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Enrollment
651
Middle
DISTRICT 652 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH-WESTERN CITY·NCES 390448001670
Pleasant View Middle School
2767 Holt Rd, Grove City, OH 43123 · (614) 801-3900 · Franklin County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of Ohio public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
528 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 316 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 335 | 51% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
44.8%
OH avg 59.8% . -0.3pp since 2021
Math
57.5%
OH avg 56.1% . -12.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.8% | 57.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.5% | 55.6% |
| 2022-23 | 50.5% | 59.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 69.8% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.2%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 View Middle School
Pleasant View Middle School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant View Middle School this school | 651 | 81.1% | 51.3% |
| Galloway Ridge Intermediate School Galloway | 705 | 83.1% | 42.4% |
| Norton Middle School Columbus | 583 | 80.6% | 42.3% |
| Holt Crossing Intermediate School Grove City | 733 | 77.6% | 47.1% |
| Franklin Woods Intermediate School Columbus | 666 | 85.0% | 41.4% |
| Finland Middle School Columbus | 673 | 87.8% | 52.1% |
Matched among Ohio middle 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 View Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #304 of 316 | #27 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.5% | #448 of 637 ▲ 22 | #36 of 64 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #539 of 637 ▲ 24 | #39 of 64 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.3pp | #32 of 629 | #2 of 63 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #153 of 654 | #29 of 66 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #100 of 577 | #11 of 59 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #40 of 579 | #14 of 59 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #15 of 319 | #4 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #35 of 410 | #3 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
651
-258 (-28%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 899
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 20.2:1
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 | 651 | 46.8 | 13.9:1 | 81% (528) |
| 2023-24 | 698 | 42.8 | 16.3:1 | 81% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 41.5 | 18.4:1 | 71% (537) |
| 2020-21 | 909 | 45 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 902 | 53.7 | 16.8:1 | 69% (626) |
| 2015-16 | 883 | 52 | 17.0:1 | 68% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 844 | 49 | 17.2:1 | 60% (507) |
| 2000-01 | 1,050 | 46 | 22.8:1 | 31% (325) |
| 1990-91 | 899 | 47 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant View Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (902 to 651); teachers down 13% (53.7 to 46.8).
About Pleasant View Middle School
Pleasant View Middle School runs as a medium-sized middle school in Grove City, Ohio. The school counts 651 students across grades 7 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Ohio is about 482 students.
Across its 33 schools, South-Western City enrolls 21,873 students. Pleasant View Middle School is one of those schools.
Pleasant View Middle School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 41%. The remaining students are 32% Hispanic, 18% Black, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Franklin County, the White share is about 59%. Pleasant View Middle School's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Pleasant View Middle School, 46.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.9:1. That is lower than the 17.0:1 average for middle schools in Ohio. Roughly 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Franklin County is 41%.
allk12 grades Pleasant View Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Ohio public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Pleasant View Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.3% is 6.9 points below the 58.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Franklin County residents, the median household income is $75,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Pleasant View Middle School, Franklin County has 401 other public schools.
Nearby, Bolton Crossing Elementary is about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles of Pleasant View Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Pleasant View Middle School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Pleasant View Middle School in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show a 28% enrollment decrease, from 909 in 2020-21 to 651 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 20.2:1 to 13.9:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Pleasant View Middle School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,333,048
Census ACS
Median income
$75,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
402
195,359 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South-Western City
- Grove City High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Westland High SchoolHigh · 1,853 students
- Central Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Franklin Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,398 students
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Holt Crossing Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 733 students
Other schools in Grove City
- Grove City High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Central Crossing High SchoolHigh · 1,674 students
- Buckeye Woods Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Holt Crossing Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Beulah Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 710 students
- Park Street Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 667 students
Other Pleasant View Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pleasant View Middle. Pleasant View Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Pleasant View Middle SchoolPUEBLO, CO · 348 students
- PLEASANT VIEW MIDDLESPRINGFIELD, MO · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Bolton Crossing Elementary0.1 mi · 717
- Holt Crossing Intermediate School0.2 mi · 733
- Central Crossing High School0.5 mi · 1,674
- Beulah Park Middle School1.1 mi · 710
- Park Street Intermediate School2.1 mi · 667
- Richard Avenue Elementary School2.3 mi · 423
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant View Middle SchoolHow many students attend Pleasant View Middle School?
Pleasant View Middle School enrolls approximately 651 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Pleasant View Middle School serve?
Pleasant View Middle School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant View Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant View Middle School is approximately 13.9:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pleasant View Middle School?
At Pleasant View Middle School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 32% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Pleasant View Middle School public or private?
Pleasant View Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South-Western City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.