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Schools in Plainfield

Plainfield’s public schools

Nashua-Plainfield Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Plainfield. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Iowa’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Iowa’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
70%
2021–22
Math proficiency
69%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.3K
▼ 3% vs IA $13.7K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.1
IA 14.1
Schools in town
0
592 students on the public path
In brief

Plainfield’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Plainfield’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s 1,177 public schools. Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School places highest (better than 63%); Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School lowest (53%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Plainfield, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Nashua-Plainfield Elementary Schoolin NashuaB
6–12Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High Schoolin NashuaB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Nashua-Plainfield Community School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Nashua-Plainfield Community School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 592 students, down 1% since 2020–21 · 14.1 per teacher (IA 14.1)
$13,305IA $13,713 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading70%
State average 69.7% · 377 students tested
Math69%
State average 63.8% · 377 students tested

Plainfield vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Iowa towns that share Plainfield’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Plainfield—Nashua-Plainfield

Every school in Plainfield

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Iowa’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Plainfieldin other towns
Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Nashua
B
281 students14:1Rate it →
Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School
High · Grades 6–12 · Nashua
B−
311 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Plainfield’s schools

Are Plainfield’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Plainfield. Nashua-Plainfield Community School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Plainfield. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Iowa’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Plainfield in?

Nashua-Plainfield Community School District.

Where do Plainfield kids go to high school?

Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.