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Which teacher or staff member at Centennial Jr High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
956
Middle
DISTRICT 1,011 · STATE 831
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DAVIS DISTRICT·NCES 490021001403
Centennial Jr High
740 S SUNSET DR, KAYSVILLE, UT 84037 · (801) 402-0100 · Davis County
GRADES 07–09MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL956 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Utah public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Utah public middle schools
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 21.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
53 students
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 33%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 301 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 318 | 33% |
| Grade 9 | 337 | 35% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 47% · 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
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientEnglish Language Arts
50.3%
UT avg 41.4% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
60.2%
UT avg 41.8% . -6.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
RISE / Utah Aspire+ results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 60.2% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 66.8% |
% Proficient + Highly Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: RISE / Utah Aspire+. 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
55.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on UT schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Utah 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 Utah'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 Jr High
Centennial Jr High's state test result (55.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Jr High this school | 956 | 5.5% | 55.5% |
| Legacy Jr High LAYTON | 1,125 | 10.0% | 41.8% |
| Timberline Middle Alpine | 1,322 | 5.7% | 58.6% |
| Shoreline Junior High LAYTON | 1,225 | 7.3% | 57.3% |
| Farmington Jr High FARMINGTON | 1,266 | 7.9% | 51.3% |
| Washington Fields Intermediate WASHINGTON | 913 | 11.6% | 68.4% |
Matched among Utah middle 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 Jr High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Utah | In Davis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #28 of 136 | #2 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #17 of 140 ▼ 14 | #4 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #36 of 140 ▼ 14 | #4 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 956 | #56 of 144 | #10 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #125 of 137 | #13 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #130 of 137 | #16 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.5% | #141 of 141 | #17 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.5% | #1 of 77 | #1 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
956
+24 (+3%) vs 2020
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 | 956 | 36.7 | 26.1:1 | 6% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 1,000 | 36.2 | 27.6:1 | 4% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 1,033 | 36.2 | 28.5:1 | 3% (36) |
| 2020-21 | 932 | N/A | N/A | 3% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 1,530 | N/A | N/A | 5% (77) |
| 2015-16 | 1,339 | N/A | N/A | 5% (68) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centennial Jr High.
About Centennial Jr High
Centennial Jr High is a medium-sized middle-grades school with an address in KAYSVILLE, Utah. Students in grades 7 through 9 attend, and enrollment is 956 students.
Centennial Jr High is among 95 schools run by Davis District, which serves 71,703 students.
About 91% of the student body at Centennial Jr High is White. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 17%, meaning two students picked at random have a 17% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 26.1:1 comes from the school's 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 4.4 students per teacher above the 21.7:1 average for middle schools in Utah. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 6% in 2024-25. The gap from the 19% average for public schools in Davis County is 13 points.
allk12 grades Centennial Jr High a B+. The grade compares the school only with Utah public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Centennial Jr High's average proficiency rate on state tests of 55.5% is 1.7 points below the 57.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census Bureau estimates for Davis County show that the median household income is $110,884, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Centennial Jr High is one of 118 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is Snow Horse School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 59.7%, higher than Centennial Jr High's 55.5%.
Centennial Jr High is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 24 more students in 2024-25.
Discussions about Centennial Jr High may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Davis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
370,924
Census ACS
Median income
$110,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
118
81,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Davis District
- Syracuse HighHigh · 2,608 students
- Davis HighHigh · 2,238 students
- Layton HighHigh · 2,231 students
- Farmington HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Clearfield HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Northridge HighHigh · 1,984 students
Other schools in KAYSVILLE
- Davis HighHigh · 2,238 students
- Fairfield Jr HighMiddle · 972 students
- Kaysville Jr HighMiddle · 858 students
- Kay's Creek ElementaryElementary · 718 students
- H C Burton SchoolElementary · 687 students
- Endeavour SchoolElementary · 645 students
Nearby schools
- Snow Horse School0.0 mi · 490
- Jefferson Academy0.8 mi · 502
- Columbia School1.0 mi · 584
- Kaysville Jr High1.1 mi · 858
- Davis High1.4 mi · 2,238
- Kaysville School1.4 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Centennial Jr HighWhat is the total enrollment at Centennial Jr High?
Centennial Jr High enrolls approximately 956 students in grades 07-09.
What age range does Centennial Jr High serve?
Centennial Jr High serves students from grade 07 through grade 09.
How many teachers does Centennial Jr High have?
Centennial Jr High employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Centennial Jr High?
Student demographics at Centennial Jr High are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Centennial Jr High in?
Centennial Jr High is part of Davis District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.