PLEASANT VIEW ELEM.

Set in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, PLEASANT VIEW ELEM. is a low-enrollment elementary campus, part of SPRINGFIELD R-XII. It caters to 189 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 315.

SPRINGFIELD R-XII runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 24,450 students. PLEASANT VIEW ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Demographically, PLEASANT VIEW ELEM. records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%); the rest breaks down as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Greene County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PLEASANT VIEW ELEM. has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PLEASANT VIEW ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.1%, the actual is 59.0%, a residual of +8.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Greene County put median household earnings sit near $61,479, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Greene County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), PLEASANT VIEW ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLEASANT VIEW ELEM. at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 47.6%.

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

Five-year trend. PLEASANT VIEW ELEM.'s enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 192 (now 189). Class-load math has widened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.