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How has Pleasant Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 404
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT LOCAL·NCES 390484203244
Pleasant Elementary School
1105 Owens Rd W, Marion, OH 43302 · (740) 389-4815 · Marion County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
212 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (92).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 54% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Pleasant Local. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
64.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +2.8pp since 2021
Math
72.5%
OH avg 56.1% . +11.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.2% | 72.5% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 73.5% |
| 2022-23 | 61.3% | 73.8% |
| 2021-22 | 61.4% | 61.5% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% typical for Ohio schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Ohio's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Pleasant Elementary School
Pleasant Elementary School's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Elementary School this school | 480 | 44.2% | 69.7% |
| Seaborn Elementary School Mineral Ridge | 478 | 45.6% | 88.1% |
| Waynedale Elementary School Apple Creek | 459 | 44.7% | 62.1% |
| Vermilion Elementary School Vermilion | 511 | 43.2% | 66.3% |
| Carlisle Primary Elementary School Carlisle | 526 | 42.8% | 77.1% |
| South Elementary School Madison | 506 | 42.3% | 75.3% |
Matched among Ohio elementary 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 Pleasant Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #465 of 673 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #584 of 1,569 ▼ 61 | #1 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #781 of 1,569 ▼ 43 | #2 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.9pp | #435 of 1,514 | #5 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #546 of 1,808 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #281 of 1,582 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.2% | #1,110 of 1,590 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #357 of 767 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #860 of 992 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
480
-132 (-22%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 44% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 31.2 | 15.7:1 | 43% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 30 | 15.8:1 | 30% (142) |
| 2020-21 | 612 | 31 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 33 | 15.1:1 | 48% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 47% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 34% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 34 | 17.7:1 | 16% (99) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 24 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (499 to 480); teachers down 3% (33 to 32).
About Pleasant Elementary School
Pleasant Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Marion, Ohio. It has an enrollment of 480 students in kindergarten through 4.
Pleasant Local has 3 schools and 1,265 students, and Pleasant Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students are 88% of those enrolled at Pleasant Elementary School. The remaining shares are 5% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Marion County, where about 87% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 22%.
There are about 15.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Pleasant Elementary School, which has 32. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Ohio is 17.9:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Pleasant Elementary School is about 44%. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Marion County is 9 points.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Pleasant Elementary School would score about 72.1%. It scores 69.7%, 2.5 points below that figure.
For Marion County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $59,371, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 27 public schools in the county, enrolling about 12,492, Pleasant Elementary School among them.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Pleasant Middle School, is the closest to Pleasant Elementary School. In all, 7 other public schools sit within five miles of Pleasant Elementary School.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 480, down from 612 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 19.7:1 to 15.0:1.
The Pleasant Elementary School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,020
Census ACS
Median income
$59,371
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,492 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Pleasant Local
- Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 students
- Pleasant High SchoolHigh · 347 students
- Spartan Digital AcademyCombined
Other schools in Marion
- TRECA Digital AcademyCombined · 2,165 students
- Ulysses S. Grant Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Harding High SchoolHigh · 916 students
- Buckeye Community School - MarionHigh · 824 students
- Tri-Rivers Career CenterHigh · 583 students
- Elgin Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
Other Pleasant Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Pleasant Elementary. Pleasant Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Pleasant Elementary SchoolNorwalk, OH · 395 students
- Pleasant ElementaryTulare, CA · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Middle School0.2 mi · 438
- Pleasant High School0.2 mi · 347
- William McKinley Elementary School4.1 mi · 444
- Benjamin Harrison Elementary School4.6 mi · 361
- James A. Garfield Elementary School4.6 mi · 343
- Ulysses S. Grant Middle School4.8 mi · 917
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pleasant Elementary School?
Pleasant Elementary School enrolls approximately 480 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Pleasant Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Pleasant Elementary School.
How diverse is Pleasant Elementary School?
Pleasant Elementary School reports a student body of 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pleasant Elementary School?
Pleasant Elementary School is overseen by Pleasant Local in Marion County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.