📍 199 Armory Road, Centre, Cherokee County, 35960
Centre Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Centre, Cherokee County. The school has 647 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cherokee County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
Centre Elementary School enrolls 647 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 7.6% Black or African American and 3.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 550 | 85% |
| Black or African American | 49 | 7.6% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 3.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 21 | 3.2% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
443 of the school's 647 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Centre Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-30.
Centre Elementary School is one of 8 schools in Cherokee County, based in Centre, Alabama. The district serves 3,860 students district-wide and employs 226 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 647 students, Centre Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 483 students per school.
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