Pleasant Home School

Pleasant Home School, an intimate K-12 campus in Andalusia, Alabama, run under Covington County, enrolls 508 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 673 students per school, that is 25% below typical.

Covington County comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,028 students; Pleasant Home School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Home School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% Black, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at Pleasant Home School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pleasant Home School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.2%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Covington County put median household income runs about $52,456, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Covington County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,173 students), of which Pleasant Home School is one.

The closest other public school is Andalusia Elementary School, roughly 10.9 miles away. On composite proficiency, Pleasant Home School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pleasant Home School's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 555 (now 508). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 91% to 87%. Class-load math has grew: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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