Photo: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0The Plains’s public schools
Fauquier County Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for The Plains. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2021, when 92% of students in Virginia’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
The Plains’s schools, in brief
School by school
8 of The Plains’s 18 district schools with test results score above the middle of Virginia’s 1,758 public schools. Greenville Elementary places highest (better than 81%); Claude Thompson Elementary lowest (18%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
11 elementary schools serve The Plains, graded from C− to A−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and three high schools: Liberty High, Kettle Run High and Fauquier High. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, 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 The Plains, with each school’s own grade.
9th grade in The Plains · depends on your address
Liberty High
Grades 9–12 · 1,313 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Bealeton
Kettle Run High
Grades 9–12 · 1,175 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Nokesville
Fauquier High
Grades 9–12 · 1,156 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Warrenton
10th grade in The Plains · depends on your address
Liberty High
Grades 9–12 · 1,313 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Bealeton
Kettle Run High
Grades 9–12 · 1,175 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Nokesville
Fauquier High
Grades 9–12 · 1,156 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Warrenton
11th grade in The Plains · depends on your address
Liberty High
Grades 9–12 · 1,313 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Bealeton
Kettle Run High
Grades 9–12 · 1,175 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Nokesville
Fauquier High
Grades 9–12 · 1,156 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Warrenton
12th grade in The Plains · depends on your address
Liberty High
Grades 9–12 · 1,313 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Bealeton
Kettle Run High
Grades 9–12 · 1,175 students · 14:1 students per teacher · in Nokesville
Fauquier High
Grades 9–12 · 1,156 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Warrenton
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Fauquier County Public Schools.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
How students score
The Plains vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Virginia towns that share The Plains’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| The Plains | — | Fauquier County |
Every school in The Plains
18 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Virginia’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about The Plains’s schools
Are The Plains’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for The Plains. Fauquier County Public Schools has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for The Plains. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 8 of its 18 district schools with test results score above the middle of Virginia’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is The Plains in?
Fauquier County Public Schools.
Where do The Plains kids go to high school?
One of three high schools, depending on your address: Liberty High, Kettle Run High and Fauquier High.
Parents talk
What The Plains families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near The Plains → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2020–21, 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.