806) 219-7800 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
429 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 59 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 18.0% | 24.0% | 43.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 40.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 School
Centennial Elementary School's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Elementary School this school | 523 | 82.0% | 28.6% |
| Mendenhall Elementary School PLANO | 563 | 82.4% | 32.6% |
| Sigler Elementary School PLANO | 485 | 80.8% | 26.4% |
| Hardwick Elementary School LUBBOCK | 534 | 79.8% | 47.0% |
| IDEA Achieve Academy HALTOM CITY | 585 | 82.1% | 29.0% |
| Harmony Science Academy - Lubbock LUBBOCK | 559 | 82.8% | 39.3% |
Matched among Texas 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #3,781 of 4,401 | #47 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,679 of 4,466 ▲ 365 | #44 of 52 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,371 of 4,466 ▼ 37 | #39 of 52 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #863 of 3,998 | #14 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #2,321 of 4,938 | #22 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,791 of 4,622 | #39 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #1,561 of 4,628 | #15 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #1,793 of 4,789 | #20 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #660 of 2,838 | #3 of 33 |
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
523
-129 (-20%) vs 2020
-19% since 2010-11, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 523 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 82% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 520 | 35.9 | 14.5:1 | 80% (418) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 35.9 | 17.2:1 | 83% (516) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 80% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 715 | 41 | 17.4:1 | 64% (458) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 53% (401) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 35 | 18.4:1 | 67% (432) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centennial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (715 to 523); teachers down 17% (41 to 34).
About Centennial Elementary School
At 1301 N UTICA in LUBBOCK, Texas, Centennial Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. It enrolled 523 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
A total of 49 schools make up LUBBOCK ISD, with 24,237 students enrolled.
At Centennial Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 60% of the student body. Next come 18% Black, 15% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 36% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 58%, meaning two students picked at random have a 58% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 15.4:1 comes from the school's 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. The lunch program counts 82% of students at Centennial Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 57% average for public schools in Lubbock County, the school's rate is higher.
A school with Centennial Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 38.7%. Centennial Elementary School scores 28.6%, 10.1 points below that line.
Centennial Elementary School is located in Lubbock County, where the median household income is $64,155, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Besides Centennial Elementary School, Lubbock County has 109 other public schools.
The closest public school, Wolffarth Elementary School, is about 1.8 miles from Centennial Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Centennial Elementary School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment has fallen by 129 students since 2020-21, to 523.
Discussions about Centennial Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Other Centennial Elementary schools
33 other US public schools in 17 states are named Centennial Elementary. Centennial Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 34.
- Centennial Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 1,090 students
- Centennial Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 462 students
- Centennial ElementaryOREM, UT · 761 students
- Centennial ElementaryFresno, CA · 741 students
- Centennial ElementaryDickson, TN · 713 students
Nearby schools
- Wolffarth Elementary School1.8 mi · 282
- Mackenzie Middle School2.0 mi · 413
- Rush Elementary School2.1 mi · 333
- Hardwick Elementary School2.2 mi · 534
- Legacy Elementary School2.3 mi · 579
- Lubbock Co Juvenile Justice Center2.4 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About Centennial Elementary SchoolHow large is Centennial Elementary School?
Centennial Elementary School enrolls approximately 523 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Centennial Elementary School serve?
Centennial Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Centennial Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Centennial Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Centennial Elementary School?
Student demographics at Centennial Elementary School are roughly 15% White, 60% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Centennial Elementary School in?
Centennial Elementary School is part of LUBBOCK ISD.
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