Summary:
The Nashua-Plainfield Community School District in Iowa has one high school, Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School, serving grades 6-12. While the school has some positive metrics, such as relatively high test scores in certain subjects and grade levels, it also faces challenges, including a high chronic absenteeism rate and lower-than-average performance in some areas compared to the state average.
Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School has 308 students enrolled, with a 29.22% free and reduced-price lunch rate, indicating a relatively high proportion of students from low-income families. The school's academic performance on the Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress (ISASP) varies across grade levels and subjects, with 10th-grade students scoring 68.6% proficient or better in English Language Arts and 71.4% proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 74.7% and 68%, respectively. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 88.3%, while its chronic absenteeism rate for the same year was 21.6%, which is relatively high compared to the state average.
The Nashua-Plainfield Community School District is ranked 156 out of 313 school districts in Iowa and is rated 3 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger. The school's per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $15,197, and its student-teacher ratio for the 2023-2024 school year was 12.6, which is relatively low. Overall, the data suggests that Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School has room for improvement in several areas, particularly in addressing inconsistent academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and potential equity concerns.
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