Plainfield Community Middle School

Plainfield Community Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle-grades school in Plainfield, Indiana. It educates 1,378 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 132% bigger than the 594 average for middle schools in Indiana.

Enrollment across the 9 schools in Plainfield Community School Corp totals 5,917 students.

White students are the majority at Plainfield Community Middle School, with 73% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Black, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

With 74.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Plainfield Community Middle School was 18.5:1. This ratio sits 2.9 above the 15.6:1 average for middle schools in Indiana. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 37%. That tracks the 39% average for public schools in Hendricks County.

Plainfield Community Middle School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 88% of Indiana public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Plainfield Community Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.8%, compared with a predicted 49.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Indiana schools on BeatsExpectations.

In the county around the school, Hendricks County, the median household income is $101,144, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 47 public schools in Hendricks County, enrolling about 33,487 students in all.

Pride Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of Plainfield Community Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 54.8% is below the 55.3% average for nearby schools.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment climbed 3% from its 2020-21 level of 1,344.

The Plainfield Community Middle School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.