Pleasant View Elementary School

Set in Webster City, Iowa, Pleasant View Elementary School is an intimate elementary school, run under Webster City Comm School District. It works with 210 students across grades pre-K through 1. Enrollment runs roughly 35% smaller than the state mean of about 325.

Webster City Comm School District comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,688 students; Pleasant View Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant View Elementary School records that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Hispanic, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Pleasant View Elementary School lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting Pleasant View Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hamilton County runs at roughly 42%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hamilton County put median household earnings sit near $72,432, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pleasant View Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 2,432 students).

The closest other public school is Webster City Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 220 students in 2018 compared to 210 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.