Pleasant Plains High School

Located in Pleasant Plains, Illinois, Pleasant Plains High School is a low-enrollment high school. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 416 students. Average enrollment for high schools in Illinois is about 834, so this school runs 50% smaller than that.

Pleasant Plains High School belongs to Pleasant Plains CUSD 8, a district of 3 schools and 1,294 students.

White students make up 93% of enrollment at Pleasant Plains High School. Next come 3% multiracial. That compares with about 78% White among all Sangamon County residents. Pleasant Plains High School's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.

Dividing enrollment by its 31 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.4:1. That is close to the 13.8:1 average for high schools in Illinois.

Measured against Illinois public high schools, Pleasant Plains High School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

According to the American Community Survey, in Sangamon County, the median household income is $75,357, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 77 public schools in Sangamon County, enrolling about 27,345 students in all.

Nearby, A-C Central High School is about 5.1 miles away. Within ten miles of Pleasant Plains High School, there are 6 other public schools.

Federal data place Pleasant Plains High School in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The school's size has been steady, with 415 students in 2020-21 and 416 in 2024-25.

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