Pleasant Ridge Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary school in Charlestown, Indiana, Pleasant Ridge Elementary School enrolls 588 students from grades pre-K through 2, one of the schools within Greater Clark County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 35% above the state mean of about 436.

Within Greater Clark County Schools, which oversees 17 schools and 10,643 students, Pleasant Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Pleasant Ridge Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 13% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Clark County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Pleasant Ridge Elementary School reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Clark County indicate median household income runs about $74,214, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Clark County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,765 students), Pleasant Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Charlestown Senior High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 16%: 509 students in 2018 compared to 588 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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