Plainville High

Plainville High is a senior high of tight-knit scale in Plainville, Kansas, run under Plainville, serveing 197 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 52% smaller than the state mean of about 410.

Across the 2 schools in Plainville (453 students total), Plainville High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Plainville High shows that nearly all students (91%) are White. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Plainville High has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Plainville High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 42.5%; this one comes in at 18.6%, -23.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Rooks County put median household income runs about $62,500, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 2%. Plainville High is one of 7 public schools in Rooks County (combined enrollment of about 812 students).

The closest other public school is Plainville Elem, roughly 0.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, Plainville High comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 199 students in 2018 compared to 197 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 96% to 91%.

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