An equity score of 43/100 ranks Plainville #165 of 252 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,209 per pupil, Plainville ranks #149 of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
416
Total Enrollment
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$15,209
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Plainville operates 2 public schools serving 416 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Rooks County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,209 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 286 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 26.7% local, 67.2% state, and 6.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 43/100, ranked #165 of 252 in Kansas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 484.1:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.8% White, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.3% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Plainville Elem, enrolling 256 students (57% of the district's total enrollment).
Plainville Elem accounts for 56.5% of all Plainville student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Plainville a distant remainder — means Plainville-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Plainville student-counselor ratio is 484:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Plainville chronic absenteeism rate is 20.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Plainville is typically wider than the Plainville-aggregate figure suggests.