Century School

Located at 5820 N 4800 W, in BEAR RIVER CITY, Utah, Century School is an average-sized elementary campus that teaches 440 students (grades K through 5), run under Box Elder District.

Box Elder District runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 12,554 students. Century School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Century School records that nearly all students (89%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Box Elder County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.8:1 average. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Century School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 45.8%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Across the wider county, Box Elder County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,550, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Box Elder County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,997 students), Century School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mckinley School, roughly 6.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Century School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.9%.

Century School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Century School has edged down 9%, going from 481 students in 2018 to 440 in 2025.

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