Pleasant Valley School

Pleasant Valley School is an elementary-level community of minimally staffed scale in Marion, Montana, overseen by Pleasant Valley Elem, instructing 9 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 167 students per school, that is 95% leaner than typical.

Pleasant Valley School sits inside Pleasant Valley Elem, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Pleasant Valley School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Asian. By comparison, Flathead County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Pleasant Valley School reports 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average.

In the broader community, Flathead County reports that median household income runs about $73,925, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Flathead County's 48 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,957 students), Pleasant Valley School is one campus in the mix.

Marion School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 13.9 miles from this campus.

Pleasant Valley School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Pleasant Valley School's enrollment has increased 200% since 2018, when it stood at 3 (now 9). White enrollment moved from 100% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 3.0:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.