Centralia School District

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Centralia Elementary School District
Address
7300 La Palma Ave (temporary location)
Buena Park
, California
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesTK–6 [1]
Established1875
SuperintendentNorma Martinez
Schools8
Budget$44.5 million
NCES District ID 0608070 [1]
Students and staff
Students4,044 (2020–2021) [1]
Teachers155.0 (FTE) [1]
Staff206.95 (FTE) [1]
Student–teacher ratio26.09:1 [1]
Other information
Website www.cesd.us

Centralia Elementary School District is a public school district based in Orange County, California, United States.

Contents

Schools

The Centralia Elementary School District serves Preschool through 6th graders in the cities of Buena Park, Anaheim, and La Palma. All eight schools in the district are award-winning elementary schools.

History

Established in 1875, the District's eight elementary schools currently serve 4,500 students in the cities of Anaheim, Buena Park, Cypress, and La Palma. Centralia School District was the first school district in California to provide free textbooks to students, and today is one of only three school districts in Orange County that is not "program improvement". In 2019, the Centralia School District was the first school district in the State of California to offer universal preschool.

According to the 2010 Census, the District's resident population is 55,193 with a demographic of 34% Hispanic, 30% White, 29% Asian, 4% Black, and 3% Other/Mixed Race.

The District is known for their award-winning Food Services program and for having a campus with the largest school-wide standardized test score increase in the State of California between the 2012–13 and 2013–14 school years.

Board of trustees

The District is governed by a five-member elected Board of Trustees. In 2014, twenty-year-old Chapman University student Connor Traut was elected to the board of trustees as the youngest Trustee in District history. [2]

Current Trustees are: Henry Charoen, Jerry Flores, Elizabeth Gonzalez, Lamiya Hoque, and Art Montez. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Centralia Elementary". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. "Bravo: Connor Traut elected to school board". Orange County Register. Retrieved January 28, 2015.
  3. "Board Members – Board of Trustees – Centralia Elementary School District". www.cesd.k12.ca.us. Archived from the original on September 21, 2020.