Enrollment
166
Middle
DISTRICT 207 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT VALLEY SD 62·NCES 173195006536
Pleasant Valley Intermediate School
3314 W Richwoods Blvd, Peoria, IL 61604 · (309) 679-0634 · Peoria County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL166 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Illinois public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
9.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
165 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 4 | 39 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 23% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 19% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 18% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pleasant Valley SD 62. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
42.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
21.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 10.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 14% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 Valley Intermediate School
Pleasant Valley Intermediate School's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Intermediate School this school | 166 | 99.4% | 30.3% |
| Von Steuben Middle School Peoria | 266 | 87.6% | 15.3% |
| Harold B Dawson Middle School West Peoria | 331 | 92.1% | 11.3% |
| Kennedy Middle School Rockford | 393 | 90.3% | 6.3% |
| Stephen Decatur Middle School Decatur | 413 | 85.7% | 11.2% |
| Lincoln Junior High School Dolton | 168 | 98.8% | 12.8% |
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 Valley Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Peoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #432 of 578 | #10 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #468 of 640 ▲ 54 | #10 of 15 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #474 of 640 ▼ 3 | #10 of 15 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 166 | #600 of 691 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #6 of 581 | #1 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -38.5% | #11 of 440 | #1 of 8 |
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
166
-106 (-39%) vs 2020
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 | 166 | 18 | 9.2:1 | 99% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 20 | 9.4:1 | 99% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 209 | 18 | 11.6:1 | 96% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 272 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 270 | 18 | 15.0:1 | 89% (240) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Valley Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (270 to 166); teachers unchanged (18 to 18).
About Pleasant Valley Intermediate School
Federal records list Pleasant Valley Intermediate School as a middle school in Peoria, Illinois. It is open to students in grades 4 through 8 and enrolls 166 students. That is 64% below the average of about 462 students for middle schools in Illinois.
Pleasant Valley SD 62 is the district for Pleasant Valley Intermediate School. It has 2 schools and 414 students.
Federal enrollment data show Pleasant Valley Intermediate School is 53% Black. Other groups include 30% White, 14% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 17% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Staffing at Pleasant Valley Intermediate School comes to 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.2:1. Middle schools in Illinois have an average ratio of 13.0:1. On the income side, 99% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Peoria County report 57%.
Pleasant Valley Intermediate School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of Illinois public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 14.1% for Pleasant Valley Intermediate School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 30.3%. The 16.1-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Illinois schools.
In Peoria County, the median household earns about $65,108 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Across Peoria County, 81 public schools serve about 27,827 students.
Sterling Middle School sits about 1.1 miles from Pleasant Valley Intermediate School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Pleasant Valley Intermediate School places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 166, down from 272 in 2020-21.
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Peoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
179,645
Census ACS
Median income
$65,108
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
81
27,827 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasant Valley SD 62
- Pleasant Valley Primary SchoolElementary · 248 students
Other schools in Peoria
- Richwoods High SchoolHigh · 1,685 students
- Peoria High SchoolHigh · 1,541 students
- Limestone Community High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Lincoln SchoolElementary · 823 students
- Glen Oak Comm Learning CntrElementary · 794 students
- Manual High SchoolHigh · 731 students
Other Pleasant Valley Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Pleasant Valley Intermediate. Pleasant Valley Intermediate School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Pleasant Valley Intermediate SchoolKunkletown, PA · 906 students
Nearby schools
- Sterling Middle School1.1 mi · 374
- Dr Maude A Sanders Primary School1.2 mi · 442
- Quest Charter School Academy1.8 mi · 399
- Dr. C.T. Vivian Primary School2.0 mi · 378
- Pleasant Valley Primary School2.2 mi · 248
- Rolling Acres Middle School2.3 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Valley Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Pleasant Valley Intermediate School?
Pleasant Valley Intermediate School enrolls approximately 166 students in grades 04-08.
What grades does Pleasant Valley Intermediate School serve?
Pleasant Valley Intermediate School serves grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant Valley Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant Valley Intermediate School is approximately 9.2:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Valley Intermediate School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Valley Intermediate School are roughly 30% White, 2% Hispanic, 53% Black, 14% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Valley Intermediate School public or private?
Pleasant Valley Intermediate School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasant Valley SD 62.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.