📍 Rte 3 Box 145, Ava, Douglas County, 65608
Plainview Elem. is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ava, Douglas County. The school has 99 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Plainview R-Viii school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 35% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Plainview Elem. enrolls 99 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 59% male and 41% female. A teaching staff of 8.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% White, 1% Hispanic or Latino and 1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 97 | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | 1% |
| Asian | 1 | 1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
68 of the school's 99 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 55 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Plainview Elem. 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 MO-80, state senate district 33, state house district 155.
Plainview Elem. is one of 1 schools in PLAINVIEW R-VIII, based in AVA, Missouri. The district serves 93 students district-wide and employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 99 students, Plainview Elem. is close to the district average of about 93 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant