Plainfield East High School

Set in Plainfield, Illinois, Plainfield East High School is a heavily attended senior high, run under Plainfield SD 202. It hosts 1,825 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 119% above typical.

Across the 30 schools in Plainfield SD 202 (24,556 students total), Plainfield East High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Plainfield East High School shows that the largest single group is White at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 13% Asian, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Plainfield East High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 45.8%, a residual of -2.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Will County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Will County runs 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), of which Plainfield East High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: John F Kennedy Middle Sch, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Plainfield East High School. On composite proficiency, Plainfield East High School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 68.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plainfield East High School has ticked down 19%, going from 2,250 students in 2018 to 1,825 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.