📍 76 Chavies Rd, Rainsville, DeKalb County, 35986
Plainview School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Rainsville, DeKalb County. The school has 1,264 pupils enrolled. It is part of the DeKalb County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 75.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
Plainview School enrolls 1,264 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 75.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 15% American Indian or Alaska Native and 13% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 891 | 70% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 190 | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 160 | 13% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 1.3% |
| Black or African American | 6 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
799 of the school's 1,264 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Plainview School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district DE-40.
Plainview School is one of 15 schools in DeKalb County, based in Rainsville, Alabama. The district serves 8,769 students district-wide and employs 539 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,264 students, Plainview School is larger than the district average of about 585 students per school.