Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School

Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School, a cozy 9-12 campus in Nashua, Iowa, one of the schools within Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District, caters to 311 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 468 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

Within Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District, which oversees 2 schools and 592 students, Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Chickasaw County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 29% of students at Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 77.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Chickasaw County put the typical household earns roughly $75,675 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School is one of 7 public schools in Chickasaw County (combined enrollment of about 2,055 students).

Nearest neighbor: Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School, around 0.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 70.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 18%: 264 students in 2018 compared to 311 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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