NCES CCD 2024-25 24 schools CO

Best-Resourced Schools in Centennial, CO

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24 public K-12 schools in Centennial from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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24
Schools
14,350
Students
52/100
Avg Resource Index
15.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Centennial has more public-school enrollment than 88% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Centennial sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

15 of Centennial's 24 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

The composite and staffing measures point in different directions

Centennial's average Resource Investment Index sits at the 91st percentile, while its teacher-staffing measure sits at the 45th percentile. The 46-point percentile gap is a reminder that the index is not a class-size score: counselors, gifted-program reporting, and attendance also affect it. Compare those components directly when two schools have similar index totals; the same headline score can arise from a different mix of reported resources.

City enrollment
Top 12%
School count
Top 11%
Resource Index average
91st percentile
Teacher staffing
45th percentile

Eaglecrest High School accounts for 19.9% of all Centennial public-school enrollment

That concentration means Centennial-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Centennial school enrollment varies 79× across entities

Centennial school enrollment ranges from 36 students (lowest) to 2,851 students (highest), a spread of 2,815 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Centennial student-teacher ratio is 15.8:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Centennial is typically wider than the Centennial-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Cherry Creek Elevation 75
2. Marvin W Foote Youth Services 71
3. Endeavor Academy 67
4. Heritage Elementary School 58
5. Mountain Vista Elementary School 57
6. Homestead Elementary School 57
7. Peakview Elementary School 56
8. Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School 55
9. Willow Creek Elementary School 54
10. Trails West Elementary School 54
11. Timberline Elementary School 53
12. Ford Elementary 51
13. Walnut Hills Community Elementary School 51
14. Creekside Elementary School 50
15. Lois Lenski Elementary School 50
16. Hopkins Elementary School 50
17. Aspen Crossing Elementary School 49
18. Newton Middle School 48
19. Eaglecrest High School 47
20. Sandburg Elementary School 45
21. Heritage Heights Academy 42
22. Arapahoe High School 41
23. Gudy Gaskill Elementary 36
24. The Village 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Centennial

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Aspen Crossing Elementary School 77.6/100
  2. 2 Red Hawk Ridge Elementary School 75.3/100
  3. 3 Heritage Heights Academy 72.7/100
  4. 4 Mountain Vista Elementary School 72.3/100
  5. 5 Eaglecrest High School 72.1/100

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Which Centennial school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Cherry Creek Elevation has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Centennial schools in this federal-data comparison at 75/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Centennial, CO? ▼

Centennial has 24 public schools with a total enrollment of 14,350 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.