Pleasant Hill Elem School

Set in Pleasant Hill, Illinois, Pleasant Hill Elem School is an intimate elementary campus, part of Pleasant Hill CUSD 3. It caters to 254 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 381 students per school, that is 33% smaller than typical.

Pleasant Hill CUSD 3 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 353 students. Pleasant Hill Elem School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Hill Elem School shows that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest breaks down as 2% Hispanic, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at Pleasant Hill Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pike County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pleasant Hill Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pike County) records that median household earnings sit near $59,777, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pleasant Hill Elem School is one of 12 public schools in Pike County (combined enrollment of about 2,394 students).

Nearest neighbor: Pleasant Hill High School, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Pleasant Hill Elem School comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 235 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 98% to 94% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.