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Centennial School
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Test scores
RISE / Utah Aspire+ 2024-25 . % Proficient + Highly ProficientWhat this means: On the RISE / Utah Aspire+, Utah's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Utah schools, those numbers are about 41 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Centennial School
As a mid-sized primary school in ROOSEVELT, Utah, Centennial School serves 438 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Duchesne District.
Duchesne District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 5,309 students; Centennial School is among them.
On the student-mix side, Centennial School logs that 65% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 16% Hispanic, 11% Native American, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Centennial School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. The state averages around 21.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Duchesne County's rate of about 36%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Centennial School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.2%; this one delivers 34.9%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Duchesne County put the typical household earns roughly $78,445 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Duchesne County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,270 students), of which Centennial School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Union High, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Centennial School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Centennial School has ticked down 20%, going from 549 students in 2018 to 438 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 76% to 65%.
In the discussion threads here, members of the Centennial School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Duchesne County at a glance
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Related schools
- Union HighHigh · 1,166 students
- Roosevelt Jr HighMiddle · 787 students
- Kings Peak SchoolElementary · 479 students
- East SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Duchesne SchoolElementary · 419 students
- Duchesne HighHigh · 408 students
- Union HighHigh · 1,166 students
- Roosevelt Jr HighMiddle · 787 students
- Kings Peak SchoolElementary · 479 students
- East SchoolElementary · 450 students
- Eagle View SchoolElementary · 278 students
- Basin Online SchoolCombined · 39 students
- Union High0.9 mi · 1,166
- Roosevelt Jr High1.0 mi · 787
- Basin Online School1.1 mi · 39
- East School1.4 mi · 450
- Kings Peak School1.5 mi · 479
- Eagle View School4.9 mi · 278