Pleasant Grove Elementary

As a tight-knit elementary campus in Morrisville, North Carolina, Pleasant Grove Elementary caters to 376 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Wake County Schools.

Across the 198 schools in Wake County Schools (163,176 students total), Pleasant Grove Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Pleasant Grove Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Asian (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 19% Black, 17% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Wake County as a whole is about 9% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Pleasant Grove Elementary logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 14.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at Pleasant Grove Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Wake County (around 42%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Pleasant Grove Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.9%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Wake County put median household earnings sit near $105,768, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pleasant Grove Elementary is one of 237 public schools in Wake County (combined enrollment of about 184,790 students).

Brier Creek Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pleasant Grove Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 61.2%.

Pleasant Grove Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Pleasant Grove Elementary's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 509 (now 376). The Asian share of enrollment climbed from 6% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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