Summary:
Plainfield Community School Corp is home to one middle school serving grades 6–8: Plainfield Community Middle School, located at 709 Stafford Rd in Plainfield, Indiana, with 1,378 students. The district itself ranks 22nd of 374 Indiana districts, putting it in the 94th percentile with a 5-star rating. Because this is the only middle school in the area, it is the sole option for local families and the focus of this summary.
This school is a consistent top-decile performer. It ranked 42nd of 486 Indiana middle schools in 2025–2026 (91st percentile) and has earned 5 stars in each of the last three reported years, with percentile ranks between 91 and 93. Test scores support that standing: in 2025–2026 the school exceeded the state in every reported grade-level comparison, including 6th grade ELA at 68.01% versus the state's 41.3% and 6th grade Math at 65.99% versus 40.2%. English Language Arts and Science both improved year over year, rising 7.57 and 4.71 percentage points, respectively, and Biology End of Course proficiency was 98.97%, though that likely reflects a select cohort rather than all students.
The relative watch area is Math. All-grade Math slipped 3.55 points to 52.77%, and 7th grade Math, at 44.44%, is the school's lowest reported grade/subject score—still 8.54 points above the state. Interestingly, the school's middle-school Math scores edge out the district at every reported grade, so the district's higher all-grade Math figure likely reflects other grade spans. Attendance is a clear strength: chronic absenteeism was 9.0%, below the district's 11.7% and the state's 16.7%. With 36.87% free/reduced lunch, $9,740 per-student spending, and an 18.5:1 student-teacher ratio, this is a large, economically mixed school producing strong outcomes.
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