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Enrollment
940
Middle
DISTRICT 712 · STATE 400
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT VALLEY COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192311001361
Pleasant Valley Junior High School
3501 Wisconsin Street, LeClaire, IA 52753 · (563) 332-0200 · Scott County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL940 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Iowa public middle schools
- A+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
90 students
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 41%
Community
5
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 7 | 473 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 467 | 50% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pleasant Valley Junior High School→Pleasant Valley High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pleasant Valley Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
93.6%
IA avg 73.6% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
90.9%
IA avg 70.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Iowa schools, those numbers are about 74 and 71. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.6% | 90.9% |
| 2023-24 | 93.4% | 90.6% |
% 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
90.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
87.2%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 90% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 87% 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 Valley Junior High School
Pleasant Valley Junior High School's state test result (90.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Valley Junior High School this school | 940 | 9.6% | 90.5% |
| Hazel Point Intermediate School Marion | 563 | 20.4% | 83.8% |
| Oak Ridge Middle School Marion | 534 | 21.3% | 82.1% |
| Summit Middle School Johnston | 1,118 | 26.0% | 81.9% |
| South Middle School Waukee | 1,092 | 25.5% | 81.3% |
| Trailridge School Waukee | 754 | 12.1% | 85.8% |
Matched among Iowa 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 Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa | In Scott County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 90.5% | #5 of 224 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.9% | #9 of 224 ▼ 4 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.6% | #3 of 224 no change | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 940 | #12 of 246 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #157 of 180 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #68 of 180 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.6% | #234 of 237 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.2% | #15 of 61 | 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
940
+116 (+14%) vs 2020
+106% since 1990-91, when it was 457
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 940 | 56.8 | 16.6:1 | 10% (90) |
| 2023-24 | 898 | 54.2 | 16.6:1 | 11% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 856 | 53.2 | 16.1:1 | 12% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 824 | 54 | 15.3:1 | 10% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 745 | 48.9 | 15.2:1 | 9% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 49 | 13.6:1 | 8% (56) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 10% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 29 | 17.0:1 | 7% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 457 | 29 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Valley Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (745 to 940); teachers up 16% (48.9 to 56.8).
About Pleasant Valley Junior High School
This page covers Pleasant Valley Junior High School, a high-enrollment middle-grades school in LeClaire, Iowa. It reported 940 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 400 students for middle schools in Iowa.
The district, Pleasant Valley Comm School District, operates 8 schools serving 5,696 students.
Of every 100 students at Pleasant Valley Junior High School, about 70 are White. The school is also 13% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 79%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Pleasant Valley Junior High School scores 48%.
The school lists 56.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1. Statewide, middle schools in Iowa average 15.2:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 10% of the student body. For comparison, public schools in Scott County average 38%.
Among Iowa public middle schools, Pleasant Valley Junior High School outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Pleasant Valley Junior High School's lunch-eligibility share in Iowa is predicted to score 87.2%. Pleasant Valley Junior High School scores 90.5%, 3.3 points above that line.
In the wider Scott County area, the median household earns about $78,277 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Pleasant Valley Junior High School shares Scott County with 52 other public schools.
Pleasant Valley Junior High School is about 1.4 miles from Cody Elementary School, its nearest public school. Pleasant Valley Junior High School has 7 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Pleasant Valley Junior High School at 2nd of 8.
In the federal locale system, Pleasant Valley Junior High School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 940, up from 824 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.6:1, from 15.3:1.
This page is set up for the Pleasant Valley Junior High School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,608
Census ACS
Median income
$78,277
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
26,100 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasant Valley Comm School District
- Pleasant Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,731 students
- Hopewell ElementaryElementary · 658 students
- Riverdale Heights Elem SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Cody Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Bridgeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
Other schools in LeClaire
- Cody Elementary SchoolElementary · 443 students
- Bridgeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 343 students
Nearby schools
- Cody Elementary School1.4 mi · 443
- Bridgeview Elementary School1.8 mi · 343
- Forest Grove Elementary3.0 mi · 332
- Hampton Elementary School3.3 mi · 225
- Pleasant View Elementary School3.5 mi · 621
- Hopewell Elementary4.6 mi · 658
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Valley Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Valley Junior High School?
Pleasant Valley Junior High School enrolls approximately 940 students in grades 07-08.
Is Pleasant Valley Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pleasant Valley Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Pleasant Valley Junior High School have?
Pleasant Valley Junior High School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Valley Junior High School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Valley Junior High School are roughly 70% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Valley Junior High School in?
Pleasant Valley Junior High School is part of Pleasant Valley Comm School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.