Enrollment
393
Middle
DISTRICT 431 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT PLAINS CUSD 8·NCES 173192003348
Pleasant Plains Middle School
2455 N Farmingdale Rd, Pleasant Plains, IL 62677 · (217) 626-1061 · Sangamon County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Illinois public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
45 students
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 98 | 25% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 100 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 99 | 25% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 Plains Middle School→Pleasant Plains High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pleasant Plains CUSD 8. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
62.4%
IL avg 51.0% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.9% | 33.6% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.9%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Plains Middle School
Pleasant Plains Middle School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Plains Middle School this school | 393 | 11.5% | 53.5% |
| Tri-Valley Middle School Downs | 450 | 8.7% | 69.2% |
| Rochester Intermediate School Rochester | 394 | 15.2% | 46.4% |
| Germantown Hills Middle School Germantown Hills | 374 | 16.8% | 79.4% |
| Morton Jr High School Morton | 504 | 15.9% | 72.5% |
| Williamsville Jr High School Williamsville | 444 | 18.0% | 67.8% |
Matched among Illinois middle 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 Plains Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Sangamon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #155 of 578 | #5 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #236 of 640 ▼ 35 | #9 of 17 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #265 of 640 ▼ 83 | #8 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #365 of 691 | #9 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #458 of 558 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.2% | #500 of 560 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.5% | #570 of 581 | #16 of 16 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #101 of 127 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
393
+16 (+4%) vs 2020
+185% since 1990-91, when it was 138
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 | 393 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 26.3 | 14.7:1 | 12% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 26.1 | 14.5:1 | 12% (47) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 16% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 14% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 409 | 21 | 19.5:1 | 11% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 22 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 138 | 4 | 34.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Plains Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (383 to 393); teachers up 8% (24 to 26).
About Pleasant Plains Middle School
In Pleasant Plains, Illinois, part of Sangamon County, Pleasant Plains Middle School is a middle-grades school. Its enrollment is 393 students, spread over grades 5 through 8.
Pleasant Plains Middle School falls under Pleasant Plains CUSD 8, which has 3 schools enrolling 1,294 students.
Roughly 91% of students at Pleasant Plains Middle School are White. Enrollment also includes 4% multiracial and 2% Pacific Islander. Among people living in Sangamon County, the White share is about 78%. The diversity index for Pleasant Plains Middle School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.1:1. Across middle schools in Illinois, the average ratio is 13.0:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 11%. The average for public schools in Sangamon County is 48%.
Pleasant Plains Middle School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 43% of Illinois public middle schools.
A school with Pleasant Plains Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Illinois is predicted to score 64.9%. Pleasant Plains Middle School scores 53.5%, 11.4 points below that line.
In the wider Sangamon County area, the median household earns about $75,357 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Pleasant Plains Middle School shares Sangamon County with 76 other public schools.
Pleasant Plains Middle School's closest public school neighbor is Farmingdale Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. The ten-mile area around Pleasant Plains Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 35.7% on proficiency, and Pleasant Plains Middle School is above that at 53.5%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 4%.
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Sangamon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
194,947
Census ACS
Median income
$75,357
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
27,345 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasant Plains CUSD 8
- Farmingdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Pleasant Plains High SchoolHigh · 416 students
Other schools in Pleasant Plains
- Farmingdale Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Pleasant Plains High SchoolHigh · 416 students
Nearby schools
- Farmingdale Elementary School0.2 mi · 485
- Pleasant Plains High School6.5 mi · 416
- Lindsay School6.6 mi · 438
- Jane Addams Elementary School6.8 mi · 243
- Owen Marsh Elementary School6.8 mi · 324
- U S Grant Middle School7.1 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Plains Middle SchoolHow large is Pleasant Plains Middle School?
Pleasant Plains Middle School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Pleasant Plains Middle School serve?
Pleasant Plains Middle School serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Plains Middle School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Plains Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Plains Middle School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Plains Middle School are roughly 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Pleasant Plains Middle School?
Pleasant Plains Middle School is overseen by Pleasant Plains CUSD 8 in Sangamon County.
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