Pleasant Valley Elementary School

Pleasant Valley Elementary School operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in Jacksonville, Alabama, overseen by Calhoun County. Current enrollment sits at 458 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Within Calhoun County, which oversees 17 schools and 7,997 students, Pleasant Valley Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Valley Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Beyond that, the school logs 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pleasant Valley Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Alabama schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 46.0%; actual is 63.2%, +17.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Calhoun County) shows that median household income runs about $55,029, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Calhoun County runs 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,686 students), of which Pleasant Valley Elementary School is one.

Pleasant Valley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Pleasant Valley Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.2%.

Pleasant Valley Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pleasant Valley Elementary School has edged down 18%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 458 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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