Nashua-Plainfield Community School District

42.949272°N 92.540394°W / 42.949272; -92.540394

Nashua-Plainfield School District
Location
Nashua, Iowa
Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, and Floyd counties
United States
Coordinates42.949272, -92.540394
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-12
Established1997
SuperintendentKeith Turner
Schools2
Budget$8,271,000 (2017-18)[1]
NCES District ID1920190[1]
Students and staff
Students600 (2019-20)[1]
Teachers42.97 FTE[1]
Staff39.71 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.96[1]
Athletic conferenceTop of Iowa
District mascotHuskies
ColorsRed and Black
   
Other information
Websitewww.nashua-plainfield.k12.ia.us

Nashua-Plainfield Community School District (N-P) is a rural, public school district headquartered in Nashua, Iowa. The district, serving Nashua and Plainfield, occupies sections of four counties: Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, and Floyd.[2]

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] By 2002, enrollment had dropped to 600.

Schools

The district operates two schools, both in Nashua:[1]

See also

References
  1. "Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  2. "Nashua-Plainfield" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  3. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 9, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  4. "Healthy Living". City of Nashua. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  5. Heavican, Kellan (May 15, 2019). "HELP WANTED: Nashua-Plainfield needing volunteers to construct student-funded playground". KCHA. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  6. "Iowa School District Profiles Nashua-Plainfield" (PDF). Iowa State University Department of Economics. June 2013. p. 2. Retrieved March 28, 2020.


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