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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Centennial Elementary, Altoona, IA

Centennial Elementary is a public elementary school in Altoona, part of Southeast Polk Comm School District. It enrolled 423 students in 2024-25, with 13.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
423
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
13.2
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.9 lower than the district figure of 15.1. The Iowa average across schools is 14.4. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school13.2
District15.1
Iowa14.4
United States15.3

School details

Address
910 7th Ave SE, Altoona, IA 50009
Phone
(515)967-2109
District
Southeast Polk Comm School District
County
Polk County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
192682001567
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
129
Reduced-price lunch
32
Free or reduced-price lunch
16138.1% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Southeast Polk Comm School District

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.