Summary
Centennial Continuation High is a 9–12 school in Corning, California, serving 67 students in the Corning Union High district. Its reported 2025–2026 graduation rate is stronger than its test scores might suggest, but chronic absenteeism is high. The most important concern is that proficiency is extremely low: Centennial reported 0% in ELA and math and 8% in science, below the state and district in all three subjects.
Science is Centennial’s strongest subject compared with the state and nearby schools, while ELA is weakest against the state and district. Its science proficiency was 8%, compared with 18% in the district and 36% statewide; in ELA, Centennial’s 0% was 30 points below the district and 49 points below the state. Its math result of 0% was also low, though it was closest to the district rate, at 6%. Centennial is below nearby-school averages in all three subjects, and ties Corning Independent Study for the lowest nearby ELA and math results. A more positive outcome is graduation: Centennial’s 90% rate is 2 points above the state’s 88%, but 6 points below the district’s 97%. Chronic absenteeism, at 51%, is much higher than the district’s 18% and the state’s 18%.
Test results have not improved relative to the state since 2022–2023: ELA fell from 4% to 0%, math stayed at 0%, and science rose from 4% to 8%, while state rates increased in all three subjects. SchoolDigger ranks Centennial 2,134th of 2,137 statewide, at the 0th percentile with 0 stars; its percentile has fluctuated from 8 to 0 over the past five reported years, with no sustained upward trend. Context includes a student-teacher ratio of 13.2, below the nearby average of 17.2, and 84% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025, compared with a nearby average of 70%. These figures describe the school but do not explain its results; with 67 students, a small number of results can also affect percentages substantially.
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