Other / mixed grade configuration · Snohomish, WA

Central Primary Center

Federal NCES profile for Central Primary Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 530802003881
69 students enrolled

Enrollment

69

Washington · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

51.5%

vs 45.0% Washington avg

+14% vs state

What stands out at Central Primary Center

Central Primary Center is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in Snohomish, Washington, enrolling 69 students.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 51.5% lands close to the Washington typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

Enrollment of 69 puts it in the smaller third of Washington schools by headcount.

Its student body is led by White (51%) and Hispanic or Latino (36%) (diversity index 61/100).

Among Snohomish's public schools, it stands alongside Chain Lake Elementary School (434 students): Central Primary Center is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Snohomish School District also operates Glacier Peak High School (1,642 students) and Snohomish High School (1,496 students) alongside Central Primary Center.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Central Primary Center compares

Central Primary Center on the metrics families compare, against Washington and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Washington Washington avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 51.5% ▲ 14% 45.0% 51.7%
Enrollment 69 top 86% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

69
Bigger than 7% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
51.5%
free-lunch eligible - 14% above the Washington average of 45.0%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Funding equity
$16,136
per pupil, district-wide - below Washington avg of $19,487
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 50.7%
Hispanic or Latino 36.2%
African American 4.3%
Asian 4.3%
Two or More 4.3%

Largest group: White at 50.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 60.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 60.6, Central Primary Center is more mixed than the Washington school average of 53.3.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Snohomish School District, which includes Central Primary Center.

$16,136
Per student
-17%
vs Washington
Avg $19,487
-3%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 32.1%
State 60.7%
Federal 7.3%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Central Primary Center Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Glacier Peak High School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Snohomish High School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Centennial Middle School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Dutch Hill Elementary Larger Lower economic need No ratio data
Little Cedars Elementary School Larger Lower economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Central Primary Center's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Snohomish School District · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools in Snohomish

3 comparable other schools (grades Mixed) serving the same city.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Washington, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

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Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Central Primary Center

How many students attend Central Primary Center?

Central Primary Center has 69 students enrolled. It is a public school in Snohomish, WA.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Central Primary Center?

51.5% of students at Central Primary Center are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Washington average of 45.0%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Central Primary Center?

The largest demographic group at Central Primary Center is White at 50.7% of enrollment, in Snohomish, WA. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 60.6/100.

What other schools are in Snohomish School District?

Besides Central Primary Center, Snohomish School District also operates Glacier Peak High School (1,642 students), Snohomish High School (1,496 students), and Centennial Middle School (734 students). See the Snohomish School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

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