Central Elementary School may refer to:
- In Canada
- Central Elementary School (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia)
- In the United States
(by state)
- Central Elementary School, Simsbury, Connecticut, included in Horace Belden School and Central Grammar School NRHP listing
- Central Elementary School (Seaford, Delaware)
- Central Elementary School (Lake Bluff, Illinois)
- Central Elementary School (Dodge City, Kansas)
- Central Elementary School (Olathe, Kansas)
- Central Elementary School (Paintsville, Kentucky)
- Central Elementary School (New Bern, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in Craven County, North Carolina
- Central Elementary School (Wahpeton, North Dakota)
- Central Elementary School (Allison Park, Pennsylvania)
- Central Elementary School (Union City, Tennessee), listed on the NRHP in Obion County, Tennessee
- Central Elementary School (Belmont California)
- Central Elementary School (Pleasant Grove, Utah)
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