Pleasant Acres Elem School

As a small elementary campus in Rantoul, Illinois, Pleasant Acres Elem School educates 293 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Rantoul City SD 137. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Pleasant Acres Elem School sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Rantoul City SD 137 (1,656 students total), Pleasant Acres Elem School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Pleasant Acres Elem School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 27% Black, 11% White, 11% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Pleasant Acres Elem School has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Roughly 95% of students at Pleasant Acres Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Champaign County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pleasant Acres Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 16.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.7%.

Across the wider county, Champaign County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,683, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Champaign County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,919 students), Pleasant Acres Elem School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Eastlawn Elem School, roughly 0.8 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Acres Elem School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 19.8%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Pleasant Acres Elem School's enrollment has increased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 257 (now 293). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 26% to 11%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Pleasant Acres Elem School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.