Nashua-Plainfield Community School District
Nashua-Plainfield Community School District (N-P) is a school district headquartered in Nashua, Iowa. The district, serving Nashua and Plainfield, occupies sections of four counties: Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, and Floyd.[2]
Nashua-Plainfield School District | |
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Location | |
Nashua, Iowa United States | |
Coordinates | 42.949272, -92.540394 |
District information | |
Type | Local school district |
Grades | K-12 |
Established | 1997 |
Superintendent | Keith Turner |
Schools | 2 |
Budget | $7,937,000 (2015-16)[1] |
NCES District ID | 1920190 [1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 622 (2018-19) [1] |
Teachers | 42.14 FTE [1] |
Staff | 40.46 FTE [1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 14.76 [1] |
Athletic conference | Top of Iowa |
District mascot | Huskies |
Colors | Red and Black |
Other information | |
Website | www |
It was established on July 1, 1997, by the merger of the Nashua and Plainfield school districts.[3]
Facility
It has a 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m2) athletic facility known as the Husky Wellness Center, which opened in 2013.[4]
Circa 2019, there were plans to build a playground with $25,000 raised by students. The district issued a call for volunteers to build it.[5]
Enrollment
In the 2012–2013 school year, the district had 658 students. All except 15 (2.3%) students were non-Hispanic origins. There were two Hispanic students, making up .3% of the total student body. 126 students were eligible for free lunches and 90 students were eligible for reduced priced lunches, both indicators of poverty; combined these students made up 32.8% of the student body. No students were English language learners.[6]
Schools
The district operates two schools, both in Nashua:[1]
- Nashua-Plainfield Elementary School
- Nashua-Plainfield Junior-Senior High School
References
- "Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- "Nashua-Plainfield" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-09. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- "Healthy Living". City of Nashua. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- Heavican, Kellan (2019-05-15). "HELP WANTED: Nashua-Plainfield needing volunteers to construct student-funded playground". KCHA. Retrieved 2020-03-29.
- "Iowa School District Profiles Nashua-Plainfield" (PDF). Iowa State University Department of Economics. June 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-03-28.