Enrollment
206
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEBURNE COUNTY·NCES 010078000320
Pleasant Grove Elementary School
9855 Highway 9, Heflin, AL 36264 · (256) 253-2146 · Cleburne County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL206 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
113 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 37% smaller than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pleasant Grove Elementary School→Cleburne County Career Technical School
Based on grade levels within Cleburne County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
40.6%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alabama schools, those numbers are about 53 and 32.
Source: ACAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alabama's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pleasant Grove Elementary School
Pleasant Grove Elementary School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School this school | 206 | 54.9% | 56.0% |
| Buhl Elementary School Buhl | 206 | 48.1% | 60.4% |
| Steele Elementary School Steele | 141 | 54.6% | 63.7% |
| Hollywood Elementary School Hollywood | 184 | 56.0% | 36.6% |
| Stevenson Elementary School Stevenson | 360 | 53.9% | 56.0% |
| Chapman Elementary School Huntsville | 167 | 55.1% | 41.5% |
Matched among Alabama elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pleasant Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #232 of 626 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #302 of 626 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #252 of 626 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 206 | #650 of 709 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #118 of 655 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.5% | #379 of 658 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #414 of 696 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #210 of 364 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
206
-19 (-8%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 273
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 206 | 13.5 | 15.3:1 | 55% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 14.5 | 13.8:1 | 71% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 14.5 | 14.0:1 | 70% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 14 | 16.1:1 | 61% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 15.5 | 14.7:1 | 68% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 253 | 15 | 16.9:1 | 65% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 244 | 15 | 16.3:1 | 60% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 19 | 14.7:1 | 63% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 273 | 16 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (228 to 206); teachers down 13% (15.5 to 13.5).
About Pleasant Grove Elementary School
Located in Heflin, Alabama, Pleasant Grove Elementary School is a small elementary school. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 206 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Alabama average about 480 students each.
Pleasant Grove Elementary School falls under Cleburne County, which has 7 schools enrolling 2,490 students.
White students make up a majority at Pleasant Grove Elementary School, at 73%. The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Cleburne County overall, about 93% of residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 15.3:1 comes from the school's 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.7 students per teacher below the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 55% in 2024-25. That is 8 points above the 47% average for public schools in Cleburne County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Pleasant Grove Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Alabama schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.0%; the prediction is 44.1%.
Cleburne County has about 15,426 residents, and the median household income is $55,345, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Cleburne County has 9 public schools and roughly 2,490 students.
Nearest public school: Cleburne County Middle School, about 9.3 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. Local comparison: Pleasant Grove Elementary School ranks 3rd of 9 nearby schools, at 56.0% versus a 46.5% average.
For locale, NCES codes Pleasant Grove Elementary School as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Pleasant Grove Elementary School had 225 students, to 2024-25, when it had 206.
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Cleburne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,426
Census ACS
Median income
$55,345
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,490 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cleburne County
- Cleburne County High SchoolHigh · 555 students
- Ranburne High SchoolHigh · 526 students
- Cleburne County Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Ranburne Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
- Cleburne County Middle SchoolMiddle · 243 students
- Fruithurst Elementary SchoolElementary · 226 students
Other schools in Heflin
- Cleburne County High SchoolHigh · 555 students
- Cleburne County Elementary SchoolElementary · 391 students
- Cleburne County Middle SchoolMiddle · 243 students
- Cleburne County Alternative SchoolHigh
- Cleburne County Career Technical SchoolHigh
Other Pleasant Grove Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Pleasant Grove Elementary. Pleasant Grove Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 12.
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolPleasant Grove, AL · 524 students
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolGreenwood, IN · 739 students
- PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENSACOLA, FL · 678 students
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolMount Washington, KY · 661 students
- PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLINVERNESS, FL · 637 students
Nearby schools
- Cleburne County Middle School9.3 mi · 243
- Cleburne County Elementary School9.3 mi · 391
- Cleburne County High School9.3 mi · 555
- De Armanville Elementary School9.6 mi · 478
- Golden Springs Elementary School11.0 mi · 357
- Oxford High School12.8 mi · 1,242
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolHow large is Pleasant Grove Elementary School?
Pleasant Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 206 students in grades PK-06.
Is Pleasant Grove Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pleasant Grove Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Grove Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Grove Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant Grove Elementary School?
At Pleasant Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 73% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Grove Elementary School public or private?
Pleasant Grove Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cleburne County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.