Enrollment
256
Elementary
DISTRICT 227 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLAINVILLE·NCES 201074000399
Plainville Elem
203 SE Cardinal Avenue, Plainville, KS 67663 · (785) 434-4508 · Rooks County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
114 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 51%
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Plainville Elem→Plainville High
Based on grade levels within Plainville. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
34.5%
KS avg 44.5% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
27.7%
KS avg 38.8% . -6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Source: KAP. 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
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
256
+82 (+47%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.5:1
% White
90%
was 97%
% Hispanic
5%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Plainville Elem
Located at 203 SE Cardinal Avenue, in Plainville, Kansas, Plainville Elem is an intimate primary school that educates 256 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Plainville.
Plainville comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 453 students; Plainville Elem is among them.
On the student-mix side, Plainville Elem logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. Compared to Rooks County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, Plainville Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.9%, the actual is 29.2%, a residual of -11.7 points.
In the area at large, census data for Rooks County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,500 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 2%. Plainville Elem is one of 7 public schools in Rooks County (combined enrollment of about 812 students).
The closest other public school is Plainville High, roughly 0.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, Plainville Elem comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.4%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 47%: 174 students in 2018 compared to 256 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 97% to 90% over that span.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Rooks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,813
Census ACS
Median income
$62,500
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
2%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
812 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Plainville High0.1 mi · 197
- Stockton High14.3 mi · 83
- Stockton Elem14.4 mi · 199
- Palco High14.4 mi · 19
- Palco Jr. High14.4 mi · 12
- Natoma High (6-12)14.9 mi · 58
Frequently asked questions
About Plainville ElemHow many students attend Plainville Elem?
Plainville Elem enrolls approximately 256 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Plainville Elem serve?
Plainville Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Plainville Elem have?
Plainville Elem employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Plainville Elem?
At Plainville Elem, the student body is approximately 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is Plainville Elem in?
Plainville Elem is part of Plainville.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.