Pleasant Grove High

Pleasant Grove High is a sizable four-year high school in Elk Grove, California, run under Elk Grove Unified. The school educates 2,536 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Pleasant Grove High sits 203% above that benchmark.

Pleasant Grove High is one of 67 schools operated by Elk Grove Unified, a district that educates 63,232 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Grove High logs that 35% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 29% White, 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the resource side, Pleasant Grove High lists 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sacramento County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pleasant Grove High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.6%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sacramento County) records that median household earnings sit near $92,175, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Sacramento County runs 387 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,342 students), of which Pleasant Grove High is one.

The closest other public school is Katherine L. Albiani Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pleasant Grove High comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 2,526 students in 2018 compared to 2,536 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 37% to 29% over that span.

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