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Plainview Elementary, Ava, MO

Plainview Elementary is a public elementary school in Ava, part of Plainview R-Viii School District. It enrolled 93 students in 2024-25, with 8.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PLAINVIEW ELEM.".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
93
Teachers (FTE)
11.0
Students per teacher
8.5
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 8.5. The Missouri average across schools is 13.0. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school8.5
District8.5
Missouri13.0
United States15.3

School details

Address
Rte 3 Box 145, Ava, MO 65608
Phone
(417)683-2046
District
Plainview R-Viii School District
County
Douglas County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
291104000377
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
59
Reduced-price lunch
10
Free or reduced-price lunch
6974.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
22Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Ava

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.