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How has PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
753
Elementary
DISTRICT 791 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA·NCES 120147002622
PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1801 JACK CALHOUN DR, KISSIMMEE, FL 34741 · (407) 935-3700 · Osceola County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL753 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 30.7:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
492 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 50%
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 | 48 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
35.1%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
39.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.1% | 39.7% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 38.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 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 HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 753 | 65.3% | 38.6% |
| THACKER AVENUE ELEMENTARY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES KISSIMMEE | 661 | 65.1% | 35.4% |
| MATER ACADEMY DAVENPORT DAVENPORT | 815 | 69.4% | 56.5% |
| WINEGARD ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 650 | 64.3% | 37.2% |
| FOREST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 953 | 64.6% | 54.9% |
| LIBERTY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 914 | 66.7% | 39.6% |
Matched among Florida 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 HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Osceola County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #1,870 of 2,136 | #33 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #1,929 of 2,149 ▼ 40 | #32 of 45 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.1% | #1,944 of 2,149 ▼ 169 | #40 of 45 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 753 | #565 of 2,267 | #23 of 46 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,188 of 2,077 | #18 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #1,225 of 2,108 | #23 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.3% | #671 of 2,188 | #12 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #729 of 1,374 | #16 of 23 |
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
753
+14 (+2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 840
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 753 | 46.5 | 16.2:1 | 65% (492) |
| 2023-24 | 718 | 43 | 16.7:1 | 63% (454) |
| 2022-23 | 741 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 59% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 739 | 52 | 14.2:1 | 65% (482) |
| 2017-18 | 880 | 56 | 15.7:1 | 50% (443) |
| 2015-16 | 967 | 59 | 16.4:1 | 61% (594) |
| 2010-11 | 1,005 | 61 | 16.5:1 | 63% (638) |
| 2000-01 | 1,129 | 53 | 21.3:1 | 43% (487) |
| 1990-91 | 840 | 43 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in KISSIMMEE, Florida, in Osceola County. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 753 students. That is 25% above the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
OSCEOLA has 83 schools and 75,388 students, and PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic: 65%. The remaining shares are 16% Black, 13% White, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Osceola County as a whole is about 56% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 53%.
The school's 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Osceola County average 52%.
PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of Florida public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.4% at PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.6%.
Looking at the county, Osceola County, the median household earns about $72,637 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Osceola County has 88 public schools with about 74,164 students, including PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.1 miles away. Within five miles of PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th of 5 on proficiency.
PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 739 students in 2020-21 and 753 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. Federal data show the ratio rising from 14.2:1 to 16.2:1.
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Osceola County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
427,415
Census ACS
Median income
$72,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
88
74,164 students
Quick facts
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- ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,596 students
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Other Pleasant Hill Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Pleasant Hill Elementary. PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 15.
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolOlive Branch, MS · 1,079 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryLexington, SC · 846 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolLEANDER, TX · 720 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryPleasant Hill, CA · 652 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryPleasant Hill, TN · 588 students
Nearby schools
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,345
- THACKER AVENUE ELEMENTARY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES1.7 mi · 661
- VIRTUAL PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF FLORIDA2.2 mi · 745
- NEW BEGINNINGS EDUCATION CENTER2.4 mi · 179
- SUNRISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 906
- UCP OSCEOLA CHARTER SCHOOL2.5 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 753 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.2:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 13% White, 65% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of OSCEOLA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.