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What advice would you give to incoming students at Plainview School?
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Enrollment
1,167
Combined
DISTRICT 894 · STATE 673
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEKALB COUNTY·NCES 010114000422
Plainview School
76 Chavies Rd, Rainsville, AL 35986 · (256) 638-3510 · DeKalb County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,167 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Alabama public K-12 schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
619 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 58%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 83 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 110 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 90 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 79 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (89).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
69.5%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
45.0%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Plainview School
Plainview School's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview School this school | 1,167 | 53.0% | 54.8% |
| Fyffe High School Fyffe | 954 | 49.2% | 52.4% |
| Sylvania School Sylvania | 915 | 58.5% | 36.3% |
| J U Blacksher School Uriah | 747 | 53.8% | 38.6% |
| Appalachian School Oneonta | 699 | 52.9% | 41.4% |
| Southeastern School Remlap | 822 | 50.7% | 39.7% |
Matched among Alabama K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Plainview School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In DeKalb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #6 of 62 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #6 of 62 | #1 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #2 of 62 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,167 | #2 of 69 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #16 of 61 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.1% | #13 of 61 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #42 of 65 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #28 of 37 | N/A |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,167
-64 (-5%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 1,150
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,167 | 74.3 | 15.7:1 | 53% (619) |
| 2023-24 | 1,218 | 75.5 | 16.1:1 | 62% (761) |
| 2022-23 | 1,264 | 75.5 | 16.7:1 | 63% (799) |
| 2020-21 | 1,231 | 74 | 16.6:1 | 54% (664) |
| 2017-18 | 1,210 | 70 | 17.3:1 | 57% (686) |
| 2015-16 | 1,183 | 67 | 17.7:1 | 57% (671) |
| 2010-11 | 1,206 | N/A | N/A | 54% (649) |
| 2000-01 | 1,227 | 73 | 16.8:1 | 29% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 1,150 | 53 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plainview School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (1,210 to 1,167); teachers up 6% (70 to 74.3).
About Plainview School
Plainview School is a large school serving multiple grade levels found in Rainsville, Alabama. It is open to students in pre-K through 12 and enrolls 1,167 students. That is 73% bigger than the average of about 673 students for combined schools in Alabama.
The 12 schools in DeKalb County enroll 8,769 students altogether, Plainview School among them.
Federal enrollment data show Plainview School is 68% White. Other groups make up 15% Native American and 14% Hispanic. DeKalb County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Plainview School comes to 74.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.7:1. Combined schools in Alabama have an average ratio of 17.9:1. On the income side, 53% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in DeKalb County average 65%.
Among Alabama public K-12 schools, Plainview School outscored 96%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Plainview School scores 54.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 45.4%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for DeKalb County show that the median household earns about $51,204 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 14%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Across DeKalb County, 20 public schools serve about 12,277 students.
A public school about 5.2 miles away, Fyffe High School, is the closest to Plainview School. In all, 7 other public schools sit within ten miles of Plainview School. On proficiency, Plainview School is ahead of the 40.9% nearby average, ranking 1st of 7.
Federal data place Plainview School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
From 1,231 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 1,167 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Plainview School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
DeKalb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
72,269
Census ACS
Median income
$51,204
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
12,277 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DeKalb County
- Geraldine SchoolCombined · 1,211 students
- Fyffe High SchoolCombined · 954 students
- Sylvania SchoolCombined · 915 students
- Collinsville High SchoolCombined · 906 students
- Crossville Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Crossville Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Other schools in Rainsville
- Dekalb Annex SchoolCombined
- Dekalb Technical CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- Fyffe High School5.2 mi · 954
- Sylvania School5.7 mi · 915
- Williams Avenue Elementary School6.8 mi · 131
- Wills Valley Elementary School8.1 mi · 738
- Fort Payne High School8.4 mi · 1,106
- Little Ridge Intermediate School8.5 mi · 792
Frequently asked questions
About Plainview SchoolHow large is Plainview School?
Plainview School enrolls approximately 1,167 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does Plainview School serve?
Plainview School serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Plainview School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Plainview School is approximately 15.7:1 (74 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Plainview School?
Plainview School reports a student body of 68% White, 14% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Plainview School?
Plainview School is overseen by DeKalb County in DeKalb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.