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Enrollment
734
Middle
DISTRICT 688 · STATE 577
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SNOHOMISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530802000540
Centennial Middle School
3000 South Machias Road, Snohomish, WA 98290 · (360) 563-4525 · Snohomish County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL734 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 18.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
207 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 51%
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 | 345 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 389 | 53% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
44.5%
WA avg 58.4% . +2.7pp since 2014
Math
38.2%
WA avg 51.2% . +5.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 38.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.8% | 32.9% |
| 2022-23 | 50.3% | 38.9% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 37.1% |
| 2018-19 | 65.4% | 51.1% |
| 2017-18 | 63.9% | 47.9% |
| 2016-17 | 64.1% | 51.5% |
| 2015-16 | 57.3% | 43.3% |
| 2014-15 | 41.8% | 33.1% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of WA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Washington schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Middle School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial Middle School this school | 734 | 28.2% | 39.3% |
| View Ridge Middle School RIDGEFIELD | 666 | 29.6% | N/A |
| Sunset Ridge Intermediate School Ridgefield | 616 | 27.3% | N/A |
| Alki Middle School VANCOUVER | 594 | 29.3% | N/A |
| Liberty Middle School Camas | 708 | 26.1% | N/A |
| Kulshan Middle School Bellingham | 575 | 28.7% | 60.1% |
Matched among Washington 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Snohomish County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #155 of 294 | #17 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #146 of 357 ▲ 30 | #15 of 32 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #203 of 357 ▲ 31 | #22 of 32 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #55 of 290 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 734 | #114 of 377 | #14 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #287 of 340 | #21 of 32 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #256 of 340 | #28 of 32 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.2% | #306 of 359 | #28 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #132 of 192 | #10 of 13 |
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
734
-36 (-5%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 675
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 734 | 34.2 | 21.5:1 | 28% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 33.6 | 21.9:1 | 28% (207) |
| 2022-23 | 720 | 34.3 | 21.0:1 | 28% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 770 | 37 | 20.8:1 | 24% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 34.5 | 22.9:1 | 23% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 32 | 23.5:1 | 26% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 854 | 36 | 23.7:1 | 26% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 675 | 28 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Centennial Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (789 to 734); teachers down 1% (34.5 to 34.2).
About Centennial Middle School
Centennial Middle School is a middle-grades school in Snohomish, Washington, and it is part of Snohomish School District. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 734 students in grades 7 through 8. Against the 577-student average for middle schools in Washington, enrollment here is 27% higher.
Snohomish School District has 9,732 students in 18 schools, and Centennial Middle School is one of those schools.
White students account for 71% of enrollment at Centennial Middle School. Smaller groups are 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Centennial Middle School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.5:1. That ratio is over the 18.9:1 average for middle schools in Washington. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Centennial Middle School is 28%. That is 13 points below the 41% average for public schools in Snohomish County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 39.3%, is 21.9 points below the 61.3% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Washington schools.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Snohomish County show that median household income is about $111,246, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Centennial Middle School is one of 227 public schools in Snohomish County, which together enroll about 118,688 students.
The nearest public school is Glenwood Elementary, at about 1.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Centennial Middle School ranks 8th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Centennial Middle School as Suburb: Mid-size.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 770 to 734.
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Snohomish County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
844,430
Census ACS
Median income
$111,246
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
227
118,688 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Snohomish School District
- Glacier Peak High SchoolHigh · 1,642 students
- Snohomish High SchoolHigh · 1,496 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Machias ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other schools in Snohomish
- Glacier Peak High SchoolHigh · 1,642 students
- Snohomish High SchoolHigh · 1,496 students
- Dutch Hill ElementaryElementary · 694 students
- Little Cedars Elementary SchoolElementary · 646 students
- Valley View Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Machias ElementaryElementary · 615 students
Other Centennial Middle schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Centennial Middle. Centennial Middle School is the 7th largest of the 13.
- Centennial Middle SchoolSPOKANE, WA · 536 students
- Centennial MiddleLINO LAKES, MN · 1,595 students
- Centennial MiddlePROVO, UT · 1,073 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 1,060 students
- Centennial Middle SchoolSOUTH LYON, MI · 898 students
Nearby schools
- Glenwood Elementary1.2 mi · 641
- Skyline Elementary2.1 mi · 562
- Cascade View Elementary2.1 mi · 412
- Lake Stevens Middle School2.2 mi · 709
- Hillcrest Elementary School2.4 mi · 842
- Machias Elementary2.5 mi · 615
Frequently asked questions
About Centennial Middle SchoolHow many students attend Centennial Middle School?
Centennial Middle School enrolls approximately 734 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Centennial Middle School serve?
Centennial Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Centennial Middle School have?
Centennial Middle School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Centennial Middle School?
Student demographics at Centennial Middle School are roughly 71% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Centennial Middle School in?
Centennial Middle School is part of Snohomish School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.