High Schools in Centennial Public Schools

Summary:

Centennial Public Schools in Nebraska has only one high school, Centennial Junior-Senior High School, which serves students in grades 9-12. The school's performance has been inconsistent, with its statewide ranking fluctuating between 102 and 114 out of 168-215 Nebraska high schools over the past three school years, and its SchoolDigger rating ranging from 1 to 2 stars out of 5 during the same period.

Academically, Centennial Junior-Senior High School has shown mixed results. While its proficiency rates in ACT/Mathematics and ACT/Science are slightly higher than the state averages, its performance in ACT/English Language Arts is more in line with the state average. The school's four-year graduation rate of 87.9% for the 2024-2025 school year is slightly below the state average, and its chronic absenteeism rate of 19.3% for the same year is higher than the state average.

Regarding demographic and financial factors, Centennial Public Schools allocates significant resources to Centennial Junior-Senior High School, with a higher-than-average per-student spending of $27,826 for the 2023-2024 school year and a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 6.8 to 1. However, the school has a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, indicating a higher proportion of students from low-income families, which may have implications for the school's resources, support systems, and overall educational outcomes.

District Detail

1301 Centennial
Utica, NE 68456-0187

(402) 534-2291

SchoolDigger Rank:
57^th of 118 Nebraska districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 515

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ACT Mathematics (2025)	ACT Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ACT Mathematics 11th Grade	ACT Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Centennial Junior-Senior High School	Public	9-12	1301 Centennial	Utica	68456	Seward County	Centennial Public Schools	(n/a)	(n/a)	No	No	(402) 534-2321	151	21	7.2	30.5%	140 (92.7%)	3 (2.0%)	8 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28	112^th of 146 public high schools	23.3%		44.1	102^nd of 168 public high schools	39.3%	10	43.2	43.2	$27,826	$194	$23,673

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
York Public Schools	11.46 mi	4	95^th
Seward Public Schools	13.42 mi	3	3^rd
Mc Cool Junction Public Schools	16.35 mi	2
Friend Public Schools	16.82 mi	2
Milford Public Schools	17.07 mi	2	51^st

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Nebraska Department of Education.

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