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What's the most underrated thing about Pleasant Grove Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JEFFERSON COUNTY·NCES 010192000736
Pleasant Grove Elementary School
601 Park Rd, Pleasant Grove, AL 35127 · (205) 379-5200 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of Alabama public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alabama public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
336 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58%
Community
6
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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
ACAP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
47.4%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
6.9%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 (26.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School this school | 524 | 64.1% | 26.9% |
| Christian School Birmingham | 574 | 62.5% | 59.4% |
| Southview Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 644 | 66.5% | 33.9% |
| Englewood Elementary School Tuscaloosa | 522 | 60.9% | 35.0% |
| Carver Elementary School Montgomery | 374 | 63.4% | 54.3% |
| Garrett Elementary School Montgomery | 592 | 70.4% | 25.9% |
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 | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #541 of 626 | #65 of 89 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 6.9% | #619 of 626 | #86 of 89 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #484 of 626 | #52 of 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #262 of 709 | #45 of 97 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #416 of 655 | #55 of 93 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #601 of 658 | #79 of 94 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.1% | #294 of 696 | #51 of 96 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #35 of 364 | #7 of 58 |
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
524
-156 (-23%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 461
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 18.9:1
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 | 524 | 29.7 | 17.6:1 | 64% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 34.7 | 17.1:1 | 53% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 37 | 16.7:1 | 54% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 680 | 36 | 18.9:1 | 70% (474) |
| 2017-18 | 747 | 42.5 | 17.6:1 | 57% (425) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 56% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 709 | 54 | 13.1:1 | 43% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 917 | 48 | 19.1:1 | 7% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 461 | 21 | 21.9:1 | 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 30% (747 to 524); teachers down 30% (42.5 to 29.7).
About Pleasant Grove Elementary School
Pleasant Grove Elementary School, located in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, is a medium-sized elementary school. It educates 524 students in pre-K through 5.
Jefferson County enrolls 35,444 students in 55 schools, including Pleasant Grove Elementary School.
Pleasant Grove Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 91% Black. After that, the student body is 4% White and 3% Hispanic. Census figures show Jefferson County is about 42% Black. Pleasant Grove Elementary School has a diversity index of 16%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1 at Pleasant Grove Elementary School, with 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Alabama have a similar average ratio of 17.0:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 64% of enrollment. Among public schools in Jefferson County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
Pleasant Grove Elementary School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 6% of Alabama public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 37.4% at Pleasant Grove Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 26.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jefferson County show that median household income is about $66,388, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 181 public schools in Jefferson County, with a combined enrollment of about 97,401.
The nearest other public school, Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School, is about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Pleasant Grove Elementary School ranks 5th of 8 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Pleasant Grove Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 680 in 2020-21 and 524 in 2024-25, a 23% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.9:1 in 2020-21 to 17.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
667,755
Census ACS
Median income
$66,388
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
181
97,401 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jefferson County
- ClayChalkville High SchoolHigh · 1,377 students
- McAdory High SchoolHigh · 1,259 students
- Hueytown High SchoolHigh · 1,200 students
- Shades Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gardendale High SchoolHigh · 1,076 students
- Pinson Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,025 students
Other schools in Pleasant Grove
- Pleasant Grove High SchoolHigh · 752 students
- Jefferson County International Baccalaureate SchoolMiddle · 345 students
Other Pleasant Grove Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Pleasant Grove Elementary. Pleasant Grove Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 12.
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolHeflin, AL · 206 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
- Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School0.1 mi · 345
- Pleasant Grove High School1.5 mi · 752
- Hueytown Primary School3.2 mi · 601
- Rutledge School3.3 mi · 288
- Brighton School3.3 mi · 336
- Glen Oaks Intermediate School3.3 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolHow large is Pleasant Grove Elementary School?
Pleasant Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pleasant Grove Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Grove Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pleasant Grove Elementary School have?
Pleasant Grove Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant Grove Elementary School?
At Pleasant Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 3% Hispanic, 91% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Pleasant Grove Elementary School?
Pleasant Grove Elementary School is overseen by Jefferson County in Jefferson County.
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