Pleasant Valley Elementary

Pleasant Valley Elementary is an elementary school of micro-enrollment scale in San Miguel, California, one of the schools within Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary, works with 58 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 88% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Operationally, Pleasant Valley Elementary answers to Pleasant Valley Joint Union Elementary, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Pleasant Valley Elementary shows that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 9% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 24% of students at Pleasant Valley Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Luis Obispo County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Pleasant Valley Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 65.1%; actual is 47.1%, a gap of -18.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Luis Obispo County put median household income runs about $97,446, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pleasant Valley Elementary is one of 83 public schools in San Luis Obispo County (combined enrollment of about 33,339 students).

Kermit King Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Valley Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 30%: 83 students in 2018 compared to 58 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 49% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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