Pleasant Elementary School

Pleasant Elementary School operates as an average-sized elementary school in Marion, Ohio, one of the schools within Pleasant Local. Current enrollment sits at 480 students spanning grades K through 4.

Within Pleasant Local, which oversees 3 schools and 1,265 students, Pleasant Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Pleasant Elementary School lists that nearly all students (88%) are White; the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Pleasant Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Marion County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Pleasant Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.1%, the actual is 69.7%, a residual of -2.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household earnings sit near $59,371, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Marion County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,492 students), Pleasant Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Pleasant Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Pleasant Elementary School.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 499 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 95% to 88%.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Pleasant Elementary School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.