Enrollment
281
Elementary
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASHUA-PLAINFIELD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192019001196
Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School
621 Panama St, Nashua, IA 50658 · (641) 435-4114 · Chickasaw County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL281 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Iowa public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
65 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School→Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
70.7%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
81.1%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70.7% | 81.1% |
| 2023-24 | 70.2% | 82.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
80.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 80% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School
Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School this school | 281 | 23.1% | 74.3% |
| North Linn Elementary Troy Mills | 281 | 23.5% | 77.8% |
| Springville Elementary School Springville | 294 | 25.5% | 80.0% |
| North Mahaska Elementary School New Sharon | 301 | 25.2% | 79.3% |
| North Butler Elementary Allison | 271 | 26.2% | 76.8% |
| Dike Elementary School Dike | 306 | 19.9% | 88.4% |
Matched among Iowa elementary 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 Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #255 of 564 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #198 of 564 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.7% | #319 of 564 ▼ 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 281 | #418 of 705 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #351 of 561 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.2% | #515 of 561 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #569 of 666 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.1% | #13 of 168 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
281
-11 (-4%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 291
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 281 | 20 | 14.1:1 | 23% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 285 | 19 | 15.0:1 | 31% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 20 | 13.6:1 | 29% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 292 | 18 | 16.2:1 | 33% (95) |
| 2017-18 | 205 | 16.8 | 12.2:1 | 30% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 230 | 16 | 14.4:1 | 26% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 258 | 17 | 15.2:1 | 43% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 299 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 32% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 291 | 18 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 37% (205 to 281); teachers up 19% (16.8 to 20).
About Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School
In Nashua, Iowa, Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 281 students covers pre-K through 5.
A total of 2 schools make up Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District, with 592 students enrolled.
The large majority of students at Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School, 94%, are White. The next largest groups are 5% multiracial. County-wide, about 95% of residents are White. By the diversity index, Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School comes in at 12%.
Federal data list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers at Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.1:1. Elementary schools in Iowa average about 13.7:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 23% of students at Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Chickasaw County average 36%.
allk12 grades Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Iowa public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School would be expected to post about 80.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.3%.
Within Chickasaw County, median household income is about $75,675, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 7 public schools in Chickasaw County, with a combined enrollment of about 2,055.
The school nearest to Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School is Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within ten miles of Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 4%, from 292 to 281. By 2024-25, the school had 14.1 students per teacher, compared with 16.2 in 2020-21.
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Chickasaw County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
11,807
Census ACS
Median income
$75,675
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,055 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High SchoolHigh · 311 students
Other schools in Nashua
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High SchoolHigh · 311 students
Nearby schools
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School0.2 mi · 311
- Charles City High School9.6 mi · 472
- Charles City Middle School9.6 mi · 386
- Lincoln Elementary School10.1 mi · 280
- Washington Elementary School11.0 mi · 206
- Clarksville High School12.8 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Nashua-Plainfield Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School?
Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 281 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School serve?
Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School?
Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School reports a student body of 94% White, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School?
Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School is overseen by Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District in Chickasaw County.
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