Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch

Set in Peoria, Illinois, Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch is a minimally staffed middle school, overseen by Pleasant Valley SD 62. It hosts 166 students across grades 4 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 64% leaner than the state mean of about 462.

Within Pleasant Valley SD 62, which oversees 2 schools and 414 students, Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch lists that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 30% White, 14% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Peoria County as a whole is about 17% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Peoria County's rate of about 57%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch sits in the top 10% of Illinois schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 14.1%; actual is 30.3%, +16.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for Peoria County shows median household earnings sit near $65,108, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Peoria County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,827 students), Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sterling Middle School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pleasant Valley Intermediate Sch at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 19.1%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 39%: 270 students in 2018 compared to 166 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.