Centennial Elementary
Altoona, IA · Elementary School · Grades -1-5
Centennial Elementary is a elementary school in Altoona, IA with 420 students enrolled and a 62% proficiency rate. Part of Southeast Polk Comm School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Centennial Elementary is a elementary school located in Altoona, Iowa. The school serves 420 students in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 62% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
36% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Centennial Elementary is part of the Southeast Polk Comm School District in Iowa.
How This School Compares
Centennial Elementary has 420 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Southeast Polk Comm School District (672 students). Its 62% proficiency rate is 7 percentage points above the district average of 55%. Compared to the Iowa state average of 53%, the school performs 9 points higher. With a 12.7:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Centennial Elementary has 420 students enrolled in grades -1-5. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1.
According to EDFacts data, 62% of students at Centennial Elementary meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Centennial Elementary is part of the Southeast Polk Comm School District in Altoona, Iowa. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.