PLEASANT HILL HIGH

PLEASANT HILL HIGH is a secondary school of mid-sized scale in PLEASANT HILL, Missouri, overseen by PLEASANT HILL R-III, caters to 730 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 46% above typical.

PLEASANT HILL R-III comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,080 students; PLEASANT HILL HIGH is among them.

On demographics, PLEASANT HILL HIGH lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 16% of students at PLEASANT HILL HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cass County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Cass County reports that the typical household earns roughly $87,535 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Cass County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,093 students), PLEASANT HILL HIGH is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PLEASANT HILL PRIMARY, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLEASANT HILL HIGH has grew 8%, going from 677 students in 2018 to 730 in 2025.

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