Regular local school district · Hendricks County
Plainfield Community School Corp, IN: schools, enrollment and spending
Plainfield Community School Corp runs 9 public schools with 5,917 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 18.4 students per teacher is 2.9 higher than the Indiana figure of 15.5.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 5,917
- Teachers (FTE)
- 321
- Students per teacher
- 18.4
- IN: 15.5 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 985 S Longfellow Dr, Plainfield, IN 46168
- Phone
- (317)839-2578
- County
- Hendricks County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 1808970
- State district ID
- IN-3330
- Total staff (FTE)
- 633
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 538 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 6.0
Students per teacher compared
This district18.4
Indiana15.5
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,694), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $71.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.2 million
- State revenue
- $38.3 million
- Local revenue
- $28.8 million
- Total spending
- $66.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,589
- Salaries
- $32.4 million49.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $134.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 5.9%
- State: 53.8%
- Local: 40.4%
Indiana overall
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 55.5%
- Local: 35.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,589
Indiana$12,675
United States$16,826
Schools in Plainfield Community School Corp
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Brentwood Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 420 | 16.2 |
| Central Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 549 | 17.2 |
| Clarks Creek Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 544 | 16.5 |
| Guilford Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 434 | 17.4 |
| Little Quakers Academy | Prekindergarten | PK | 210 | 23.3 |
| Plainfield Community Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 1,378 | 18.6 |
| Plainfield High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,856 | 21.6 |
| Pride Academy | Other | K to 12 | 12 | 4.0 |
| Van Buren Elementary School | Elementary | K to 5 | 514 | 18.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Hendricks County
- Avon Community School Corp 10,742 students
- Brownsburg Community School Corp 10,503 students
- Danville Community School Corp 2,795 students
- North West Hendricks Schools 1,958 students
- Mill Creek Community Sch Corp 1,610 students
More in Indiana
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.