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Centralia Intermediate School

Public elementary school in Centralia, Missouri · Centralia R-VI School District · Grades 3–5

Centralia Intermediate School serves 273 students in grades 3–5 in Centralia (Boone County). It is one of 4 schools in Centralia R-VI School District. By enrollment it is the 755th largest of 1,202 public elementary schools in Missouri (median 327 students). With 13.6 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Missouri elementary school (12.3).

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,202 Missouri elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.

273
students
13.6
students per teacher
31.5%
free/reduced lunch eligible
3–5
grades

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers.

School facts

School typeRegular School
LevelElementary
Grades3–5
DistrictCentralia R-VI School District
CountyBoone County
Area typeRural, distant
School mealsNational School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students
NCES school ID290840003092

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.

Compared with the district and Missouri

This schoolCentralia R-VIMissouri elementary schools (median)
Students2731,343327
Students per teacher13.613.312.3
Free or reduced-price lunch eligible31.5%27%53.6%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 70% of Missouri elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.

Centralia Intermediate School in context

Size

Centralia Intermediate School is the smallest of Centralia R-VI School District's 2 elementary schools; its 273 students are 20.3% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 10.6 miles away and have a median of 366 students, so Centralia Intermediate School is smaller than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 4 with 100 students, and its smallest is grade 3 with 77, against an average of 91 per grade. This year grade 5 has 25% more students than grade 3 (96 against 77). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 90.5% of enrollment, about the same share as across Centralia R-VI (91.8%). Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

31.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 27% across Centralia R-VI and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 16.8% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Centralia Intermediate School has 20.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.6 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 273 students would have about 22.2 teachers, so Centralia Intermediate School has 2.1 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri elementary schools (12.3).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, distant, which means it is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town. The nearest other elementary school is Chance Elementary School, 0.4 miles away in the same district. There is 1 elementary school within 5 miles and 4 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.

Students by race and ethnicity

Students by race and ethnicity
White
90.5%
Hispanic
4.4%
Two or more races
2.9%
Black
1.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native
0.4%

52% of students are girls and 48% are boys.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Students by grade

Students by grade
Grade 3
77
Grade 4
100
Grade 5
96

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.

Location and contact

550 W Lakeview, Centralia, MO 65240
Phone: (573)682-3451
Website: cr6.org

Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Red: Centralia Intermediate School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.

Nearby elementary schools

SchoolDistrictDistanceStudentsPer teacherFree/reduced lunch
Chance Elementary SchoolCentralia R-VI0.4 mi37015.229.2%
Hallsville Intermediate SchoolHallsville R-IV7.3 mi3611427.4%
Hallsville Primary SchoolHallsville R-IV7.5 mi3871433.3%
Sturgeon Elementary SchoolSturgeon R-V7.7 mi22110.635.7%
Hawthorne Elementary SchoolMexico 5913.5 mi44213.4100%
Two Mile Prairie Elementary SchoolColumbia 9313.5 mi12512.535.2%
Eugene Field Elementary SchoolMexico 5913.9 mi41812.5100%
McMillan Early Learning CenterMexico 5914.8 mi31913.1100%

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.

Other schools in Centralia R-VI

SchoolLevelGradesStudents
Centralia High SchoolHigh9–12398
Chance Elementary SchoolElementaryPre-K–2370
Chester Boren Middle SchoolMiddle6–8302