PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE

As an intimate junior high in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE serves 331 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by SPRINGFIELD R-XII. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 461 students each, so PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE sits 28% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 54 schools in SPRINGFIELD R-XII (24,450 students total), PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE logs that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.0:1, putting PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Greene County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.4%.

In the surrounding community, Greene County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,479, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE is one.

PLEASANT VIEW ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLE comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 333 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 83% to 76%.

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