Plainview

Plainview Primary Elementary School (PK–2), Plainview Intermediate Elementary School (grades 3–5), Plainview Middle School (grades 6–8), and Plainview High School (grades 9–12) serve students across the full school-age range in Plainview. In 2025–2026, all three schools with reported test scores were above state results in every reported ELA, math, and science comparison, though their advantages varied widely—from 2 points for High’s science to 33 points for its ELA. The main takeaway is that each tested school has a different subject strength; no one leads across the board.

Plainview High School led ELA at 59%, 22 points above the next-highest result, and led U.S. History at 70%, 29 points above the state. Its math (28%) and science (32%) were the lowest among the tested schools, although both were above state results. Plainview Middle School led science at 60%, 12 points ahead of Intermediate and 30 above the state; it had the lowest ELA result, 34%. Plainview Intermediate Elementary School led math at 47%, 18 points above Middle and 22 above the state. Its grade 5 math score was especially strong: 58%, compared with 28% statewide. Primary has no reported test scores, so its achievement cannot be compared here.

Results changed unevenly between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026: Middle gained 7 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 7 in science; High gained 6 in ELA but fell 5 in math and 4 in science; Intermediate gained 1 in ELA and 2 in science while math fell 13 points. Across the three tested schools, the average rose 5 points in ELA and 2 in science, but fell 5 in math. SchoolDigger ranked Middle at the 87th percentile in 2025–2026, up from the 62nd in 2023–2024; High was at the 95th percentile for the latest two years, while Intermediate moved from the 88th to the 81st percentile. In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios ranged from 12.9 at Intermediate to 15.5 at High. Free/reduced lunch eligible shares that year were 47.4% at Intermediate and 47.5% at Middle, compared with 53% at Primary and 40% at High—context that does not by itself explain the differing subject results.