Plainview High School

Plainview High School is an intimate combined-grade school in Glenmora, Louisiana, operated by Rapides Parish. The school works with 313 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 41% smaller than the typical public school in Louisiana, which averages around 527 students.

Within Rapides Parish, which oversees 43 schools and 21,340 students, Plainview High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Plainview High School reports that White students make up the majority at 80%. The remainder looks like 10% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the resource side, On paper, Plainview High School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages around 52.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Plainview High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.8%, the actual is 32.3%, a residual of +0.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Rapides Parish indicate median household income runs about $54,967, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Rapides Parish's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 21,481 students), Plainview High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Elizabeth High School, around 5.4 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Plainview High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Plainview High School's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 301 (now 313). Over the same period, the White share fell from 85% to 80%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Plainview High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.