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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUSD 200·NCES 174218004219
Pleasant Hill Elementary School
1N220 Pleasant Hill Rd, Winfield, IL 60190 · (630) 682-2100 · DuPage County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
233 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
67.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.8pp since 2023
Math
55.7%
IL avg 37.9% . +11.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.4% | 55.7% |
| 2023-24 | 52.6% | 44.1% |
% 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
56.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Hill Elementary School
Pleasant Hill Elementary School's state test result (56.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School this school | 583 | 40.0% | 56.7% |
| Central Elementary School Plainfield | 544 | 36.8% | 57.6% |
| River View Elementary School Plainfield | 584 | 37.7% | 50.0% |
| Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Joliet | 646 | 38.1% | 41.5% |
| Indian Prairie Elementary School Crystal Lake | 496 | 36.9% | 52.7% |
| Fox Chase Elementary School Oswego | 661 | 37.7% | 52.2% |
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 Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In DuPage County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.7% | #402 of 1,925 | #57 of 112 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.7% | #518 of 2,077 ▼ 70 | #84 of 141 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #423 of 2,077 ▼ 16 | #68 of 141 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #303 of 2,419 | #16 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,162 of 2,035 | #88 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.9% | #417 of 2,042 | #39 of 146 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #1,552 of 2,132 | #48 of 123 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #927 of 1,461 | #57 of 92 |
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
583
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+74% since 1990-91, when it was 335
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 | 583 | 42.4 | 13.8:1 | 40% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 42.6 | 13.8:1 | 42% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 41.4 | 13.9:1 | 41% (233) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 43.7 | 14.8:1 | 37% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 36% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 24% (139) |
| 2000-01 | 768 | 38 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 335 | 14 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (646 to 583); teachers down 3% (43.7 to 42.4).
About Pleasant Hill Elementary School
Pleasant Hill Elementary School is a large elementary school in Winfield, Illinois. Total enrollment is 583 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. That is 53% above the average of about 381 students for elementary schools in Illinois.
CUSD 200 is made up of 20 schools with 11,639 students in all.
Of every 100 students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School, about 54 are White. It is also 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. DuPage County's residents are about 65% White, 11 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pleasant Hill Elementary School scores 64%.
Teacher count: 42.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.9:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 40%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Pleasant Hill Elementary School, the prediction is 48.4% and the result is 56.7%.
In DuPage County, home to about 930,024 people, the median household earns about $112,096 a year, roughly 52% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in DuPage County number 277, with about 138,557 students.
Measured in a straight line, Carl Sandburg Elementary School is about 1.0 miles from Pleasant Hill Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Pleasant Hill Elementary School is ahead of the 51.4% nearby average, ranking 4th of 7.
For locale, NCES codes Pleasant Hill Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 585 to 583, a small change.
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DuPage County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
930,024
Census ACS
Median income
$112,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
138,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CUSD 200
- Wheaton Warrenville South High SchoolHigh · 1,864 students
- Wheaton North High SchoolHigh · 1,863 students
- Monroe Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- Hubble Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 525 students
Other schools in Winfield
- Winfield Central SchoolMiddle · 189 students
- Winfield Primary SchoolElementary · 122 students
- ELC Winfield Primary AnnexCombined
Other Pleasant Hill Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Pleasant Hill Elementary. Pleasant Hill Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 15.
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolPalatine, IL · 435 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolPleasant Hill, IL · 254 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolPeoria, IL · 164 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolOlive Branch, MS · 1,079 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryLexington, SC · 846 students
Nearby schools
- Carl Sandburg Elementary School1.0 mi · 402
- Wheaton North High School1.2 mi · 1,863
- Carol Stream Elementary School1.5 mi · 396
- Monroe Middle School1.6 mi · 716
- Jay Stream Middle School1.8 mi · 572
- Jefferson Early Childhood Center1.8 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 583 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Pleasant Hill Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant Hill Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Hill Elementary School are roughly 54% White, 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School is overseen by CUSD 200 in DuPage County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.