Enrollment
241
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 325
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 190897000572
Pleasant Hill Elementary School
4801 E Oakwood Dr, Des Moines, IA 50327 · (515) 242-8432 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of Iowa public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Iowa public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
166 students
DISTRICT 76% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 20% larger than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 48% · 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
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ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
61.9%
IA avg 73.6% . -3.7pp since 2023
Math
63.1%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.9% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 65.6% | 62.4% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Iowa 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 Iowa'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 Hill Elementary School
Pleasant Hill Elementary School's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School this school | 241 | 68.9% | 61.2% |
| Jefferson Elementary School Clinton | 376 | 69.7% | 52.5% |
| Riverside Elementary School Sioux City | 227 | 72.7% | 65.1% |
| Butler Elementary School Fort Dodge | 328 | 65.9% | 45.9% |
| James Elementary School Ottumwa | 249 | 68.3% | 41.5% |
| McKee Elementary School Des Moines | 235 | 66.0% | N/A |
Matched among Iowa elementary 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 Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #451 of 564 | #46 of 78 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #457 of 564 ▼ 2 | #47 of 78 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #442 of 564 ▼ 78 | #46 of 78 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #495 of 705 | #83 of 89 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #103 of 561 | #13 of 86 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.9% | #138 of 561 | #44 of 86 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.9% | #79 of 666 | #33 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #219 of 359 | #39 of 64 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
241
+36 (+18%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 241 | 20.3 | 11.9:1 | 69% (166) |
| 2023-24 | 211 | 19 | 11.1:1 | 63% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 19.1 | 11.2:1 | 69% (146) |
| 2020-21 | 205 | 16 | 12.8:1 | 63% (130) |
| 2017-18 | 269 | 17.6 | 15.3:1 | 61% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 315 | 19 | 16.6:1 | 57% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 310 | 18 | 17.2:1 | 42% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 19 | 16.2:1 | 17% (53) |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 14 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (269 to 241); teachers up 15% (17.6 to 20.3).
About Pleasant Hill Elementary School
In Des Moines, Iowa, Pleasant Hill Elementary School is a small elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 241 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 325-student average for elementary schools in Iowa, enrollment here is 26% lower.
Des Moines Independent Comm School District counts 29,676 students in its 59 schools, and Pleasant Hill Elementary School is one of them.
At 57%, White students outnumber all other groups at Pleasant Hill Elementary School combined. The remaining students are 25% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Polk County, the White share is about 76%. Pleasant Hill Elementary School has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 20.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Iowa average 13.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 69%. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Polk County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Pleasant Hill Elementary School is C. Compared with Iowa public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 34% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Pleasant Hill Elementary School are 3.7 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (61.2% actual, 57.5% predicted).
In the county around the school, Polk County, median household income is about $83,576, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Pleasant Hill Elementary School is among the 137 public schools in Polk County.
The closest public school, Stowe Elementary School, is about 2.0 miles from Pleasant Hill Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Pleasant Hill Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
NCES assigns Pleasant Hill Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 241, 18% above the 205 of 2020-21.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
503,175
Census ACS
Median income
$83,576
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
137
77,436 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Des Moines Independent Comm School District
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,364 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Weeks Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
Other schools in Des Moines
- Lincoln High SchoolHigh · 2,364 students
- Roosevelt High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- East High SchoolHigh · 1,952 students
- North High SchoolHigh · 1,428 students
- Hoover High SchoolHigh · 898 students
- Weeks Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
Other Pleasant Hill Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Pleasant Hill Elementary. Pleasant Hill Elementary School is the 14th largest of the 15.
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolOlive Branch, MS · 1,079 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryLexington, SC · 846 students
- PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 753 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolLEANDER, TX · 720 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryPleasant Hill, CA · 652 students
Nearby schools
- Stowe Elementary School2.0 mi · 297
- Willard Elementary School2.1 mi · 247
- McKee Elementary School2.1 mi · 235
- Hoyt Middle School2.3 mi · 455
- Brubaker Elementary School2.4 mi · 622
- Four Mile Elementary2.4 mi · 495
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 241 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pleasant Hill Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Hill Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
At Pleasant Hill Elementary School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 25% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Pleasant Hill Elementary School public or private?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Des Moines Independent Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.