Enrollment
241
High
DISTRICT 275 · STATE 468
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANTVILLE COMM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 192316001369
Pleasantville High School
415 Jones St, Pleasantville, IA 50225 · (515) 848-0541 · Marion County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL241 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Iowa public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
75 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 62 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 52 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 61 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 66 | 27% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pleasantville Comm School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ISASP 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
IA avg 73.6% . -9.6pp since 2023
Math
59.4%
IA avg 70.9% . -1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ISASP, Iowa's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ISASP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 59.4% |
| 2023-24 | 76.7% | 61.0% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: ISASP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of IA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.4%
based on IA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 76% typical for Iowa schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Pleasantville High School
Pleasantville High School's state test result (64.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasantville High School this school | 241 | 31.1% | 64.6% |
| Tri-Center High School Neola | 225 | 30.2% | 72.8% |
| Iowa Valley Jr-Sr High School Marengo | 229 | 30.6% | 75.1% |
| Sumner-Fredericksburg High School Sumner | 243 | 29.6% | 70.6% |
| West Fork High School Sheffield | 191 | 31.4% | N/A |
| Central Springs High School Manly | 236 | 29.7% | 76.7% |
Matched among Iowa high 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 Pleasantville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Iowa |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #250 of 313 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.4% | #264 of 314 ▼ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #268 of 314 ▼ 94 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 241 | #225 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #86 of 259 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #149 of 260 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.1% | #194 of 320 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #110 of 125 |
Ranked against other public high 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
+16 (+7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 328
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 18.3 | 13.2:1 | 31% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 245 | 17.8 | 13.8:1 | 33% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 244 | 17.7 | 13.8:1 | 33% (80) |
| 2020-21 | 225 | 19 | 11.8:1 | 35% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 247 | 19.7 | 12.6:1 | 23% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 235 | 20 | 11.8:1 | 33% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 197 | 24 | 8.2:1 | 36% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 14% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 328 | 26 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasantville High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (247 to 241); teachers down 7% (19.7 to 18.3).
About Pleasantville High School
Located in Pleasantville, Iowa, Pleasantville High School is a low-enrollment high school. In all, 241 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. The school is 49% below the average for high schools in Iowa.
A total of 3 schools make up Pleasantville Comm School District, with 825 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at Pleasantville High School, about 89 are White. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 18.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pleasantville High School, giving a ratio of 13.2:1. High schools in Iowa average 17.3:1, 4.1 more students per teacher than here. A total of 75 students, or 31%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Marion County is similar, at 29%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pleasantville High School lands at D, ahead of 14% of Iowa public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Pleasantville High School posts 64.6% against a 76.4% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Iowa.
In the surrounding county, Marion County, median household income comes to about $78,680, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 17, with about 5,571 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Pleasantville Middle School, is less than a tenth of a mile. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pleasantville High School is 7th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Pleasantville High School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
From 225 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 241 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 11.8:1 to 13.2:1.
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Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,642
Census ACS
Median income
$78,680
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,571 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasantville Comm School District
- Pleasantville ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Pleasantville Middle SchoolMiddle · 128 students
Other schools in Pleasantville
- Pleasantville ElementaryElementary · 456 students
- Pleasantville Middle SchoolMiddle · 128 students
Other Pleasantville High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pleasantville High. Pleasantville High School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Pleasantville High SchoolPLEASANTVILLE, NJ · 997 students
- PLEASANTVILLE HIGH SCHOOLPLEASANTVILLE, NY · 559 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasantville Middle School0.0 mi · 128
- Pleasantville Elementary0.1 mi · 456
- Hartford Upper Elementary8.5 mi · 303
- Knoxville Middle School9.5 mi · 323
- West Elementary9.6 mi · 485
- Knoxville High School9.6 mi · 508
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasantville High SchoolHow large is Pleasantville High School?
Pleasantville High School enrolls approximately 241 students in grades 09-12.
Is Pleasantville High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pleasantville High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Pleasantville High School have?
Pleasantville High School employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Pleasantville High School?
Pleasantville High School reports a student body of 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Pleasantville High School in?
Pleasantville High School is part of Pleasantville Comm School District.
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