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Nashua-Plainfield Community School District

42°56′57″N 92°32′25″W / 42.949272°N 92.540394°W / 42.949272; -92.540394

Nashua-Plainfield School District
Location
Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, and Floyd counties
United States
Coordinates42.949272, -92.540394
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-12
Established1997
SuperintendentKeith Turner
Schools2
Budget$8,883,000 (2020-21)
NCES District ID1920190
Students and staff
Students582 (2022-23)
Teachers46.25 FTE
Staff42.28 FTE
Student–teacher ratio12.58
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.

It was established on July 1, 1997, by the merger of the Nashua and Plainfield school districts.

Facility

It has a 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m) athletic facility known as the Husky Wellness Center, which opened in 2013.

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.

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. By 2002, enrollment had dropped to 600.

Schools

The district operates two schools, both in Nashua:

See also

References

  1. ^ "Nashua-Plainfield Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
  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.