Enrollment
306
Elementary
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT HILL R-III·NCES 292533002803
PLEASANT HILL ELEM.
327 N MCKISSOCK, PLEASANT HILL, MO 64080 · (816) 540-2220 · Cass County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Missouri public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
65 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 54%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 146 | 48% |
| Grade 4 | 160 | 52% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 52% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PLEASANT HILL R-III. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -12.6pp since 2021
Math
49.2%
MO avg 43.8% . -1.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.4% | 25.6% | 40.8% | 21.9% |
| Math | 19.2% | 30.0% | 28.7% | 21.9% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.3% | 50.7% |
| 2022-23 | 45.1% | 43.7% |
| 2021-22 | 49.6% | 50.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 HILL ELEM.
PLEASANT HILL ELEM.'s state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLEASANT HILL ELEM. this school | 306 | 21.2% | 45.0% |
| Maple Elementary SMITHVILLE | 358 | 20.1% | 57.6% |
| CLAUDE BROWN ELEMENTARY TROY | 308 | 24.0% | 44.4% |
| CENTRAL ELEM. WESTON | 354 | 18.1% | 70.4% |
| BRIDLE RIDGE ELEMENTARY RAYMORE | 383 | 22.2% | 44.6% |
| HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY HARRISBURG | 291 | 27.1% | 41.2% |
Matched among Missouri 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 HILL ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Cass County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #419 of 1,002 | #6 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #360 of 1,019 ▼ 31 | #5 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #666 of 1,018 ▼ 213 | #14 of 20 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.9pp | #144 of 943 | #7 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #680 of 1,294 | #15 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #515 of 950 | #8 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #667 of 953 | #19 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #1,022 of 1,165 | #23 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.0% | #515 of 684 | #11 of 15 |
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
306
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 306 | 23.4 | 13.1:1 | 21% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 22.4 | 13.5:1 | 23% (69) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 22.5 | 13.6:1 | 16% (48) |
| 2020-21 | 317 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 22% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 21.1 | 15.6:1 | 22% (74) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 23% (72) |
| 2010-11 | 309 | 20 | 15.4:1 | 27% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 424 | 24 | 17.7:1 | 15% (63) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PLEASANT HILL ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (329 to 306); teachers up 11% (21.1 to 23.4).
About PLEASANT HILL ELEM.
PLEASANT HILL ELEM. is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in PLEASANT HILL, Missouri. A federal count lists 306 students at the school, in grades 3 through 4.
PLEASANT HILL R-III (5 schools, 2,080 students) runs PLEASANT HILL ELEM..
Most students at PLEASANT HILL ELEM. are White: 89% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at PLEASANT HILL ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
A ratio of 13.1:1 comes from the school's 23.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Missouri, the average ratio is about 12.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 21% in 2024-25. It compares with 35% for public schools in Cass County.
PLEASANT HILL ELEM. is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of Missouri public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
PLEASANT HILL ELEM.'s actual average proficiency rate on state tests (45.0%) and its predicted rate (51.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools.
Cass County has about 110,773 residents, and median household income is about $87,535, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Federal data list 44 public schools in Cass County, with a combined enrollment of about 17,093.
The next-closest public school is PLEASANT HILL MIDDLE, about 0.4 miles away. In all, 4 other public schools sit within five miles of PLEASANT HILL ELEM.. Its average proficiency rate of 45.0% is above the 36.5% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
PLEASANT HILL ELEM. had 317 students in 2020-21 and 306 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.4:1 to 13.1:1.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
110,773
Census ACS
Median income
$87,535
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
17,093 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PLEASANT HILL R-III
- PLEASANT HILL HIGHHigh · 730 students
- PLEASANT HILL PRIMARYElementary · 396 students
- PLEASANT HILL MIDDLEMiddle · 328 students
- PLEASANT HILL INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 320 students
Other schools in PLEASANT HILL
- PLEASANT HILL HIGHHigh · 730 students
- PLEASANT HILL PRIMARYElementary · 396 students
- PLEASANT HILL MIDDLEMiddle · 328 students
- PLEASANT HILL INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 320 students
Other PLEASANT HILL Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named PLEASANT HILL Elementary. PLEASANT HILL ELEM. is the 11th largest of the 15.
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolOlive Branch, MS · 1,079 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryLexington, SC · 846 students
- PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 753 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolLEANDER, TX · 720 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryPleasant Hill, CA · 652 students
Nearby schools
- PLEASANT HILL MIDDLE0.4 mi · 328
- PLEASANT HILL PRIMARY0.6 mi · 396
- PLEASANT HILL HIGH0.7 mi · 730
- PLEASANT HILL INTERMEDIATE2.1 mi · 320
- STRASBURG ELEM.5.6 mi · 111
- GREENWOOD ELEM.6.0 mi · 300
Frequently asked questions
About PLEASANT HILL ELEM.How many students attend PLEASANT HILL ELEM.?
PLEASANT HILL ELEM. enrolls approximately 306 students in grades 03-04.
What grades does PLEASANT HILL ELEM. serve?
PLEASANT HILL ELEM. serves grades 03-04.
How many students per teacher at PLEASANT HILL ELEM.?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at PLEASANT HILL ELEM..
How diverse is PLEASANT HILL ELEM.?
PLEASANT HILL ELEM. reports a student body of 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees PLEASANT HILL ELEM.?
PLEASANT HILL ELEM. is overseen by PLEASANT HILL R-III in Cass County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.