Public schools in Centralia, IL

Centralia has 10 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 2,747 students. They are run by 7 districts and agencies; Centralia City Schools runs 4 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 7 districts and agencies that run Centralia's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in CentraliaDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Centralia City Schools41,089$16,491
Centralia HSD 2001863$21,043
Central City SD 1331323$12,632
Raccoon Grade School1225$12,556
Willow Grove SD 461146$14,527
North Wamac SD 1861133$13,195
Grand Prairie CCSD 6170$23,643

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Centralia, 887 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Centralia High School88712.3not reportedCentralia HSD 200

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One middle school in Centralia, 559 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Centralia Jr High School55911.6All free (CEP)Centralia City Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

7 elementary schools in Centralia, 1,290 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Central City Elementary School27612.8All free (CEP)Central City SD 133
Schiller Elementary School27014.6All free (CEP)Centralia City Schools
Jordan Elementary School22812.3All free (CEP)Centralia City Schools
Raccoon Cons Elementary School20412.8All free (CEP)Raccoon Grade School
Willow Grove Elementary School1279.8All free (CEP)Willow Grove SD 46
North Wamac Grade School12213.6All free (CEP)North Wamac SD 186
Grand Prairie Elementary School638.8All free (CEP)Grand Prairie CCSD 6

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in Centralia, 11 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Centralia Pre-Kindergarten Ctr11not reportednot reportedCentralia City Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Centralia's public schools compare with Illinois's

The median Centralia school has 12.3 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Illinois median of 13.1. 70% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 54% across the state. Its median school enrolls 216 students (state 374).

Centralia against Illinois, schools open in 2024-25 with students
CentraliaIllinois
Median students per teacher12.313.1
Median school size (students)216374
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)70%54%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)80%53%
Charter schools0%3.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 10 Centralia schools and the 3,817 Illinois schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Centralia

  1. Centralia City SchoolsRuns 4 of Centralia's 10 public schools and spent $16,491 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$16,491
  2. Centralia High School, the largest high school in Centralia887 students in 2024-25, 12.3 per teacher.887
  3. Compare Centralia City Schools with Centralia HSD 200Centralia's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in IllinoisIllinois's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Centralia addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Illinois

  1. Chicago629 schools
  2. Aurora47 schools
  3. Rockford44 schools
  4. Naperville41 schools
  5. Peoria33 schools
  6. Joliet31 schools
  7. Springfield31 schools
  8. Plainfield29 schools

Questions about schools in Centralia

  1. How many public schools are in Centralia, IL?
    10 public schools with an address in Centralia were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 2,747 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Centralia?
    Centralia High School, with 887 students in 2024-25 (Centralia HSD 200).
  3. Which districts run Centralia's schools?
    Centralia City Schools (4 schools), Centralia HSD 200 (1 school), Central City SD 133 (1 school), Raccoon Grade School (1 school), and 3 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .