Pleasant Valley Middle School

Located at 2220 W 29th N, in Wichita, Kansas, Pleasant Valley Middle School is a sprawling junior high that serves 760 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by Wichita. Enrollment runs roughly 89% above the state mean of about 402.

Across the 87 schools in Wichita (47,545 students total), Pleasant Valley Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Pleasant Valley Middle School records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 16% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 17%.

On the resource side, On paper, Pleasant Valley Middle School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Pleasant Valley Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sedgwick County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Pleasant Valley Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 17.9%, the actual is 17.4%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Sedgwick County indicate the typical household earns roughly $69,365 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Pleasant Valley Middle School is one of 160 public schools in Sedgwick County (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students).

The closest other public school is Pleasant Valley Elem, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Valley Middle School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 14%: 667 students in 2018 compared to 760 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 9% to 16% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Pleasant Valley Middle School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.