Summary:
Plainfield Community School Corp is a high-performing district serving 2,461 students across five elementary schools — Central Elementary School, Clarks Creek Elementary, Van Buren Elementary School, Guilford Elementary, and Brentwood Elementary School — all serving grades K–5. The district ranks 22 of 374 Indiana districts (94th percentile, 5 stars), and all five elementary schools earned 4 stars for 2025–2026, ranking between 111 and 269 of 1,015 schools.
Van Buren Elementary School and Guilford Elementary are the academic anchors: Van Buren leads the group in math (69.92%) and science (65.00%), while Guilford leads in ELA (65.56%); both sit in the 89th percentile. Brentwood is close behind, with strong math (69.34%) and the lowest student-teacher ratio (15.6), though its ELA (60.38%) falls below the district's 61.66%. Central Elementary School pairs the lowest chronic absenteeism (7.9%) with the lowest per-student spending ($8,941) but saw math slip 4.00 points. Clarks Creek Elementary is the biggest improvement story, rising from 2 stars and the 48th percentile to 4 stars and the 73rd percentile, with double-digit gains in ELA, math, and social studies — yet it still trails the group in proficiency and has the highest free/reduced lunch rate (62.13%).
Across the district, absenteeism is a clear strength: every school is below the district's 11.7% and the state's 16.7%. Every reported grade-level test score also beat the state average, so the tougher comparison in Plainfield is often the district itself — Clarks Creek Elementary, for example, is above state in every reported grade-level test yet below the district in all All Grades subjects. Poverty and spending do not map neatly onto results: Central spends the least and performs solidly, while Clarks Creek spends the most with lower proficiency.
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