Pleasant View Elementary School

As a well-populated K-5 school in Bettendorf, Iowa, Pleasant View Elementary School serves 621 students from grades K through 6, part of Pleasant Valley Comm School District. That puts it 91% bigger than the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Pleasant Valley Comm School District runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,696 students. Pleasant View Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Pleasant View Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment; the rest reads as 12% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Pleasant View Elementary School logs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 9% of students at Pleasant View Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Scott County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Pleasant View Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 87.7%; this one delivers 89.8%.

Around the school, census data for Scott County shows median household income runs about $78,277, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Pleasant View Elementary School is one of 53 public schools in Scott County (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students).

The closest other public school is Hampton Elem School, roughly 1.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant View Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 651 students in 2018 compared to 621 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 81% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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