Pleasant Hill Elem School

Pleasant Hill Elem School is one of the substantial elementary schools in Winfield, Illinois, part of CUSD 200, with 583 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 53% bigger than the state mean of about 381.

Within CUSD 200, which oversees 20 schools and 11,639 students, Pleasant Hill Elem School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Pleasant Hill Elem School records that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 65% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pleasant Hill Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for DuPage County indicate median household earnings sit near $112,096, roughly 52% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, DuPage County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,557 students), of which Pleasant Hill Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Carl Sandburg Elem School, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Pleasant Hill Elem School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.4%.

Pleasant Hill Elem School operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Pleasant Hill Elem School's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 646 (now 583). Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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