Pleasant Street Elementary School

Pleasant Street Elementary School is one of the small primary schools in Mount Vernon, Ohio, operated by Mount Vernon City, with 329 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Mount Vernon City comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,374 students; Pleasant Street Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Street Elementary School records that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder reads as 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, Knox County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,878 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Knox County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,439 students), Pleasant Street Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

East Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pleasant Street Elementary School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pleasant Street Elementary School has edged down 15%, going from 385 students in 2018 to 329 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Pleasant Street Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.