Pleasant Hill High School

Set in Pleasant Hill, Illinois, Pleasant Hill High School is a tiny high school, overseen by Pleasant Hill CUSD 3. It educates 99 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 88% smaller than the state mean of about 834.

Pleasant Hill CUSD 3 comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 353 students; Pleasant Hill High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Pleasant Hill High School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Other groups include 2% Hispanic. Compared to Pike County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Pleasant Hill High School records 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pleasant Hill High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pike County put median household earnings sit near $59,777, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Pleasant Hill High School is one of 12 public schools in Pike County (combined enrollment of about 2,394 students).

Pleasant Hill Elem School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pleasant Hill High School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Pleasant Hill High School's enrollment has grew 29% since 2018, when it stood at 77 (now 99).

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