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Centralia Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
850 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
492 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
89%
Teachers
22 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 79.9%
White 4.1%
Asian 4.3%
Black 2.6%
Other 9.2%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Centralia Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard13.3%
Met Standard22.7%
Below Standard64.0%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "36% proficient" for Centralia Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

13.3% of students exceeded standard while 22.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 7.7 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 18.0 points below the Centralia Elementary district average of 31.3%. The 30 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 24.1% exceeded — 10.8 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 13.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 19.6%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
13.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
36.0%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+13.3pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
19.6%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.4%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
850
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 70 5.7% 21.4% 22.9% 50.0% 27.1%
4th 50 12.0% 28.0% 16.0% 44.0% 40.0%
5th 45 6.7% 33.3% 24.4% 35.6% 40.0%
6th 45 13.3% 31.1% 33.3% 22.2% 44.4%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 71 4.2% 18.3% 32.4% 45.1% 22.5%
4th 51 31.4% 13.7% 37.3% 17.6% 45.1%
5th 47 17.0% 19.1% 29.8% 34.0% 36.2%
6th 46 17.4% 17.4% 34.8% 30.4% 34.8%