Enrollment
311
High
DISTRICT 296 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASHUA-PLAINFIELD COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192019001197
Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School
612 Greeley St, Nashua, IA 50658 · (641) 435-4166 · Chickasaw County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Iowa public high schools
- B-Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
91 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 11 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 41 | 13% |
Student demographics
15%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
Feeds from
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
74.3%
IA avg 73.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
IA avg 70.9% . +6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.3% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.9% | 70.2% |
% 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
77.3%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 Junior-Senior High School
Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School this school | 311 | 29.3% | 72.7% |
| Osage High School Osage | 294 | 28.2% | 84.3% |
| Southeast Warren Jr-Sr High School Liberty Center | 276 | 29.7% | 78.0% |
| MFL MarMac High School Monona | 263 | 30.8% | 66.3% |
| Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School Manson | 337 | 30.3% | 60.9% |
| North Butler Jr/Sr High School Greene | 254 | 27.6% | 72.7% |
Matched among Iowa high 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 Junior-Senior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #166 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #90 of 314 ▲ 69 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #212 of 314 ▲ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #163 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #123 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.6% | #207 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #217 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.8% | #46 of 133 |
Ranked against other public high 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
311
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
+21% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 311 | 22.1 | 14.1:1 | 29% (91) |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 24.4 | 12.6:1 | 29% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 25.3 | 12.3:1 | 31% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 34% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 264 | 21.9 | 12.0:1 | 28% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 273 | 21 | 13.0:1 | 34% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 243 | 18 | 13.5:1 | 34% (82) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 24% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 21 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (264 to 311); teachers up 1% (21.9 to 22.1).
About Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School
Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School is a small high school serving families in Nashua, Iowa. It is open to students in grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 311 students. That is 34% below the average of about 468 students for high schools in Iowa.
The district, Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District, operates 2 schools serving 592 students.
White students are 92% of those enrolled at Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School. Next come 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Chickasaw County, where about 95% of residents are White. A diversity index of 15% means there is a 15% chance two randomly chosen students at Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School are from different groups.
There are 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School, giving a ratio of 14.1:1. High schools in Iowa have an average ratio of 17.3:1. By family income, 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Iowa public high schools, Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School outscored 42%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School is 77.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 72.7%.
In Chickasaw County, the median household earns about $75,675 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Chickasaw County, 7 public schools serve about 2,055 students.
Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 70.1%, lower than Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School's 72.7%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 309 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 311.
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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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School0.2 mi · 281
- Charles City High School9.8 mi · 472
- Charles City Middle School9.8 mi · 386
- Lincoln Elementary School10.2 mi · 280
- Washington Elementary School11.1 mi · 206
- Clarksville High School12.9 mi · 125
Frequently asked questions
About Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High SchoolHow large is Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School?
Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School enrolls approximately 311 students in grades 06-12.
Is Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School?
At Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School public or private?
Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District.
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