Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RANTOUL CITY SD 137·NCES 173321003444
Pleasant Acres Elementary School
1625 Short St, Rantoul, IL 61866 · (217) 893-5402 · Champaign County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Illinois public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Illinois public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
277 students
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 100% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pleasant Acres Elementary School→J W Eater Jr High School
Based on grade levels within Rantoul City SD 137. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
21.6%
IL avg 51.0% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
5.2%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.6% | 5.2% |
| 2023-24 | 9.6% | 3.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Acres Elementary School
Pleasant Acres Elementary School's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Acres Elementary School this school | 293 | 94.5% | 13.7% |
| Chopin Elementary School Chicago | 323 | 90.4% | 14.3% |
| Fairmont School Lockport | 300 | 99.0% | 31.7% |
| Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center Chicago | 266 | 92.9% | 18.2% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Joliet | 235 | 94.0% | 31.4% |
| Eastlawn Elementary School Rantoul | 276 | 89.1% | 7.3% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Acres Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Champaign County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,799 of 1,925 | #24 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.2% | #2,028 of 2,077 ▼ 56 | #28 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,890 of 2,077 ▲ 47 | #21 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #1,583 of 2,419 | #23 of 37 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #341 of 2,035 | #6 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #352 of 2,042 | #14 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.5% | #169 of 2,132 | #1 of 32 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.0% | #194 of 615 | #5 of 10 |
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
293
+15 (+5%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 371
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 | 293 | 26 | 11.3:1 | 95% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 24.2 | 12.3:1 | 97% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 24.3 | 15.2:1 | 93% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 24.9 | 10.3:1 | 99% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 25 | 13.7:1 | 99% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 284 | 18 | 15.8:1 | 72% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 278 | 19 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 371 | 23 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Acres Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (257 to 293); teachers up 4% (24.9 to 26).
About Pleasant Acres Elementary School
Pleasant Acres Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Rantoul, Illinois. Federal data show 293 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Illinois average about 381 students, which makes this school 23% below average.
Rantoul City SD 137 operates 6 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,656 students.
The student body at Pleasant Acres Elementary School is 51% Hispanic. It is also 27% Black, 11% White, and 11% multiracial. Champaign County's residents are about 8% Hispanic, 42 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Pleasant Acres Elementary School are from different groups.
Pleasant Acres Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1, with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Illinois is 13.9:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 95% at Pleasant Acres Elementary School. For comparison, public schools in Champaign County average 53%.
Pleasant Acres Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Illinois public elementary schools.
Pleasant Acres Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.7%, compared with a predicted 16.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Champaign County, the median household earns about $63,683 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Champaign County has 66 public schools with about 25,919 students, including Pleasant Acres Elementary School.
Eastlawn Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Pleasant Acres Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 6 other public schools. Pleasant Acres Elementary School places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Fringe.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 15 students, from 278 to 293.
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Champaign County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
208,741
Census ACS
Median income
$63,683
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
25,919 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rantoul City SD 137
- J W Eater Jr High SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Eastlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Broadmeadow Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Northview Elementary SchoolElementary · 218 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 161 students
- Rise Academy at JW EaterMiddle
Other schools in Rantoul
- Rantoul Twp High SchoolHigh · 901 students
- J W Eater Jr High SchoolMiddle · 477 students
- Eastlawn Elementary SchoolElementary · 276 students
- Broadmeadow Elementary SchoolElementary · 231 students
- Northview Elementary SchoolElementary · 218 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 161 students
Nearby schools
- Eastlawn Elementary School0.8 mi · 276
- Rantoul Twp High School1.3 mi · 901
- Northview Elementary School1.3 mi · 218
- J W Eater Jr High School1.5 mi · 477
- Early Childhood Center1.6 mi · 161
- Broadmeadow Elementary School2.3 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Acres Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Acres Elementary School?
Pleasant Acres Elementary School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Pleasant Acres Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Acres Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Acres Elementary School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Acres Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Acres Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Acres Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 51% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Acres Elementary School in?
Pleasant Acres Elementary School is part of Rantoul City SD 137.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.