Plainview High School

Plainview High School is a small school serving multiple grade levels found in Glenmora, Louisiana. It offers pre-K through 12 and has 313 students enrolled. By comparison, combined schools in Louisiana enroll about 527 students on average.

Rapides Parish counts 21,340 students in its 43 schools, and Plainview High School is one of them.

More than half of the students at Plainview High School are White (80%). The remaining shares are 10% Hispanic, 6% Native American, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Rapides Parish's population at about 61%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Plainview High School scores 35%.

There are 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Plainview High School, giving a ratio of 11.0:1. The school's 11.0:1 compares with an average of 52.1:1 for combined schools in Louisiana. By family income, 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.6% for Plainview High School. The school posts 36.5%, 4.9 points above the prediction.

Rapides Parish is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $54,967, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 51 public schools in the county, enrolling about 21,481, Plainview High School among them.

Measured in a straight line, Elizabeth High School is about 5.4 miles from Plainview High School. Other public schools within ten miles: 3. The nearest schools with test data average 34.8%, lower than Plainview High School's 36.5%.

In the federal locale system, Plainview High School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The 2017-18-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% increase, from 301 to 313. The White share was 85% in 2017-18 and 80% in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.8:1 to 11.0:1.

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