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If you had an hour of school board time for Pleasant Valley Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 480
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALHOUN COUNTY·NCES 010054001429
Pleasant Valley Elementary School
265 Mark Green Road, Jacksonville, AL 36265 · (256) 741-6600 · Calhoun County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Alabama public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
17.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
239 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · 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
80.0%
AL avg 52.7%
Math
54.7%
AL avg 31.8%
What this means: On the ACAP, Alabama's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on AL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 46% typical for Alabama schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Alabama's top 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 Valley Elementary School
Pleasant Valley Elementary School's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School this school | 458 | 52.2% | 63.2% |
| Lupton Junior High School Nauvoo | 448 | 53.1% | 62.8% |
| Ohatchee Elementary School Ohatchee | 472 | 53.6% | 49.6% |
| West Point Elementary School Cullman | 496 | 51.8% | 53.9% |
| Winfield Elementary School Winfield | 499 | 53.7% | 71.8% |
| Wilson Elementary School Florence | 552 | 49.8% | 54.3% |
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 Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alabama | In Calhoun County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #145 of 626 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #154 of 626 | #3 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #102 of 626 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #365 of 709 | #11 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #327 of 655 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #622 of 658 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #456 of 696 | #12 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #113 of 364 | #1 of 6 |
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
458
-42 (-8%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 458 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 52% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 463 | 28 | 16.5:1 | 64% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 28 | 17.3:1 | 61% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 50% (250) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 28.5 | 19.6:1 | 49% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 54% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 50% (311) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (559 to 458); teachers down 5% (28.5 to 27).
About Pleasant Valley Elementary School
At 265 Mark Green Road in Jacksonville, Alabama, Pleasant Valley Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. Its enrollment is 458 students, spread over pre-K through 6.
Calhoun County enrolls 7,997 students, and its 17 schools include Pleasant Valley Elementary School.
Pleasant Valley Elementary School is 93% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% Hispanic. In Calhoun County overall, about 70% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 13%.
The school's 27 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Alabama. At Pleasant Valley Elementary School, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, Pleasant Valley Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 84% of Alabama public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pleasant Valley Elementary School is in the top 10% of Alabama schools: 63.2% actual against 46.0% predicted.
In Calhoun County, home to about 116,090 people, median household income comes to about $55,029, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 38 public schools in the county, enrolling about 16,686, Pleasant Valley Elementary School among them.
Pleasant Valley High School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Pleasant Valley Elementary School places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Pleasant Valley Elementary School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% drop, from 500 to 458.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Calhoun County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
116,090
Census ACS
Median income
$55,029
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
16,686 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Calhoun County
- Alexandria Elementary SchoolElementary · 712 students
- Saks Elementary SchoolElementary · 625 students
- Wellborn Elementary SchoolElementary · 598 students
- Weaver Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- White Plains Elementary SchoolElementary · 530 students
- Alexandria Middle SchoolMiddle · 503 students
Other schools in Jacksonville
- Kitty Stone Elementary SchoolElementary · 929 students
- Jacksonville High SchoolHigh · 756 students
- Pleasant Valley High SchoolHigh · 393 students
- Calhoun County Career Technical CenterHigh
Other Pleasant Valley Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Pleasant Valley Elementary. Pleasant Valley Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 16.
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolParma, OH · 971 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolKunkletown, PA · 899 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolMcMurray, PA · 495 students
- Pleasant Valley ElementaryNovato, CA · 464 students
- Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolAltoona, PA · 439 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Valley High School0.3 mi · 393
- Kitty Stone Elementary School6.8 mi · 929
- Jacksonville High School7.0 mi · 756
- Hokes Bluff Middle School8.3 mi · 253
- Hokes Bluff Elementary School8.3 mi · 610
- Glencoe Elementary School8.6 mi · 397
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Valley Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Valley Elementary School?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-06.
Is Pleasant Valley Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 17.0:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Pleasant Valley Elementary School?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Valley Elementary School public or private?
Pleasant Valley Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Calhoun County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.