Total enrollment
554
-8 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
3 schools in Belle Plaine
Kansas · 554 students · 1 city
Inside Belle Plaine (Kansas), 3 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 554 students (around 185 per school).
4-year change in Belle Plaine
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
3
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Belle Plaine ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Kansas | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #100 of 124 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 554 | #142 of 156 | #8,953 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 3 | #101 of 156 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #11 of 154 | #655 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 50.2% | #73 of 156 | #4,144 of 8,164 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Belle Plaine
Since 2017-18, the 3 district schools that reported both years went from 621 to 554 students (down 11%) and from 47 to 53 full-time teachers (up 13%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Plaine Elem | Belle Plaine | Elementary | PK-04 | 211 |
| Belle Plaine High | Belle Plaine | High | 09-12 | 181 |
| Belle Plaine Middle | Belle Plaine | Middle | 05-08 | 162 |
About Belle Plaine
Belle Plaine is a rural-scale public-school district in Kansas. The district oversees 3 schools and instructs approximately 554 students.
On the school-mix side, Belle Plaine spans 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school.
Average enrollment per school in Belle Plaine is about 185, below the Kansas average of roughly 355.
Over the past 4-year window. Total public-school enrollment in Belle Plaine has stayed largely flat since SY 2020-21, moving from about 562 students to 554.
On this page, the community for Belle Plaine discusses comparison threads between local schools and program reviews. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.