Plainfield School District
A public school district in Meriden, New Hampshire, with 1 operational school in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 183
- Students enrolled
- 21.6
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 50.4
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $30,298
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 183 in 2024–25
- Ranks 15,158th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 130th of 197 in New Hampshire. Larger than 14% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $30,298 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 94% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Plainfield School District spent $30,298 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,377 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $30,298 | $6.3 million | 208 |
| FY2022 | $24,813 | $5.3 million | 214 |
| FY2021 | $23,131 | $5.1 million | 221 |
| FY2020 | $20,786 | $4.7 million | 224 |
| FY2019 | $23,096 | $4.8 million | 209 |
| FY2018 | $23,229 | $4.8 million | 205 |
| FY2017 | $15,940 | $4.5 million | 282 |
| FY2016 | $14,802 | $4.4 million | 298 |
| FY2015 | $14,823 | $4.4 million | 294 |
| FY2014 | $14,927 | $4.5 million | 302 |
| FY2013 | $13,067 | $4.3 million | 329 |
| FY2012 | $11,928 | $4.1 million | 346 |
| FY2011 | $16,792 | $4.2 million | 250 |
| FY2010 | $11,709 | $4.2 million | 357 |
| FY2009 | $11,759 | $4.1 million | 345 |
| FY2008 | $13,989 | $3.9 million | 282 |
| FY2007 | $12,635 | $3.7 million | 293 |
| FY2006 | $11,573 | $3.5 million | 302 |
| FY2005 | $10,377 | $3.1 million | 297 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $368.0 thousand | 5.0% |
| State | $1.8 million | 24.7% |
| Local | $5.1 million | 70.2% |
| Total | $7.3 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
1 operational school, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Plainfield Elementary School | 183 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Kindergarten to Grade 8
- NCES district ID
- 3305760
Elsewhere
- Public schools in New Hampshire — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in New Hampshire — A to Z, each with its page.
- New Hampshire on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved