Pleasant Grove High School

Pleasant Grove High School is a moderately sized 9-12 campus in Pleasant Grove, Alabama, overseen by Jefferson County. The school serves 752 students in grades 6 through 12.

Pleasant Grove High School is one of 55 schools operated by Jefferson County, a district that works with 35,444 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pleasant Grove High School lists that 91% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 3% White. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Pleasant Grove High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Jefferson County's rate of about 52%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pleasant Grove High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 37.9%; actual is 17.2%, a gap of -20.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that median household income runs about $66,388, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 181 public schools (combined enrollment of about 97,401 students), of which Pleasant Grove High School is one.

The closest other public school is Pleasant Grove Elementary School, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pleasant Grove High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pleasant Grove High School at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.9%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 5%: 715 students in 2018 compared to 752 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 14% to 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Pleasant Grove High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.