Summary:
Vermillion has two elementary schools serving prekindergarten through sixth grade: Centralia Elementary has 197 students and Frankfort Elementary has 185. Both schools’ 2025–26 all-grades proficiency rates were above state rates in ELA, math and science, but the biggest difference for families comparing them is science: Centralia’s rate was 88%, compared with 46% at Frankfort, a 41-point gap.
Centralia stands out in math and especially science, while ELA was nearly even. Centralia’s math proficiency was 68%, versus 59% at Frankfort, an 8-point lead; Frankfort edged Centralia in ELA, with both at 64% and a difference of less than 1 point. Both schools were above state rates in every subject, but their science results differed substantially: Centralia was 49 points above the state rate, while Frankfort was 8 points above it. Grade-level results also show strengths shifting by grade: Centralia led fourth-grade ELA by 13 points and math by 24, while Frankfort led sixth-grade ELA by 18 points and math by 15.
Average proficiency across the two schools declined from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 4 points in ELA, 8 in math and 9 in science; Centralia’s science result was an exception, rising 11 points, while Frankfort’s fell 28. SchoolDigger ranks both schools relatively highly: Centralia ranks 65th of 657 (90th percentile, five stars), and Frankfort ranks 148th (77th percentile, four stars). Both ranks improved from 2023–24, though neither school’s ranking rose steadily each year. Their reported context measures are similar—free/reduced-lunch rates were 25% at Centralia and 26% at Frankfort, and student–teacher ratios were 14.4 and 13.8, respectively—despite their contrasting subject results.
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