Schools · Centennial
Centennial, CO schools
Centennial’s public schools score well above Colorado’s averages: 58% of students are proficient in reading against 47% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 81.7%. Kids attend one of 16 elementary schools through grade 5, then Newton Middle School and Arapahoe High School.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
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Centennial’s School Grade: A
The public schools Centennial’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 91% of Colorado’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresB+Graduation
Colorado school districts we grade (161)Better than 91%
Lower resultsHigher results
Colorado towns with similar household incomes (106)Better than 76%
High confidence. Built on 12,428 tested students and a graduating class of 4,376; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Colorado’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Colorado only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Colorado with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Centennial kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Cherry Creek School District 5)58%
State average 47%
Reading (grades PK–12, Littleton School District 6)69%
State average 47%
Math (Cherry Creek School District 5)40%
State average 30.4%
Math (grades PK–12, Littleton School District 6)50%
State average 30.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
CO: 81.7%
Graduating class
4,376
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Centennial
Cherry Creek School District 5Grades PK–12 · 69 schools · 51,980 students
$17,160 per studentCO $15,889ALittleton School District 6Grades PK–12 · 20 schools · 13,109 students
$16,635 per studentCO $15,889A+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 26 schools in Centennial
Showing 1–26 of 26 schools
Ford ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 653 students
PublicCreekside Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 567 students
APublicHeritage Heights AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 539 students
A-CharterLois Lenski Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 509 students
A+PublicGudy Gaskill ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 508 students
PublicSandburg Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 495 students
APublicTimberline Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 478 students
BPublicLittle Raven Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 475 students
B+PublicWillow Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 462 students
APublicPeakview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 447 students
B+PublicTrails West Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 425 students
A-PublicIndian Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 410 students
APublicHopkins Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 372 students
A-PublicWalnut Hills Community Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 342 students
APublicHomestead Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 334 students
A+PublicHeritage Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 302 students
APublicDry Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 269 students
A-PublicNewton Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 781 students
APublicArapahoe High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,748 students
A+PublicEndeavor AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 262 students
CPublicCherry Creek ElevationHigh · Grades 6–12 · 248 students
PublicMarvin W Foote Youth Services CenterHigh · Grades 5–12 · 36 students
D-PublicThe Village ECEPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 336 students
PublicANASTASIS ACADEMY
PrivateCHESTERTON ACADEMY OF OUR LADY OF VICTORY
PrivateST THOMAS MORE PARISH SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.