Pleasantville High School

Pleasantville High School is a high school of reasonably sized scale in PLEASANTVILLE, New Jersey, one of the schools within Pleasantville Public School District, teacheing 997 students in grades 9 through 12.

Pleasantville Public School District comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,619 students; Pleasantville High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pleasantville High School lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder looks like 28% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.7:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Atlantic County's rate of about 59%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pleasantville High School is in the bottom 10% of New Jersey public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 26.4%; Pleasantville High School posts 8.2%, -18.3 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Atlantic County shows median household income runs about $78,050, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Atlantic County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,964 students), of which Pleasantville High School is one.

The closest other public school is Pleasantville Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pleasantville High School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pleasantville High School has increased 32%, going from 757 students in 2018 to 997 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 35% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, the feed for Pleasantville High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.