Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 228 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EASTON·NCES 200564001773
Pleasant Ridge Elementary
20753 Easton Road, Easton, KS 66020 · (913) 651-5595 · Leavenworth County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Kansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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 Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
104 students
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 51%
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 | 41 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 58% · 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
Based on grade levels within Easton. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
58.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
63.6%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.9% | 63.6% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 53.7% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Ridge Elementary
Pleasant Ridge Elementary's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Ridge Elementary this school | 344 | 30.2% | 58.6% |
| West Elem Wamego | 353 | 32.0% | 62.5% |
| Baldwin Elementary Primary Center Baldwin City | 365 | 32.9% | N/A |
| Southeast Saline Elem Gypsum | 375 | 30.9% | 46.5% |
| Central Elem Wamego | 357 | 33.3% | N/A |
| Jefferson West Elementary School Meriden | 320 | 34.4% | 60.9% |
Matched among Kansas 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 Ridge Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Leavenworth County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #120 of 625 | #7 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #88 of 625 | #6 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.9% | #180 of 625 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #297 of 714 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #180 of 539 | #6 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #514 of 540 | #15 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.2% | #549 of 658 | #8 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +41.6% | #8 of 151 | N/A |
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
344
+29 (+9%) vs 2020
+90% since 2010-11, when it was 181
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 344 | 27.1 | 12.7:1 | 30% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 25% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 346 | 25 | 13.8:1 | 26% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 22 | 14.3:1 | 24% (77) |
| 2017-18 | 243 | 18.6 | 13.1:1 | 34% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 235 | 19 | 12.4:1 | 38% (90) |
| 2010-11 | 181 | 13 | 13.9:1 | 34% (61) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Ridge Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 42% (243 to 344); teachers up 46% (18.6 to 27.1).
About Pleasant Ridge Elementary
Pleasant Ridge Elementary is an elementary school in Easton, Kansas, reachable at (913) 651-5595. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 344 students enrolled.
Besides Pleasant Ridge Elementary, Easton runs 2 other schools. The district enrolls 685 students.
Pleasant Ridge Elementary's enrollment is 91% White. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Leavenworth County is about 80% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Pleasant Ridge Elementary total 27.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.7:1. That matches the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 30%.
The allk12 Grade for Pleasant Ridge Elementary is A-. Compared with Kansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 78% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Pleasant Ridge Elementary would score about 47.7%. It scores 58.6%, 10.9 points above that figure.
In Leavenworth County (population about 83,123), the median household income is $89,218, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Pleasant Ridge Elementary is one of 30 public schools in the county.
Pleasant Ridge High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Pleasant Ridge Elementary, there are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, Pleasant Ridge Elementary is ahead of the 48.5% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
Federal data place Pleasant Ridge Elementary in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at Pleasant Ridge Elementary climbed 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 315 to 344 students. The ratio was 14.3:1 in 2020-21 and 12.7:1 in 2024-25.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Pleasant Ridge Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Leavenworth County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,123
Census ACS
Median income
$89,218
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
30
13,185 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Easton
- Pleasant Ridge MiddleMiddle · 173 students
- Pleasant Ridge HighHigh · 168 students
Other schools in Easton
- Pleasant Ridge MiddleMiddle · 173 students
- Pleasant Ridge HighHigh · 168 students
Other Pleasant Ridge Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Pleasant Ridge Elementary. Pleasant Ridge Elementary is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Pleasant Ridge ElemOverland Park, KS · 304 students
- Pleasant Ridge ElementaryGastonia, NC · 887 students
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary SchoolCharlestown, IN · 588 students
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary SchoolGlenview, IL · 492 students
- Pleasant Ridge Elementary SchoolSALINE, MI · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Ridge High0.3 mi · 168
- Pleasant Ridge Middle0.4 mi · 173
- MacArthur Elem6.3 mi · 424
- Bradley Elem6.7 mi · 412
- David Brewer Elementary6.7 mi · 319
- Patton Jr High6.9 mi · 389
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Ridge ElementaryHow many students attend Pleasant Ridge Elementary?
Pleasant Ridge Elementary enrolls approximately 344 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pleasant Ridge Elementary serve?
Pleasant Ridge Elementary serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Ridge Elementary?
Approximately 12.7:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Ridge Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Ridge Elementary?
Student demographics at Pleasant Ridge Elementary are roughly 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Ridge Elementary in?
Pleasant Ridge Elementary is part of Easton.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.