 The school is a federally designated Title I school.The building was built in 1965. in 2011-12, 2014–15 and 201-16, Central Elementary school was listed by the Pennsylvania Department of Education as one of the bottom 15% of schools for academic achievement in the Commonwealth.According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2012, enrollment was 375 pupils in grades 3rd through 5th, with 254 pupils receiving a free or reduced price lunch.