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Enrollment
997
High
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANTVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341320000192
Pleasantville High School
701 MILL ROAD, PLEASANTVILLE, NJ 08232 · (609) 383-6900 · Atlantic County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL997 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of New Jersey public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
724 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 2% |
| Grade 9 | 225 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 250 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 266 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 233 | 23% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Pleasantville Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
10.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -12.5pp since 2023
Math
4.1%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 4 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.9% | 4.1% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 3.1% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NJ schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pleasantville High School
Pleasantville High School's state test result (8.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasantville High School this school | 997 | 72.6% | 8.2% |
| Trenton Central High School-9th Grade Academy Trenton | 890 | 64.7% | 8.7% |
| North Plainfield High School North Plainfield | 1,141 | 75.7% | 24.2% |
| Camden County Technical School-Pennsauken Pennsauken | 786 | 77.9% | 37.2% |
| Lindenwold High School Lindenwold | 802 | 82.3% | 13.0% |
| Science Park High School NEWARK | 964 | 68.0% | 78.2% |
Matched among New Jersey high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pleasantville High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Atlantic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.2% | #381 of 397 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.1% | #377 of 400 ▲ 4 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #377 of 395 ▼ 12 | #10 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 997 | #180 of 442 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #280 of 388 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #271 of 389 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.6% | #56 of 405 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.7% | #22 of 173 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
997
+156 (+19%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 779
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 997 | 74 | 13.5:1 | 73% (724) |
| 2023-24 | 797 | 70 | 11.4:1 | 73% (581) |
| 2022-23 | 924 | 64.5 | 14.3:1 | 79% (732) |
| 2020-21 | 841 | 74 | 11.4:1 | 76% (639) |
| 2017-18 | 757 | 77 | 9.8:1 | 87% (662) |
| 2015-16 | 752 | 78 | 9.6:1 | 94% (705) |
| 2010-11 | 796 | 91 | 8.8:1 | 72% (573) |
| 2000-01 | 998 | 71 | 14.1:1 | 30% (301) |
| 1990-91 | 779 | 61 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasantville High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (757 to 997); teachers down 4% (77 to 74).
About Pleasantville High School
Federal records list Pleasantville High School as a high school in PLEASANTVILLE, New Jersey. The school reports 997 students in grades 9 through 12.
In Pleasantville Public School District, 6 schools enroll a combined 3,619 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Pleasantville High School, at 68%. The remaining students are 28% Black. Census figures show Atlantic County is about 20% Hispanic. Pleasantville High School's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 74 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.5:1. That is 0.8 students per teacher above the 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Pleasantville High School is 73%. On average, public schools in Atlantic County report 59%.
Pleasantville High School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 5% of New Jersey public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Pleasantville High School ranks in the bottom 10% of New Jersey schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 8.2%. Predicted: 26.4%. Difference: 18.3 points.
Across Atlantic County, the median household income is $78,050, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. In all, Atlantic County has 77 public schools and roughly 41,964 students.
The school nearest to Pleasantville High School is Pleasantville Middle School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 25.3%; Pleasantville High School's is 8.2%, ranking 9th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Pleasantville High School's enrollment climbed from 841 in 2020-21 to 997 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 11.4:1 to 13.5:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Pleasantville High School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Atlantic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
276,270
Census ACS
Median income
$78,050
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
41,964 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasantville Public School District
- Pleasantville Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Leeds Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- South Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- Washington Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- North Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other schools in PLEASANTVILLE
- Pleasantville Middle SchoolMiddle · 847 students
- Leeds Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- South Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 455 students
- Washington Avenue Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- North Main Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 318 students
Other Pleasantville High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pleasantville High. Pleasantville High School is the largest of the 3.
- PLEASANTVILLE HIGH SCHOOLPLEASANTVILLE, NY · 559 students
- Pleasantville High SchoolPleasantville, IA · 241 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasantville Middle School0.1 mi · 847
- North Main Street Elementary School0.8 mi · 318
- Washington Avenue Elementary School0.9 mi · 432
- Leeds Avenue Elementary School1.0 mi · 570
- South Main Street Elementary School1.4 mi · 455
- Principle Academy Charter School1.7 mi · 434
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasantville High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasantville High School?
Pleasantville High School enrolls approximately 997 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Pleasantville High School serve?
Pleasantville High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasantville High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasantville High School is approximately 13.5:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pleasantville High School?
Student demographics at Pleasantville High School are roughly 1% White, 68% Hispanic, 28% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Pleasantville High School in?
Pleasantville High School is part of Pleasantville Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.