Elementary · Regular · Grades 3 to 5

Plains Elementary, Plains, KS

Plains Elementary is a public elementary school in Plains, part of Kismet-Plains School District. It enrolled 113 students in 2024-25, with 8.7 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "Plains Elem".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 113
Teachers (FTE): 13.0
Students per teacher: 8.7
Grades: 3 to 5

This school's ratio is 1.6 lower than the district figure of 10.3. The Kansas average across schools is 13.8. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school8.7

District10.3

Kansas13.8

United States15.3

School details

Address: 605 Mustang, Plains, KS 67869
Phone: (620)563-7285
District: Kismet-Plains School District
County: Seward County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Remote
NCES school ID: 200819001299

Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 70
Reduced-price lunch: 16
Free or reduced-price lunch: 8676.1% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Kismet-Plains School District

Kismet Elementary 152 students

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.