Enrollment
347
High
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 565
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLEASANT LOCAL·NCES 390484203246
Pleasant High School
1113 Owens Rd W, Marion, OH 43302 · (740) 389-2389 · Marion County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
113 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 43%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 91 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 106 | 31% |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 69 | 20% |
Student demographics
15%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
Feeds from
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
75.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +1.9pp since 2021
Math
66.7%
OH avg 56.1% . +33.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.2% | 66.7% |
| 2023-24 | 78.7% | 66.9% |
| 2022-23 | 69.6% | 40.5% |
| 2021-22 | 73.3% | 33.3% |
% 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
74.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.5%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 77% 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 High School
Pleasant High School's state test result (74.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant High School this school | 347 | 32.6% | 74.4% |
| McDonald High School Mc Donald | 338 | 34.3% | 77.7% |
| Waynedale High School Apple Creek | 333 | 30.6% | 79.9% |
| Huron High School Huron | 372 | 28.8% | 79.6% |
| Rootstown/Ward Davis Bldg High School Rootstown | 282 | 31.2% | 66.4% |
| Hillsdale 7-12 Jeromesville | 360 | 36.1% | 69.3% |
Matched among Ohio 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 Pleasant High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Marion County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.4% | #164 of 403 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.7% | #159 of 776 ▼ 19 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.2% | #207 of 774 ▼ 48 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.7pp | #21 of 742 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #538 of 888 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #258 of 739 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.8% | #523 of 749 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.6% | #300 of 435 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #307 of 484 | 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
347
-7 (-2%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 347 | 23.2 | 15.0:1 | 33% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 26.2 | 13.2:1 | 32% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 21 | 15.5:1 | 23% (75) |
| 2020-21 | 354 | 21 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 22.3 | 17.2:1 | 23% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 24 | 16.9:1 | 19% (77) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 21 | 18.8:1 | 22% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 439 | 20 | 21.9:1 | 5% (22) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 23 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (384 to 347); teachers up 4% (22.3 to 23.2).
About Pleasant High School
At 1113 Owens Rd W in Marion, Ohio, Pleasant High School operates as a low-enrollment high school. It reports enrollment of 347 students in grades 9 through 12. The school is 39% below the average for high schools in Ohio.
Pleasant Local serves 1,265 students across 3 schools.
By race and ethnicity, Pleasant High School is 92% White. Next come 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 15, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Pleasant High School, there are about 15.0 students; the school has 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.7:1 average for high schools in Ohio, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 33%. Among public schools in Marion County, the average eligibility rate is 53%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Pleasant High School would be expected to post about 76.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.4%.
For the population of Marion County, median household income comes to about $59,371, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Marion County's 27 public schools enroll about 12,492 students and include Pleasant High School.
Among nearby public schools, Pleasant Middle School is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles.
Federal data place Pleasant High School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (354) and 2024-25 (347). Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.9:1 in 2020-21, and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Elementary SchoolElementary · 480 students
- Pleasant Middle SchoolMiddle · 438 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
Nearby schools
- Pleasant Middle School0.1 mi · 438
- Pleasant Elementary School0.2 mi · 480
- William McKinley Elementary School3.9 mi · 444
- Benjamin Harrison Elementary School4.4 mi · 361
- James A. Garfield Elementary School4.5 mi · 343
- Ulysses S. Grant Middle School4.6 mi · 917
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant High SchoolHow large is Pleasant High School?
Pleasant High School enrolls approximately 347 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Pleasant High School serve?
Pleasant High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Pleasant High School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Pleasant High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant High School?
At Pleasant High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Pleasant High School public or private?
Pleasant High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Pleasant Local.
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