29 public K-12 schools in Plainfield from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Plainfield has more public-school enrollment than 94% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Plainfield sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.
16 of Plainfield's 29 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 8 middle and 4 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.
The 36-point gap between Elizabeth Eichelberger Elem Sch and Troy Middle School shows the range hidden by Plainfield's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
Plainfield school enrollment ranges from 472 students (lowest) to 2,399 students (highest), a spread of 1,927 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Plainfield is typically wider than the Plainfield-aggregate figure suggests.
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Elizabeth Eichelberger Elem Sch | 62 |
| 2. | Eagle Pointe Elementary School | 60 |
| 3. | Lincoln Elementary | 59 |
| 4. | Freedom Elem School | 59 |
| 5. | Walkers Grove Elementary School | 58 |
| 6. | Ridge Elementary School | 56 |
| 7. | Wallin Oaks Elementary School | 54 |
| 8. | Grande Park Elem Sch | 53 |
| 9. | Murphy Junior High School | 52 |
| 10. | River View Elementary School | 51 |
| 11. | Charles Reed Elementary Sch | 46 |
| 12. | Central Elem School | 45 |
| 13. | Heritage Grove Middle School | 43 |
| 14. | Wesmere Elementary School | 43 |
| 15. | Lakewood Falls Elem School | 41 |
| 16. | Richard Ira Jones Middle School | 40 |
| 17. | Meadow View Elementary School | 40 |
| 18. | Indian Trail Middle School | 38 |
| 19. | Creekside Elementary School | 38 |
| 20. | John F Kennedy Middle Sch | 35 |
| 21. | Drauden Point Middle School | 35 |
| 22. | Plainfield South High School | 32 |
| 23. | Orenic Intermediate School | 32 |
| 24. | Timber Ridge Middle School | 30 |
| 25. | Plainfield East High School | 29 |
| 26. | Plainfield High School | 28 |
| 27. | Plainfield North High School | 27 |
| 28. | Bonnie Mcbeth Learning Ctr | 27 |
| 29. | Troy Middle School | 26 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Elizabeth Eichelberger Elem Sch has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Plainfield schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Plainfield has 29 public schools with a total enrollment of 24,802 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
